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Wethered, Architectural Side of Golf 1 of 50 Sgd.

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Title: The Architectural Side of Golf
Author: Wethered, H. N[ewton] & T. Simpson
Description: xix, [1], 211 pp. + plates. Preface by J.C. Squire. Illustrated by the authors: 43 numbered plates, mostly course plans (22 of which are in color); plus other illustrations including etched frontispiece with tissue-guard, wood engravings and drawings within text, head and tail-pieces. 10¼x7¾, original gilt-ruled full orange vellum, spine lettered in gilt, some pages unopened, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 4 of 50 Large Paper copies specially bound. First Edition.Signed by both authors, Wethered and Simpson, on the limitation page. Furthermore, inscribed by H.N. Wethered to his son Roger Wethered, dated Xmas 1929, on the front free endpaper. The book passed from Roger Wethered to his step-grandson, who is the present owner. Roger Wethered was himself a very skilled amateur golfer, and is remembered today for his narrow loss in the 1921 Open Championship to American professional Jock Hutchinson. Leading on the 17th hole in the last round of regulation, he accidentally stepped on his ball, the penalty dropped him into a tie, and he lost the next day in a 36-hole playoff. He was a close friend of Bobby Jones, and gave the address at his memorial service. Roger Wethered's sister was Joyce Wethered, one of the greatest women golfers. The book itself is a classic of golf architecture, with superb essays on the philosophy of golf architecture, ink sketches and color washes. According to Murdoch, it is "a most desirable book to have in a golf library." Simpson believed that only by studying the "Old Course" at St. Andrews could one properly understand golf course design and construction. Only two other copies have sold at auction over the last 35 years, according to American Book Prices Current, both of them at PBA Galleries. Murdoch 841; D&M 39420; D&J W10390.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Longmans, Green
Date Published: 1929