SHOWDOWN. THE INSIDE STORY OF THE GLENEAGLES RYDER CUP. London, Elliott and Thompson, 2014. 8vo. xv+304pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title: 'To Alan, Hope you enjoy reading this. With best wishes, Iain Carter'. An account of the 2014 Ryder cup between the Europeans and America. [ref: 78518] £25.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
THE MAN WHO INHERITED A GOLF COURSE. Barnstable, Chilton Designs, 1993. 8vo. (6)+242pp. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. Good condition. Golf fiction. A man inherits a golf course, but his inheritance has certain stipulations. [ref: 83202] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
MONTY RAW! THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF COLIN MONTGOMERIE. London, Virgin, 2007. 8vo. viii+248pp. Illustrated. Original cloth in dust-wrapper. A biography of the golfer Colin Montgomerie. [ref: 74119] £12.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
MY SWING. London, Country Life, 1952 8vo. 144pp. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. Instructional. [ref: 76271] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
CROMBIE, (Chas.). LAWS OF CRICKET. ILLUSTRATED BY CHAS. CROMBIE. London, (1907). Oblong folio. Title-page and 12 coloured plates. Original cloth-backed boards, neatly rebacked. Covers and outer edge of plates soiled. Twelve humorous cricket illustrations, with captions. Published by Perrier. Crombie was a well-known cartoonist and also illustrated books on golf and the motor car. See Williams & Phillips, Wisden Book of Cricket Memorabilia, 1990, page 76 (illustrated). Padwick, 7012. [ref: 15362] £250.00 enquire buy |
THE HISTORY OF ROYAL WIMBLEDON GOLF CLUB 1865-1986. Wimbledon, the Club, 1986. 4to. 143pp. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. A history of Royal Wimbledon Golf Club. [ref: 39196] £15.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
INSIDE THE ROPES. LIFE ON THE PGA TOUR AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF PHOTOGRAPHER AND CADDY DEE DARDEN. FOREWORD BY NANCY LOPEZ. CONCEPT AND DESIGN BY BILL SPENCER. Cincinnati, Fairway Publications, 1994. 4to. 208pp. Profusely illustrated. Original printed cloth in dust-wrapper. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER DEE DARDEN on page 9. ALSO SIGNED BY FORTY-FOUR WOMEN GOLFERS FEATURED IN THE BOOK on their illustrations. Signatures include: Kristi Albers, Dina Ammaccapane, Kin Bauer, Patty Berg, Pat Bradley, Jill Briles-Hinton, Lynn Connelly, Laura Davies, Vicky Goetz, Gaill Graham, Betsy King, Sally Little, Nancy Lopez, Michelle McGann, Meg Mallon, Alice Miller, Dottie Mochrie, Kris Monaghan, Marianne Morris, Caroline Pierce, Nancy Ramsbottom, Susie Redman, Alice Ritzman, Nancy Scranton, Val Skinner, Sherri Steinhauer, Jan Thompson, Sherri Turner and Jo Ann Washam. A pictorial record of the Ladies Professional Golf Association. [ref: 79163] £200.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
A HISTORY OF GOLF IN BRITAIN. London, Cassell, 1952. 4to. xv+312pp. Profusely illustrated, some in colour. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. A history of golf, with contributions by H. Gardiner-Hill, Sir Guy Campbell, Henry Cotton and Henry Longhurst. [ref: 39167] £50.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GOLF. London, Burke, 1954. 8vo. xxii+222pp. 16 plates, of which 4 are in colour. Original cloth in chipped dust-wrapper. Golf anthology. A volume in the Pleasures of Life Series. A selection of extracts from some great golf books. Contributors include the author, James Braid, J.H. Taylor, H.G. Hutchinson and Harry Vardon. [ref: 83260] £20.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |
GREEN MEMORIES. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. 8vo. 333pp. Frontispiece and seven pages of plates. Original cloth, covers slightly soiled. First autobiography of the golf author and amateur golfer Bernard Darwin. [ref: 83257] £250.00 (including VAT) enquire buy |