COLONEL BOGEY'S SKETCH BOOK

by R. André

$1,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1897. First edition of this tongue-in-cheek history of golf, beginning with the prehistoric Golfosaurian, moving onto the missing link Golfolinkius Anthropomorphus, and so on. Very good plus. Item #33463 Filled with humorous parodies about golf e.g. A Lay of Link Lunacy , humanized golf clubs, and depictions of golfing animals, including the Putting Pachyderm. The illustrations

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