(SPORTS--GOLF.) Pair of works on the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Two 4to volumes, as described. Various places, 1923 and 1966 Samuel L. Parrish. "Some Facts, Reflections, and Personal Reminiscences Connected with the . . . Game of Golf . . . with the Formation of the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club." 2 full-page illustrations. 20 pages. 4to, publisher's illustrated wrappers, moderate wear; minor wear to contents; inscribed by the author to Elmer Willis Van Brunt (1882-1950) on 25 June 1923, and inscribed by his daughter-in-law Eileen McKinley Van Brunt to the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in August 1970. No place, [1923]. The author Samuel Longstreth Parrish (1849-1932) founded Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, NY, the oldest incorporated golf club in America. The legendary course has since hosted 5 U.S. Opens spread out over three different centuries. "A valuable addition to the shelf in that it records some first-hand impressions of the start and growth of golf in America"--Murdoch, Bibliography of Golf 591.
Ross Goodner. "The 75 Year History of Shinnecock Hills Golf Club." Illustrations. 44, [4] pages. 4to, publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, minimal wear; minimal wear to contents; in original glassine wrappers with moderate wear; one of a limited edition of 500. 4 in OCLC. Southampton, NY: Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, 1966.