Alastair J. Johnston Library of Golf, 1566-2008
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Title: Alastair J. Johnston Library of Golf, 1566-2008
Author: Johnston, Alastair J.
Description: [2], 536 pp. Inventory list in alphabetical order with columns of information: books and programs. 27.5x21 cm. (11x8½"), black cloth, gilt-lettered black leather cover label, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Copy No. 6 of only 11 copies, signed, numbered and dated 5/09 by Alastair Johnston.Important golf reference book, providing a rare inside view of what is considered currently the greatest golf library in private hands, constantly expanding. Privately printed by Alastair Johnston for presentation to friends in a very small limitation each year. Alastair co-wrote with his father The Chronicles of Golf (1993), “a seminal work on the history of the game” which collectively revised “much of what was previously believed about the game’s origins” – Donovan & Jerris, p. 367. Originally not offered for sale, this book not listed in the D&J golf bibliography.
Heading: Place Published: [Cleveland, OH]
Publisher: [Alastair Johnston]
Date Published: [2009]
Author: Johnston, Alastair J.
Description: [2], 536 pp. Inventory list in alphabetical order with columns of information: books and programs. 27.5x21 cm. (11x8½"), black cloth, gilt-lettered black leather cover label, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Copy No. 6 of only 11 copies, signed, numbered and dated 5/09 by Alastair Johnston.Important golf reference book, providing a rare inside view of what is considered currently the greatest golf library in private hands, constantly expanding. Privately printed by Alastair Johnston for presentation to friends in a very small limitation each year. Alastair co-wrote with his father The Chronicles of Golf (1993), “a seminal work on the history of the game” which collectively revised “much of what was previously believed about the game’s origins” – Donovan & Jerris, p. 367. Originally not offered for sale, this book not listed in the D&J golf bibliography.
Heading: Place Published: [Cleveland, OH]
Publisher: [Alastair Johnston]
Date Published: [2009]
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