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Hit 'Em a Mile! How to Drive a Golf Ball by Thomson, Jimmy; edited by Geoffrey Field - 1940

by Thomson, Jimmy; edited by Geoffrey Field

Hit 'Em a Mile! How to Drive a Golf Ball by Thomson, Jimmy; edited by Geoffrey Field - 1940

Hit 'Em a Mile! How to Drive a Golf Ball

by Thomson, Jimmy; edited by Geoffrey Field

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New York: Sun Dial Press, 1940. Softcover. Good. Unpaged, 24 leaves, 12-in tall. Profusely illustrated with photographs of long-hitting Jimmy Thomson's golf swing. Thomson placed second at the 1935 US Open and the 1936 PGA Championship, 6th at the 1937 Masters Tournament. Front cover shows corner crease and light vertical crease. Rear cover with small brown spots. Internally fine, good binding.
  • Bookseller Sandhill Books US (US)
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  • Publisher Sun Dial Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1940
  • Keywords golf; jimmy thomson
SPRING MEETING, 1927. THE SIDGEWICK CUP FOURSOME TOURNAMENT
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SPRING MEETING, 1927. THE SIDGEWICK CUP FOURSOME TOURNAMENT

by THE ROYAL ST. GEORGE'S GOLF CLUB, SANDWICH

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Printed for Royal St. George's by Pain & Sons, Sandwich and Deal, Kent. England. 1927. 4pp score chart showing the names of he players in the 1st heat, played on April 15th, 1927, plus those players with a bye to the second heat, played on the same day. The spaces to write in the competitors that moved through the heat stages have not been filled in. The whole opened sheet measures 16.6 x 13.2 inches and folds down to a slim 3.3 x 8.3 inches to allow for fitting into a pocket. Creases on the folds, as expected, but overall in very good condition.
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FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF: MY MEMORIES. By Andra Kirkaldy of St. Andrews. Told to Clyde Foster
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FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF: MY MEMORIES. By Andra Kirkaldy of St. Andrews. Told to Clyde Foster

by KIRKALDY. ANDRA

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T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London. 1921. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 21 mono photos on 16 plates. Four pages of adverts at end of book. Neat ink stamp of Kent & Canterbury hospital on the front blank free endpaper but no other stamps or ownership marks. Some light foxing to a few pages but generally a very good, clean copy in the publishers original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Author's facsimile signature in gilt to the front board. Both boards with a blind stamped ruled border. Top edge trimmed, the others not and rough edged. Faint mark to the top of the fronmt board where a paper label has been carefully removed and little rubbing to the edges but overall a very good copy.
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Nine Holes of Golf

Nine Holes of Golf

by Cortissoz, Royal

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, else a clean, tight . copy.. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 97 pp. Frontispiece illustration by Tony Sarg. Yellow cloth spine with color pictorial paper-covered boards. A collection of humorous essays about golf. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages .
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How I Play Golf
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How I Play Golf

by Tiger Woods

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NY: Warner Books, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Warner Books, 2001, first printing. folio, 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 306pp., numerous color illustrations throughout, fold-out section on techinque of the swing. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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The Game of Golf    The Lonsdale Library  Vol. IX
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The Game of Golf The Lonsdale Library Vol. IX

by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO, DI and Mr. Eric Parker

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SPRING MEETING, 1927. THE SIDGEWICK CUP FOURSOME TOURNAMENT
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SPRING MEETING, 1927. THE SIDGEWICK CUP FOURSOME TOURNAMENT

by THE ROYAL ST. GEORGE'S GOLF CLUB, SANDWICH

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Printed for Royal St. George's by Pain & Sons, Sandwich and Deal, Kent. England. 1927. 4pp score chart showing the names of he players in the 1st heat, played on April 15th, 1927, plus those players with a bye to the second heat, played on the same day. The spaces to write in the competitors that moved through the heat stages have not been filled in. The whole opened sheet measures 16.6 x 13.2 inches and folds down to a slim 3.3 x 8.3 inches to allow for fitting into a pocket. Creases on the folds, as expected, but overall in very good condition.
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FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF: MY MEMORIES. By Andra Kirkaldy of St. Andrews. Told to Clyde Foster
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FIFTY YEARS OF GOLF: MY MEMORIES. By Andra Kirkaldy of St. Andrews. Told to Clyde Foster

by KIRKALDY. ANDRA

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T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London. 1921. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Illustrated with 21 mono photos on 16 plates. Four pages of adverts at end of book. Neat ink stamp of Kent & Canterbury hospital on the front blank free endpaper but no other stamps or ownership marks. Some light foxing to a few pages but generally a very good, clean copy in the publishers original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Author's facsimile signature in gilt to the front board. Both boards with a blind stamped ruled border. Top edge trimmed, the others not and rough edged. Faint mark to the top of the fronmt board where a paper label has been carefully removed and little rubbing to the edges but overall a very good copy.
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Nine Holes of Golf

Nine Holes of Golf

by Cortissoz, Royal

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and sunned, else a clean, tight . copy.. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 97 pp. Frontispiece illustration by Tony Sarg. Yellow cloth spine with color pictorial paper-covered boards. A collection of humorous essays about golf. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 198 pages .
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The Game of Golf    The Lonsdale Library  Vol. IX
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The Game of Golf The Lonsdale Library Vol. IX

by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, KG, GCVO, DI and Mr. Eric Parker

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The Venturi System: With Special Material on Shotmaking for the Advanced Golfer (Signed)
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The Venturi System: With Special Material on Shotmaking for the Advanced Golfer (Signed)

by Ken Venturi

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0689114141
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Atheneum, 1983-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x9x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of Golf Hall of Fame inductee and US Open champion Ken Venturi's classic golf how-to, the Venturi System. "First Edition" so stated on copyright page. Inscribed and signed by Venturi on front free endpaper thus: "To John Orb | With my very best wishes | and appreciation for all your help. | Sincerely | Ken Venturi." Inscription and signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Includes content for advanced golfers. Densely illustrated with photos and drawings. 123 pp. 9 1/4" 9 1/4". Tight, immaculate copy with sharp corners and light wrinkling to head and tail of spine panel. Dust jacket price-clipped in archival Brodart sleeve. Small tear and light crease to front panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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Picture Analysis Of Golf Strokes: A Complete Book Of Instruction

Picture Analysis Of Golf Strokes: A Complete Book Of Instruction

by Barnes, James M

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Photographs By L. F. Deming. 252 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing With 1919 Date On Title And Copyright Pages, No Additional Printing Indicated. Clean, All Gilt Brilliant On Spine And Front Cover, Touch Of Rubbing To Cloth At Corners, No Fraying, No Stains Or Foxing, A Little Wear To Cover Paste-On Illustration And A Few Flecks To Cloth (Lightening Of Color) But Cloth Clean, Bright, Unfaded; Contents Square And Immaculate. Hinges Tight. Pencil Ownership Signature Of G W Mead, Champion Golfer At Pinehurst Around 1919-1921. This First Printing Is Scarce In Such Well-Preserved Condition.
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Every Shot I Take :; Lessons Learned About Golf, Life, and a Father's Love
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Every Shot I Take :; Lessons Learned About Golf, Life, and a Father's Love

by Love, Davis III

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo (20 x 14 cm). 204 pp. Inscribed by author on 2nd free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Tan paper covers with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. Unclipped DJ in protective cover.
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The Spirit Of Pinehurst
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The Spirit Of Pinehurst

by Pace, Lee

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Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sports Media Group, 2004. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Ann Arbor, Michigan: Sports Media Group, 2004, first printing. Oblong 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", 310pp., lavishly illustrated with full color and b/w photographs. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.
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Everybody's Golf Book. [Signed by 3 golf greats]
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Everybody's Golf Book. [Signed by 3 golf greats]

by Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez with Chuck Fitt

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New York: The Viking Press, 1975. Hardcover pictorial boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations by Simon Paukov. Signed and inscribed on front endpapers by three 20th century golf greats - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Jim Dent, and Byron Nelson. Rodriguez has written in blue felt tip, To Bernie from your friend Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez. Dent has written in pencil, Friend Bernie - Try using the Black Shaft Jim Dent. Nelson has written All my love Byron Nelson. Also on the endpaper is an inscription, Happy Golfing Irving Palmer and a comical diagram of the chemical composition of TNT. Foreword by Byron Nelson. Prepared by Elias Productions, Inc. 152 pages, spine darkening but pages clean and binding solid. Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican golfer born in 1935, winner of 8 PGA Tour events, and is in the World Golf Hall of Fame. James Lacey Dent is an African-American golfer born in 1939 who has numerous professional wins, especially as a Senior (50+) golfer. Byron Nelson, 1912-2006, was an American pro golfer in the… Read More
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How I Play Golf
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How I Play Golf

by Tiger Woods

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NY: Warner Books, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Warner Books, 2001, first printing. folio, 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 306pp., numerous color illustrations throughout, fold-out section on techinque of the swing. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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A History of Rio Pinar Country Club: The First Fifty Years
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A History of Rio Pinar Country Club: The First Fifty Years

by The History Committee of Rio Pinar

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Privately Printed, 2007. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Detailed 50th anniversary history of the storied Rio Pinar Country Club of Orlando, Florida, for many years host to the PGA's Florida Citrus Open. Includes tournament winners, rosters of members, profiles and photos of all 18 holes, a full index and much more. Densely illustrated with photos. Also includes supplemental DVD in back sleeve with additional pictures and videos. Dust jacket present in archival Brodart sleeve. Note that the Citrus Open was discontinued in 1978 and moved to Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Country Club and renamed the Bay Hill Classic. 130 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Unmarked front to back. Dust jacket with minimal shelf wear. A Beautiful copy of an important golf collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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A GOLF STORY: CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF THE BANGALORE GOLF CLUB

by BOND, RUSKIN

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Bangalore, India: Bangalore Golf Club, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 172. FIRST EDITION. A photographic and written history of the famous Indian golf club. It is the oldest golf club in India, and this book reflects the history with many vintage black and white, and full colour photographs. There is also a large section on the early years with details of, for example; the founders, the first members, distinguished visitors, rules, etc. This is a near fine copy in dust jacket, just short of tine due tor the name of a previous owner on the free endpaper. The jacket is now protected with a Brodart cover.
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A Forty-Two Year History, 1935-1977: Southern Hills Country Club (Chris Schenkel's Copy)
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A Forty-Two Year History, 1935-1977: Southern Hills Country Club (Chris Schenkel's Copy)

by Book Committee

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Privately Printed, 1977. Hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Lavish, detailed history of the storied Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. SHCC has hosted numerous major tournaments - multiple US Opens, PGA's, and many more - and is scheduled to host the 2023 PGA Championship in May. Course design by legendary golf architect Perry Maxwell. Limited edition. Copy #71 of 1500 copies printed. Inscribed by then SHCC President Harold C. Stuart to Hall of Fame sportscaster Chris Schenkel. His copy. Includes numerous color and black-and-white photos of notable golfers (Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, etc.) and celebrities (Crosby, Hope, etc.) along with one of the most famous photos ever taken at SHCC - Arnold Palmer hitting his approach shot to the 18th green, his hope of finally winning the PGA dashed. Many course views as well as a historical chronology. Errata slip laid in. 177 pp. 10 1/4" x 7 1/4". Bound in vivid olive-green cloth with bright gilt and white lettering. Tight, immaculate copy.… Read More
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Golf for Young Players
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Golf for Young Players

by Collett, Glenna (1903-1989) [Mrs. Edwin C. Vare]

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover in a Good Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Poor. Light green cloth with stamped titles in a darker green. 7.5 inches tall;  8vo, 7.5 inches tall; x,115 pages on coated paper; illustrated with 16 b/w photographic plates. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. The dust jacket with the price of $1.50 has age-toning with scuff to the front panel with loss on the bottom spine area, small losses on the upper spine and corners. . Glenna Collett. was known as the female Bobby Jones, as much for her composure and sportsmanship as for her astonishing achievements. She won the U. S. Women's Amateur Championship six times and was the dominant female player of her time. During her career, she won 49 championships, the last of which, the 1959 Rhode Island Women's Golf Association tournament, when she was 56. She wrote this illustrated early book of golf instruction Green cloth, black… Read More
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Constitutions and Regulations of the Selangor Golf Club, with the Rules and Etiquette of Golf

Constitutions and Regulations of the Selangor Golf Club, with the Rules and Etiquette of Golf

by Selangor Golf Club

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Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Golf Club, 1946. Published Kuala Lumpur: Selangor Golf Club, 1946. 12mo. wrappers, 145pp. Printed black ink on gray parchment card covers, with section headings printed on different color papers. Near fine. . Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo.
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