Title: Reminiscences of Golf on St. Andrews Links Author: Balfour, James Place: Edinburgh Publisher: David Douglas Date: 1887 Description: [6], 68 + [2 ad] pp. 16.5x10.5 cm (6½x4¼"), original printed red wrappers, rebacked with red cloth, red cloth chemise; housed in custom made clamshell box, brown quarter morocco and tan cloth, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. First Edition. The Balfours were a well-known golfing family, the most skillful of whom was James' son, Leslie Balfour-Melville, who won the British Amateur in 1895. The book relates tales of the Old Course during a time when there were relatively few golfers and is of great interest because it gives one of the few first-hand accounts of how the course was played in those early days. "One of the rarest of all golf items" - Murdoch 30; D&M 600; D&J B2890. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a bit sunned, tiny chips to wrapper edges, some faint marks of soiling and a stamp, rebacked, a few hinges starting; near fine in fine box. Item number: 259280
Title: Reminiscences of Golf on St. Andrews Links Author: Balfour, James Place: Edinburgh Publisher: David Douglas Date: 1887 Description: [6], 68 + [2 ad] pp. 16.5x10.5 cm (6½x4¼"), original printed red wrappers, rebacked with red cloth, red cloth chemise; housed in custom made clamshell box, brown quarter morocco and tan cloth, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands. First Edition. The Balfours were a well-known golfing family, the most skillful of whom was James' son, Leslie Balfour-Melville, who won the British Amateur in 1895. The book relates tales of the Old Course during a time when there were relatively few golfers and is of great interest because it gives one of the few first-hand accounts of how the course was played in those early days. "One of the rarest of all golf items" - Murdoch 30; D&M 600; D&J B2890. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine a bit sunned, tiny chips to wrapper edges, some faint marks of soiling and a stamp, rebacked, a few hinges starting; near fine in fine box. Item number: 259280
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