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The Book of Golf and Golfers
by Hutchinson, Horace G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Hartland, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. Thick octovo hardcover in fine red cloth cover, bright gilt lettering on spine, xvi, 317pp, frontispiece (tissue guard) , 72 plates mostly showing golfers in action, tight and square spine/binding, pages bright, No marks, No writing, No foxing, No tears, the covers have very light rubbing of tips, else NFINE in clear and heavy mylar wrap. A solid copy, internally pristine. The author first wrote "Hints on Golf", the game's first instructional book. He played a significant part in the golf boom at the end of the 19th century, as a player he won the British Amateur Championship in 1886 and 1887. "One of the cornerstones of a golfing library." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317pp pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mossback Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28342
- Title
- The Book of Golf and Golfers
- Author
- Hutchinson, Horace G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Golf; Old Golf Book; Vintage Golf
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
Terms of Sale
Mossback Books
books sent by Media mail @$4.25 first book $3 each book thereafter; average size Air mail @$8.25 within midwest-zone(west-coast zone-$10.50) first book. Heavy books quote for air mail. Books can be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason but with prior notice given to the seller. Foreign sales need to obtain a quote for postage.
About the Seller
Mossback Books
Biblio member since 2004
Hartland, Michigan
About Mossback Books
Sales through the internet and at book shows in the midwest.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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