[Badminton Library] Golf.

£150 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Horace Hutchinson's classic history and guide to the game of golf, published as part of The Badminton Library series of sporting titles. Contributors include the future Prime Minister Arthur Balfour M.P., and the Scottish novelist Andrew Lang, both keen amateur golfers. The plates highlight famous courses and players, while further line-drawings in the text illustrate the tools and techniques of the game. Second edition; 8vo (19.5 x 14.5 cm); illustrated with 22 photographic plates, including frontispiece, and 69 further in-text illustrations, ownership inscription in pen to half-title upper margin, occasional minor spotting; publisher's illustrated brown cloth, minor wear to extremities, very good; xiv, 463, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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