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Golf Books
9 Lots
Lot 442. The Golfers Alphabet by W.G. Van T. Sutphen. A first edition 1898 book. Illustrated with plates from drawings by A. B. Frost. The pages portray a thought for each letter of the alphabet. A Library copy with book plate with several minor faults (some minor scratches, light soiling, a couple of rubber stamps and penciled codes and a slight weakening of the binding. The 9" x 8 3/4 black cloth backed is an original first edition by Harper & Bros, 1898 and is still a very good copy.
Minimum Bid $400.
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Lot 444. Four historic golf books by Horace Hutchinson. Includes: 1. GOLF The Badminton Library, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" Longmans, Green & Co., 1895, 380 pps, excellent condition; 2. Hints on Golf, blue green cover on 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" cover. William Blackwood & Sons, 1896, 83 pps, excellent condition; 3. The Book of Golf and Golfers, red cover with gold logo, 6" x 9 1/4" cover. Longmans Green & Co., 1899, 316 pps, excellent; 4. The New Book of Golf, Gray 1/2" x 8"cover with picture, . Longmans Green & Co., 1912, 361 pps, very good with frontispiece loose;
Minimum Bid $750.
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Lot 446. George Beldam The Worlds Champion Golfers: Their art disclosed by the Ultra Rapid Camera. A group of 4 volumes from an 11 volume set. Each 8 1/4" x 4 3/4" book includes a 24" folding plate with 36 sequential photos (as a flicker book) showing the golfers swing in motion and 16 pages of descriptive material of what’s inside. The volumes include 1 of Walter Hagan, 2 different of Roger Wethered and 1 of Joyce Wethered. About excellent condition.
Winning Bid $200.
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Lot 449. A box full of 73 Golf Auction catalogs and Sales Catalogs from 1994 to 2009. 15 Catalogs from PBA Galleries, all with Prices, 1997-2009; 18 Roger Gilchrist Auction catalogs, 1997-2001; 17 Golf’s Golden Years Fixed Price Catalogs, 1994-2007; 6 Auction catalogs - Phillips 1996, 3 Mullock & Madley, 2001 & 2 diff. 2005 Lyons & Turnball 2006 and McGrath 1994; 17 dealer golf book catalogs. Almost all in excellent or better condition.
Minimum Bid $200.
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Lot 450. A box of 15 hard cover volumes of Famous Golf Club Histories. Prestwick St. Nicholas Golf Club 1851-1951 by William Galbraith, 1950; A Short History of Pine Valley in original slipcase, 1963; Two Winged Foot Story by Douglas Larue Smith, one 1984 and the other revised in 1994 signed by author, both with dust jackets; Baltusrol 90 Years by Mahon, 1985 and Baltusrol 100 Years by Robert Trebus & Richard Wolffe Jr., 1995, both dust jackets. The Riviera Country Club, A Definitive History by Geoff Shackelford, 1995, dj. Includes 9 5 x 7 photos taken at Riviera by Alex Morrison during a tournament; The Maidstone Links by David Goddard, 1997, dust jacket; Oakmont Country Club - The first 77 Years by Edward Foote, 1980; East Lake Country Club History by Charles Elliott, 1984, dust jacket; The Country Club of Rochester, circa 1970; The Pasatiempo Story, paperback by Margaret Kock, 1990; Alistairs McKenzie’s Cypress Point Club by Geoff Shackelford, 1990; The Spirit of Pinehurst by Lee Pace, 2004, dj; Pebble Beach Golf Links The Official History by Neal Hotelling, 1999, dust jacket; All are in at least ex-mt condition with most being near mint or mint condition.
Minimum Bid $300.
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