GOLF IN AMERICA, a Practical Manual by Lee, James P - 1895

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1895. Hard Cover. Good+ binding. vi, 5-194 pp., plates. First edition. In publisher's yellow cloth with vignette title stamped in green and silver on the front cover and the spine. Covers soiled as is so often the case; spine darkened; corners softened; contemporary owners name and date on the front free endpaper; title page is tentatively attached with separation at top and bottom of the inner margin. 14 plates including frontispiece are present. An uncommon first edition of the first book of golf printed in the U. S. Of the book, Wexler writes, "Golf in America acquits itself admirably well for such a groundbreaker, getting right to the point throughout it five untitled sections. The first covers the origins and spread of the game in the United Kingdom. The second details its move to the United States and Canada, and it's especially interesting in that it profiles a number of prominent nineteenth-century clubs. The third and fourth teach the basics of terminology and technique, while the fifth covers etiquette and the rules, also a glossary and a list of prominent American clubs and their officers." Donovan & Murdoch 3350; Wexler p.13-14.