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xvi, 280 pp. Foreword by Sir Michael Bonallack. Afterword by William C. Campbell. Illustrated from photographs, mostly from old sources; color frontispiece. Facsimile Souvenir Program booklet from the September 1924 Walker Cup Matches at the Garden City Golf Club, laid inside the rear pocket sleeve, as issued. (Large 8vo) full blue morocco stamped and lettered in silver, all edges silver, slipcase. No. 133 of 200 hand-numbered copies bound by A.W. Lumsden. "The Author's Edition." First Edition.

Signed by Simmonds, Bonallack and Campbell on the limitation page, as issued. This copy signed on the title page by Chuck Kocsis who played three times in the Walker Cup, 1938, 1949, & 1957, the American team prevailing in the last two. An enthusiastic look at The Walker Cup, this is the author's first published book. Mr. Simmonds is a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, Royal County Down, Gullane and Woking, and a weekly contributor on amateur golf to golf.com. D&J S19570.