Golf by Bob Macdonald - 1927

Chicago: The Wallace Press, 1927. Hardcover. VG Cover has general wear with some staining , pitting, and edge damage, Bookblock shows age toning. Green cloth boards with gilt letering and design. 3 preliminary leaves, 210, [2] pages frontispiece (portrait) illustrations 28 cm. illustrated by motion pictures, exercises and explanatory diagrams.

Clean glossy pages throughout, with one to two photos per page demonstrating the proper approach and form for the various shots. An exceptionally clean, and seemingly rarely-used copy. The first 11 pages, with drawings, demonstrate exercises to get started. From "The Preface": "It is probably beyond argument that the golf stroke, apart from the putt, is the most highly technical method of hitting a ball in the whole realm of sport."
"It is the purpose of this book to inculcate those fundamentals in the easiest possible manner for those, who really desire to know the game, and, in addition, to show the full technique of the stroke, whereby those fundamentals may be welded into a homogeneous unit, that represents what the golfer so ardently desires--a good game."
INSCRIBED with best wishes by Bob MacDonald, Chicago, Ill, 2/25/27 on the back of the front endpaper.

Chicago: The Wallace Press, 1927 First edition. 4to 11 1/4" x 9". Dark green textured cloth stamped in bright gilt. Golfer taking a swing in gilt stamped on front cover. 212 pages printed on high quality slick paper. Chapters are: Exercises; Grips; The Drive; The Brassie or Spoon; The Iron Clubs; Driving Iron; Mid-Iron; mashie; Mashie Niblick; Mashie - Pitch and Run; Putting; Low Iron Shot; The Pull; The Slice; Bunker Shots; The Stymie; Faults; The Psychology of Golf. Loaded with illustrations - sometimes drawings but mostly really nice vintage photographs of golfer taking shots - sometimes one but usually two per page. Short gift note dated Dec. 25, 1927 on flyleaf. Original binding in excellent shape - just some light wear at corners. Text is very clean and sharp. Tightly bound. A rare item in near Fine condition..