Sale 629: Fine Golf Books, Hickory Clubs & Golf Memorabilia (#629) 11/12/2017 5:00 PM EST CLOSED!

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Lot 9 of 400:
Aleck Bauer 1st edition of the very rare Hazards 1913  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium):$1,800
Estimate:
$3,000 - $5,000

Title:
Hazards, Those Essential Elements in a Golf Course Without Which the Game Would be Tame and Uninteresting
Author:
Bauer, Aleck
Place:
Chicago
Publisher:
Toby Rubovits
Date:
1913
Description:

61 pp. Illustrated from photographs; 12 golf course map drawings (1 folding of St. Andrews); cartoon frontispiece drawing from Golf Illustrated. 20.5x14 cm (8x5½"), original red cloth-backed light green boards, front cover lettered in dark green. First Edition.

A rare and charming book devoted to golf hazards. The O.M. Leland copy, with his ownership markings inside front cover, later owner's bookplate below. Printed sheet laid in reprinting an article from the Chicago Evening Post of October 6, 1913 "Britons Praise Ravisloe Course" by W. Webb Drum. Murdoch 44; D&M 6320; D&J B8890.

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Condition:
Binding with light wear, title inked by hand on spine cloth, hinges starting; very good.
 
Item number:
280637
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