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6 bound volumes, each containing 12 issues, original covers bound in. (Folio) period brown and red cloth bindings, each volume with thumb indexing.

These copies were the Conde Nast Publishing Company’s file copies. The 1929 volume, which was the first year that Nast took over from the prior owner is stamped on the spine, “Art Department Copy Do Not Take Out of Art Department”. This volume and the 1931 volume are very interesting in that they are filled with ink notations adjoining the photographs and articles, showing how much was paid the photographer for a picture or how much was paid a writer for an article. For example, Ernest Jones was paid $35.00 for an article on Horton Smith, and Bernard Darwin was paid $50.00 for a piece on the Pebble Beach Amateur. Pietzcker was paid $20 for photographs. Bob Jones was apparently paid a salary, as his writing is designated “made up by Robert T. Jones Jr. on salary” as were other writers on staff. A great resource on the publishing history of a very significant golf magazine.