Vintage Golf Book, Golf and Golfers, Past and Present.

Ref:24104 This catalogue accompanied the joint exhibition of the same name by Nick Potter and ourselves. The exhibition followed on from the great success of the other golfing exhibitions we had held. It had taken several years since the last exhibition to be able to assemble such a fine collection of golfing memorabilia. This exhibition was also exciting as it had the superb collection of the original artwork of Ken Reed. Ken is one of the world’s leading painters of golf course landscapes and official poster designer to both the Royal and Ancient Club and the U.S.G.A., and this was the first exhibition of his original paintings. The combination of early images of Michael Brown, John Smart...

Wilson Athletic Library - How To Putt Relevant today as it was then, an instructional booklet on 'How to Putt'. A paper back booklet, new edition by John Duncan Dunn illustrated by s...

The Life Of Tom Morris, With Glimpses Of St Andrews & Its Golfing Celebrities. One of the most collectable golf books on one of golf's most influential figures 'Old Tom'. An original 1908 first edition copy, one for the true connoisseur. This is a hard bound copy with black letter title "The Life of TOM MORRIS, With Glimpses of St Andrews & Its Golfing Celebrities, W.W. Tulloch, Member of the Royal & Ancient Club of St Andrews'. The original green pictorial cloth cover with a scene showing Old Tom Morris and another golfer playing on the links of St Andrews. Gilt title to spine with illustration of crossed clubs and ball, publisher's icon and illustration of crossed clubs and balls on rear cover. The book with all twenty-seven illustrations (Mr George Glennie, page 96 loose as is page 194, monument to 'Young Tom') including frontispiece with tissue guard, 'Tom Driving Off - Fore'. As far as we can ascertain all 334 pages are there, slight foxing to edges, in a few cases creeping onto the pages. Colston & Co. Limited, printers, Edinburgh. One of the true classics of golf literature, Reverend Tulloch wrote this to be presented for Tom Morris's 87th birthday. "To Tom Morris. Dear Old Tom, Will you accept for your eighty-seventh birthday this account of your long and honourable life, and of the many great matches in which you have taken part and been interested? I trust it may recall to you many happy days and many memorable triumphs in the game with which your name and that of your distinguished son will always be associated. It will also, I hope, help to preserve to new generations of golfers the charm of your personality and the memory of the "brave days of old." With all good wishes, Ever yours...

Vintage Humorous Book Of Sport Drawings, Brought Forward By H.M. Bateman. An amusing book of drawings, first published in 1931, hard back book with original colour pictorial cover wi...

Antique Golf Book, The Golf Courses of the British Isles Described by Bernard Darwin. A fantastic first edition golf book written by Bernard Darwin, one of the greatest golf writers ever to put pen to paper. 'THE GOLF COURSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES, DESCRIBED BY BERNARD DARWIN, PAINTED BY HARRY ROUNTREE...

The Epic Of Golf By Clinton Scollard. A very well produced first edition golf poetry book, The Epic Of Golf By Clinton Scollard. Published in 1923 by Houghton Mifflin & Co Boston and...

Pompei, Past and Present by P. Beccarini. Milan: Tip Pirsla and Cella di Cella, 1906. First Edition paded hardcover with no dust jacket as issued. 110 pp. A fascinating antique book ...

Set of 6 cocktail picks in the form of golf clubs with a golf bag form holder. The golf bag is marked Sterling 950 on the bottom. The set comes in its original fitted box (box shows ...

Picasso: Challenging the Past Book by Elizabeth Cowling and Pablo Picasso. Picasso: Challenging the Past Paperback – May 3, 2011 From his earliest years Pablo Picasso was a passion...

English and American Textiles: From 1790 to the Present by Mary Schoeser, Celia Rufey. Published by Thames & Hudson, New York, 1989. Illustrated dus...

Transporting British Colonial style golf bag crafted in wicker and leather in a vintage form for golf clubs, balls and tees.

Checkered Past A Visual Diary of the ’60s and ’70s By: Peter Schlesinger In 1968, Peter Schlesinger, wide-eyed and twenty years old, arrived in London from his native California at the invitation of artist David Hockney to study at the Slade School of Art. He was introduced by Hockney to a bohemian set...