Title:Reminiscences of Golf on St. Andrews Links
Author:Balfour, James [6], 68 + [2, ads.] pp. 6½x4¼, original printed red wrappers, rebacked with red paper. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author's daughter, Emma C[onstance] Balfour-Melville (1857-1941) to "Principal Sir John Herbrless(?)" dated September 1919 on the half-title. The Balfours were a well-known golfing family, the most skillful of whom was James' son, Leslie Balfour-Melville, who won the British Amateur in 1895. The book relates tales of the Old Course during a time when there were relatively few golfers and is of great interest because it gives one of the few first-hand accounts of how the course was played in those early days. "One of the rarest of all golf items" - Murdoch 30; D&M 600; D&J B2890.
Place:Edinburgh
Name:David Douglas
Date:1887
Author:Balfour, James [6], 68 + [2, ads.] pp. 6½x4¼, original printed red wrappers, rebacked with red paper. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author's daughter, Emma C[onstance] Balfour-Melville (1857-1941) to "Principal Sir John Herbrless(?)" dated September 1919 on the half-title. The Balfours were a well-known golfing family, the most skillful of whom was James' son, Leslie Balfour-Melville, who won the British Amateur in 1895. The book relates tales of the Old Course during a time when there were relatively few golfers and is of great interest because it gives one of the few first-hand accounts of how the course was played in those early days. "One of the rarest of all golf items" - Murdoch 30; D&M 600; D&J B2890.
Place:Edinburgh
Name:David Douglas
Date:1887
Condition report
Some edge wear and mild rubbing, 1 chip to bottom front cover corner, light stains to lower rear cover; contents still nice, good or better. Rare.
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Fine Golf Books and Collectibles
1:00 PM PT - Jul 26th, 2007
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PBA Galleries
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