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The Golfer's Manual, Including History and Rules of the Game, with Hints to Beginners by Robert Forgan (1828-1905) - N.D
by Robert Forgan (1828-1905)
The Golfer's Manual, Including History and Rules of the Game, with Hints to Beginners
by Robert Forgan (1828-1905)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, Ltd, N.D. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SEVENTH EDITION. 12mo. 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches. [iv], 100, [4 ads] pp. Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Tom Morris, preface by Robert Forgan, seven full-page black-and-white photographic illustrations, glossary; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped dark green cloth; binding square, shelf wear and rubbing at spine edges and corners, soiling on covers. SCARCE. GG818-093. Very Good. This is the first best-selling golf book, written by famous club-maker Robert Forgan in St. Andrews, Scotland. The book was first published as The Golfer's Handbook from 1891-1897? when the title changed to The Golfer's Manual. This edition contains a preface by Forgan which notes that this edition has been "brought up to date" since the sixth edition with new illustrations, and newly available golf information supplied. Page [iv] notes a record-tying score at St. Andrews Links by James Anderson, 18 August 1906, which offers a hint for the date of this edition. The text includes lists of champion golfers and scores, rules on golfing honor and etiquette, a chapter on Shakespeare on golf, rules for the game of golf, and more. This scarce volume is a crucial text for golfing historiography. REFERENCE: J. S. F. Murdoch, The Library of Golf (1743-1966), 260.
- Bookseller John Howell for Books (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition Seventh Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co, Ltd
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published N.D
- Keywords Robert Forgan, The Golfers Manual Including History and Rules of the Game with Hints to Beginners, Golf, Outdoors, Tom Morris