ix, [1], 78 pp. Illustrated with wood engravings, including head and tailpieces, title page margins and half-title page. 8¾x6¾, bound in period half green morocco and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt; bound by Stikeman & Co. (New York). Printed by Robert Clark. First Edition, Subscriber's Edition.
Collected by members of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society and printed for private circulation among the members. According to Murdoch, "The book is of the greatest importance because it brought attention to some of the earlier poems which, but for their appearance here, might not have survived." The poems to which Murdoch is referring are Mathison's "The Goff," Carnegie's "Golfiana," a new version of "The Golfer's Garland," some verses by James Ballantine, and the first appearance of "The Nine Holes of St. Andrews." The sonnets were written by 3 men: Robert Chambers, his son, Robert, Jr. (winner of the first open Amateur Tournament of 1858 and author of "A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf"), and Patric Proctor Alexander (a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club). Short but informative marginal pencil note on page 2. Donovan & Murdoch 960; Murdoch 129.