The Golf Book of East Lothian

Kerr, John Rev

Verlag: Privately Printed, Edinburgh, 1896

Beschreibung

Illustrated. 516 pages with 34 pages Appendix. This is #173 of 250 copies of the Large Paper Edition numbered and signed by Rev. John Kerr. It is difficult to overstate the importance of this book or its place in the annals of golfing literature. In addition to being a superb history of the game, reproducing many texts and golfing lays written during the infancy of golfing societies, it is the first work to explore the golf courses of any particular region. And there was a bounty of excellent links courses in East Lothian during the apex of the gutta percha ball era and an age of growth in the game's wider acceptance. The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, having left their fellow golfing societies playing over the Musselburgh Links, were opening their new club house and marvelous course at Muirfield. There was North Berwick, Dirleton Castle (where Reverend Kerr belonged), Tantallon, Gullane, Archerfield, Old Luftness, Rhodes, New Luftness, Dunbar, Haddington, Thorntree, et al. East Lothian at the time was home to twenty fully organized golf clubs. This copy has been professionally re-cased possibly half a century ago retaining the original decorated leather spine, decorated green cover cloth and leather panels, inner hinges reinforced with green cloth matching the retained original green endpapers. All plates present with original tissue guards, toned & lightly spotted with resulting minor offset. Otherwise a beautifully crisp, tight copy with bright white pages. No former owner's name or bookplate, no soiling, foxing, staining, underlining, marginalia, creases, or tears. A cornerstone volume for the collecting connoisseur. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 204149

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Golf Book of East Lothian

Verlag: Privately Printed, Edinburgh

Erscheinungsdatum: 1896

Einband: 1/2 Leather Decorative Cloth

Zustand: Good Plus

Signiert: Signed by Author

Auflage: First Edition.

Art des Buches: Limited Large Paper Edition