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Golf is My Game, Signed by Bobby Jones, Second Edition, 1960

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Jones, Robert (Bobby) Tyre, Jr., Golf Is My Game. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1960. Second edition, inscribed and signed by Bobby Jones on first free endpaper. Presented in original dust jacket and boards. This is a second edition of Golf Is My Game, signed by the famous golfer Bobby Jones. Published by Doubleday & Company in New York in 1960, this autobiography is signed on the first free endpaper with blue ink, with an inscription that reads,"To Tom Cauble with best regards Bob Jones." The book is presented in its original dust jacket and boards. The second autobiography written by Bobby Jones, Golf Is My Game gives Jones’s account of his 1930 “Grand Slam” in which he was the first player to win all of golf’s four major championships in one calendar year. Today, Jones is still the only person to have done so. At just 28 years old and after having won all four titles, Jones retired from competitive golf but his involvement was not over. The author went on to play twelve Master’s Tournaments after his retirement and helped to found the famous Augusta National Golf Club. This personal account of his career’s most famous year is written in first person and includes captioned illustrations and black and white photographs. CONDITION: Good condition. Octavo. In publisher’s original green and black boards with gold titles along the spine and original dust jacket, now wrapped in Mylar. Dust jacket exhibits toning to spine, a tear from front cover to spine tail, mild shelving wear. Moderate age toning, mild wear at head joint corners and along head edge. Adhesive staining along hinges between pastedowns and end pages, and toning along edge, clear of signature. Jones inscribed and signed on the first free endpaper: "To Tom Cauble with best regards Bob Jones." Inscription is legible, in blue ink. 255pp. Book Dimensions: 9 1/2"H x 6 3/8"W x 1"W. Accompanied by our company's letter of authenticity.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 6.38 in (16.21 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1960
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading.
  • Seller Location:
    Colorado Springs, CO
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BK11781stDibs: LU909744676292

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