SIMPSON, Sir W.G.
The Art of Golf.
Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1892.
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A handsome copy of The Art of Golf, a comprehensive study of the sport, featuring some very early photographic illustrations of the shots and swings. Sir W.G. Simpson was a very close friend of Robert Louis Stevenson whose words feature at the front of this book.
Second edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); 30 engraved illustrations and diagrams, 20 page advertisement to rear, including frontispiece with tissue-guard, contemporary pencil inscription to half-title, some light sporadic spotting to upper margins, occasional minor mark, else clean and bright internally; publisher's illustrated boards with gold design to upper and lower board, spine in black with gilt lettering, red endpapers, top edge gilt, spine a little scuffed, primarily to upper and lower hinge and edges, some soiling to boards, as expected with age, else a very good, sturdy copy; [xx], 186pp, [22]pp.
Second edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); 30 engraved illustrations and diagrams, 20 page advertisement to rear, including frontispiece with tissue-guard, contemporary pencil inscription to half-title, some light sporadic spotting to upper margins, occasional minor mark, else clean and bright internally; publisher's illustrated boards with gold design to upper and lower board, spine in black with gilt lettering, red endpapers, top edge gilt, spine a little scuffed, primarily to upper and lower hinge and edges, some soiling to boards, as expected with age, else a very good, sturdy copy; [xx], 186pp, [22]pp.
Stock code 124757
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The Art of Golf.
Regular price
£500.00
Sale price
£500.00
Regular price
