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Golfer's Year Book for 1866

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Title: The Golfer's Year Book for 1866
Author: Smith, Rob[ert] Howie, editor
Description: [1 blank leaf], [8], 88 pp. 6¼x4-1/8, original red-orange cloth-backed pictorially printed blue-gray paper over thin boards. First Edition.Rare and important golf annual. Considered the first golfing yearbook, of which many others would follow. Contains a list of all the Scottish golf clubs, their members (and date of membership), and the tournaments and medals won for the year by each. Murdoch writes, "This small book is of some historical importance because it was the first of the many yearbooks that would appear, listing data of interest to golfers. It should be noted, however, that this one, like many of those that would follow, was published annually for just one year." Murdoch also notes an ad on the rear cover for a golf museum to house "old relics of golfing celebrities" at the Union Club House, St. Andrews. Donovan & Murdoch 3980; Donovan & Jerris S25250; Murdoch 710.
Heading: Place Published: Ayr[shire], Scotland
Publisher: Smith & Grant
Date Published: 1867