Metropolitan Club, Bridge Dinner Club: Minutes and Records, 1906-1931

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Sale 314: Rare Golf Books from Three Private Libraries, with additions (#314) 07/28/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #324Metropolitan Club, Bridge Dinner Club: Minutes and Records, 1906-1931

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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

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(Metropolitan Club)

Title:

Metropolitan Club, Bridge Dinner Club: Minutes and Records, 1906-1931

Author:

Clarke, E.A.S., compiler

Place Published:

[Baltimore, MD]

Publisher:

[The Lord Baltimore Press]

Date Published:

[1931]

Description:

xxi, 348 pp. Illustrated with numerous plates from photographs of member portraits and trophies, with tissue-guards; 5 pages of facsimile member sign-in sheets. 9x6, tan cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. First Edition.

Scarce club history, handsomely produced with high quality materials. Chronology covers the history, events, member names, rules, etc. during the compiler's tenure, E.A.S. Clarke, who passed away shortly before the books' publication. Engraved armorial bookplate of George Schley Stillman, laid in.

Condition:

Spine a bit worn and with tiny dampstain, mild shelf wear and rubbing; still near fine.

Item#:

162029
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