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The Royal North Devon Golf Club: A Centenary Anthology 1864-1964 (INSCRIBED by the author)
by Goodban, J.W.D. (Editor)
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Royal North Devon Golf Club, 1964. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Bob Jones of California/with the compliments of/Royal North Devon Golf Club,/George W. Eardley/Manager-Secretary/26/5/78." Quarto. 96pp. Numerous black & white illustrations; tipped-in color frontispiece of a painting of the club by H. Percy Heard; six fold-out charts of medal and cup winners at rear (complete). Foreword by P.A. Ward-Thomas. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. From the library of golf author Bob Jones with his decorative bookplate to front pastedown. A history of the oldest golf course in the country and one regarded as the St. Andrews of England. (D&M 54130).
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- Title
- The Royal North Devon Golf Club: A Centenary Anthology 1864-1964 (INSCRIBED by the author)
- Author
- Goodban, J.W.D. (Editor)
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- First Edition
- Publisher
- Royal North Devon Golf Club
- Date Published
- 1964
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