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Sir Walter Simpson The Art of Golf 1892

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Title: The Art of Golf
Author: Simpson, Sir W[alter] G.
Description: xx, 186 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs and figure drawings; steel-engraved vignette on the title page with tissue-guard. 8¾x5¾, original ¼ morocco and decorative boards, publisher's red endpapers, top edge gilt. Second Edition, Revised.Early chapters include history, praise of the game, clubs and caddies; the balance is instruction. Simpson "was a former captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, and the work reflects the rigid class systems of late nineteenth-century Britain" - D&J S20890; D&M 3870; Murdoch 699.
Heading: Place Published: Edinburgh
Publisher: David Douglas
Date Published: 1892