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Sale 385: Fine Golf Books & Collectibles: The Collection of Charles C. Ratigan (#385) 08/14/2008 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #337Fore! The Call of the Links

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Sale 385: Fine Golf Books & Collectibles: The Collection of Charles C. Ratigan (#385) 08/14/2008 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Description

Title:

Fore! The Call of the Links

Author:

Webling, W. Hastings

Place Published:

Boston and New York

Publisher:

H.M. Caldwell Co.

Date Published:

[1909]

Description:

vii, 73 pp. Illustrated with drawings throughout, frontispiece portrait from a photo of the author. 7½x4½, green cloth-backed pictorial boards. First Edition.

A book of golf poetry, illustrated with some charming sketches. "The book is beautifully produced and if the poems fall somewhat short of Browning - the non-golfing Browning - they are still entertaining" - Murdoch 831; D&M 39050; D&J W7510. Small printed label of Robert V. Hudson (of Philadelphia) and a 1910 gift inscription on the half-title page.

Condition:

Slight darkening, mild edge wear; front hinge glue repaired, tiny chips to front free endpaper edges; about very good.

Item#:

191889

Headline:

Webling, Fore! The Call of the Links 1st Ed. 1909
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