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[Springfield Township, New Jersey]:: Baltusrol Golf Club, 1995. A beautiful copy. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs -- half vintage, half in full-color. Endpapers illustrated with course layout map, score cards and other ephemera. With brief biographies of distinguished member golfers. Appendix. Index. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in shiny gold. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall.. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. (x), 166pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. SIGNED by the AUTHOR/ARTIST directly on the half title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). SEE PHOTOS. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (only very lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT a library discard. Brief gift note on the front free endpaper (signed by "the resident Pro at the Manor."). All other pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Beautiful full color golf theme paintings by LeRoy Neiman throughout (193 illustrations/170 color plates, per DJ blurb). Bound in the original gray cloth, stamped in blind and dark green. Oversize Hardcover. 9.75" wide by 12" tall. This large book will require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. From the publisher: "America's most popular sports artist turns his attention to one of America's favorite and fastest-growing sports. In lively, colorful paintings and sketches, Neiman… Read More

Chelsea, Michigan:: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket would also be FINE but for a light touch of rubbing. NOT price clipped (22.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in bright gold. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR, July, 2002.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. 272pp..

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1994. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (23.00). From the Dust Jacket: "To the millions of golfers who have played his world-famous courses, Pete is either a creative genius or a demonic tormentor... Bury Me in a Pot Bunker is his own story of how he revolutionized his favorite game by designing courses that both delight and bedevil golfers." Includes a 3-page list of the courses he designed. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xiv, 241pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Chicago: Hamill and Barker, 1933. 6" wide by 9" tall. Rear cover is slightly soiled. This catalogue of rare books and drawings has 157 entries, including Scottish Acts, [Edinburgh, 1566] the first printed reference to the game of golf. Original green printed wraps. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 48pp.

Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2004. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). HARDCOVER First Edition (Very scarce SIGNED). Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips or tears. Gold "Signed by the Author" seal on the front. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 2004. First Printing of the First Edition with full number line (54321) on the copyright page. From the publisher's Hardscrabble Crime series. Bound in the original green boards with blue cloth spine. Stamped in bright gold. From the dust jacket: "'Imagine a wise-cracking Tiger Woods as Sherlock Holmes,' says bestselling novelist Tess Gerritsen. 'That's the sort of lovable hero John Corrigan has created in this new mystery series.' Corrigan once again captures life--and death--on the PGA Tour in his new… Read More

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2006. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Don Cherry, directly on the front free endpaper. Near Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket with a "SIGNED" sticker at the foot of the spine. NOT price clipped ($24.95). One short closed tear. NO chips. Previous owner's tiny name label. Foreword by Dan Jenkins. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original two tone boards [gray with red spine], stamped in bright silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Don Cherry straddled the world of music and the world of golf. With his two innate talents, Cherry ascended to unbelievable heights -- making gold records, winning major golf victories, and securing a place for himself in the history books. As a result, he touched the lives of dozens of big-time athletes and stars. From Demaret to Crosby, Dino to Palmer, Nicklaus to Sinatra, and [Mickey] Mantle to former U.S. presidents. Known in the sports world for his animated style and fiercely… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. Near Fine condition in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Golf mystery introducing Angus Straun. Author's first full-length crime novel. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($16.95). . First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. 220pp.

Stamford, Connecticut: The Classics of Golf, 1988. Laid in is the brochure from the publisher about the book, its authors, contributors, and publication history. NEW and unread in PERFECT condition. Square and tight. NO chips, tears, creases, rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Well illustrated with golf cartoons. Foreword by Herbert Warrwen Wind. Afterword by Jim Murray. Bound in the original green cloth.. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by Briggs, Clare (illustrations by). ix, 169pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. SIGNED by CO-AUTHOR Jack Sheehan with a black sharpie directly on the front free endpaper (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). New and unread in near PERFECT condition (with only a tiny bit of very mild wear -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). NOT price clipped ($24.95). Bright and shiny. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are creamy white, fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green boards with a dark green spine. From the dust jacket: "For nearly thirty years, Peter Jacobsen-player, entertainer, (off-) color commentator, television host, golf-course designer, and entrepreneur (but, no, he doesn't do windows)-has been a favorite of fans and fellow golfers, and when he published BURIED LIES in 1993, it was an immediate success. But a lot has happened since then -- to him, to… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. A square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket is bright. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped (20.00). SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a PGA TOUR SHOPS bookplate. NO owner's name. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original light brown boards, with a dark brown spine lettered in shiny gold. First printing, with complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "With every shot he takes, Davis Love III provides a tribute to the strength and the value of his father's teachings. And in EVERY SHOT I TAKE, he shares with us the lessons he learned about how to play golf with power, with skill, and with joy. Those lessons range widely, from the psychological ('Let your attitude determine your golf game; don't let your golf game determine your attitude') to the physical ('To hit the ball far, hit the ball straight; I try to hit the ball at… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1994. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (22.00). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Appears unread. The first collected edition of the author's golf pieces, most having been previously published in Golf Digest. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xx, 247pp.

New York: Doubleday, 2001. INSCRIBED & SIGNED with a black sharpie by Ben Crenshaw directly on the half title page. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT price clipped ($24.95). Pages are clean and unmarked. NOT a remainder. 2001. First Printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row (13579 10 8642) on the copyright page. Illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. From the dust jacket: "With two Masters Championships, nineteen career PGA victories, three NCAA individual championships, and millions in earnings, Ben Crenshaw is without question one of the most successful golfers of the century. But Crenshaw's relationship to his sport goes beyond his individual performances. As captain of the 1999 Ryder Cup team, confronting the largest deficit in tournament history, Crenshaw believed in his players and was confident enough in his study of golf history to trust his feel for… Read More

New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2006. A beautiful, pristine copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Flat spine. No creases. Pages are fresh and crisp -- -- obviously never read. Bound in the original green pictorial wraps, with cover painting of a golf course by Joe Burleson. A Golf Lover's Mystery. First printing with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the rear cover: "Cassie Burdette is steeling her nerves for the U.S. Women's Open... then a rival is poisoned and Cassie begins receiving strange e-mails and messages. It seems that in high-stakes golf, competition can truly be murder.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR.. First Printing of the First Edition.. Mass Market Paperback. As New condition. Illus. by Burleson, Joe (cover art). 275pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (21.00). Author's first novel. Original green boards and blue cloth spine. From the Dust Jacket "On the windswept heath of the imagination stands the golf course known to all who love the game. It's where the wind is always at your back, the ground is true enough to be fair and irregular enough to be interesting, and all shots fly long and straight, perpetually pure. In Follow the Wind, Bo Links brings this Valhalla of the game to vivid life. Welcome to The Club, where what unites the members is their love of and devotion to golf. Bobby Jones, the great amateur champion, is the head of the membership. Walter Hagen, the dashing five-time PGA champion, works behind the bar. The head green keeper is Alistair MacKenzie, architect of Augusta National, Cypress Point, and dozens of the… Read More

New York: Warner Books, 2001. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (24.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "Geist has just become possibly the last American male to take up golf. And in his case, the pursuit will have the game's fans and detractors laughing every step of the fairway. In this memoir of a golfer wannabe, Geist goes to a golf expo where predators sell everything from performance golf socks to 'techno-tees' guaranteed to improve your score... He competes... in a U.S. Blind Golfers Association Tournament - and loses... He offers his own insider's tips... Every so often skip a hole - its still the best way to take 8-10 strokes off your game... Always play the closest hole..." Dust Jacket praise from Larry King: "Very, very, very, funny." . SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover.… Read More

Golf Canada, 2021. NEW and unread in a NEW, near PERFECT dust jacket. The jacket has only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Photo illustrated, some in beautiful full color. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Golf writer Lorne Rubenstein supplied the foreword to the book where he wrote, "Fifty years have come and gone, but I remember and can see Cowan setting up on the tee, taking very little time, and drilling his drive down the fairway. The golf ball curved a lot more in those days, but it curved only when Cowan wanted it to. He could hit any shot he wanted to, when he wanted to, and had proven himself one of the finest amateurs in the game. He was a world-class golfer." From the Golf Canada website: "Gary Cowan is one of the most successful and revered amateur golfers of the past century. An honoured member of the… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (21.00). From the Dust Jacket: "Like his classic Little Red Book, The Game for a Lifetime is filled not so much with swing tips and stance aids but with a timeless philosophy that seeks to improve your play by improving how you feel about your game." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 12mo. 208pp . Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Endicott, New York: Castalio Press, 1987. BRAND NEW condition in a bright and shiny BRAND NEW dust jacket. NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. The jacket has only very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. This golf bibliography has 4,800 entries, many annotated. From the introduction by Herbert Warren Wind: "It is a considerably expanded successor to Murdoch's THE LIBRARY OF GOLF, a bibliography that was published in 1968. Whereas that guide introduced the reader to about nine hundred golf books, both well-known and recondite, the new bibliography is a far more ambitious and inclusive work. Donovan, a bookseller whose hobby is collecting golf books, has ranged far and wide searching out books on golf, golf club histories, golf club handbooks, golf pamphlets, and verse and song about the game." Illustrated with numerous photos of book… Read More

[Tenafly, New Jersey]: Weathervane Press, 1995. 6" wide by 9" tall. Previous owner's name. Otherwise a bright, clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped (14.95). No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A compendium of 250 golf courses with detailed info on each. Includes maps and directions, historical notes, lists of amenities, descriptions from a golfer-eye-view, hole-by-hole scorecard information, etc. First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. 288pp.