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Sale 314: Rare Golf Books from Three Private Libraries, with additions (#314) 07/28/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 07/28/2005 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #288Golf in America: A Practical Manual

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,062.50

Estimate: $1,200 - $2,000

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Sale 314: Rare Golf Books from Three Private Libraries, with additions (#314) 07/28/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 07/28/2005 1:00 PM PDT

Description

Title:

Golf in America: A Practical Manual

Author:

Lee, James P.

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

Dodd, Mead

Date Published:

1895

Description:

194 pp. Illustrated with 13 plates from photographs, including frontispiece; plus a map of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Links; some wood engravings and tables. 6¾x4, original decorative yellow cloth stamped and lettered in silver and green. First Edition.

One of the earliest published books on golf in America not by an American author. The book came out the same year that the first U.S. official championships were conducted, and with the U.S.G.A. having been formed the year before, golf was quickly beginning to catch on in America. Donovan & Murdoch 3350; Murdoch 440.

Condition:

Spine darkened (somewhat so to front cover), soiling, shelf wear; front hinge cracked, front free endpaper and frontispiece nearly detached, 1 to 2" archival paper repairs over old tears to pp. 27-30 and on front pastedown, occasional faint foxing; else very good.

Item#:

161807
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