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

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Lot 39 of 400:
Walter Camp Drives and Puts in rare dust jacket  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,560
Estimate:
$2,500 - $3,500

Title:
Drives and Puts

Author:
Camp, Walter and Lilian Brooks

Place:
Boston

Publisher:
L.C. Page

Date:
1899

Description:

243 + 14 ad pp. Frontispiece of a woman golfer by H.C. Ireland, with tissue-guard; vignette on title page. (12mo) original pictorial green cloth depicting a man and woman strolling on a green, holding golf clubs, top edge gilt, pictorial jacket repeating cover design. First Edition.

Very rare in original dust jacket, this copy with gilt stamping still very bright. A collection of short stories by the father of American football (he authored the first book on the subject) and Miss Brooks, a popular writer of magazine stories of the time. Murdoch 108; D&M 780; D&J C2710.


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Condition:
Jacket with a few chips and some light old staining; volume with just a small dampstain on the rear endpapers, early owner's name and bookplate on front endpapers; book and jacket near fine.


 
Item number:
287174
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