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BADDIEL**, SARAH - an Introduction by Peter Dobereiner : GOLF THE GOLDEN YEARS: A PICTORIAL ANTHOLOGY.**

LONDON.STUDIO EDITIONS LTD.,1992.

ISBN 1851703209.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprint.[Originally and first published,by same publisher,1989.It was reprinted in 1990 and again in 1992 - this particular edition.] FINE+/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy colour photographic golfing ephemera illustrated dw/dj panels,with green,white and yellow lettering to front panel and black lettering to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A tiny pin-pick abrasion to front panel of dw/dj; about 1/2" in from spine/backstrip's gutter and about 3.5" from bottom edge of dw/dj,concomitant spot to board lightly affected.Top edges lightly toned,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a dark green headband and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj, reprint,8-173pp [paginated] includes an introduction by Bernard Darwin,3 sections,over 220 coloured illustrations throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half title page with colour photograph of a golfer figurine to it's reverse,a title page,a contents list/ table,a foreword by Peter Dobereiner,an afterword by author/compiler (Sarah Baddiel) and an alphabetical list of ephemera. "Golf: The object is to drive a gutta-percha ball in the smallest number of strokes into a succession of holes,scattered most of them at wide intervals from each other over some waste track of turf. . ." So The Pall Mall Gazette attempted to describe the game in November,1868. Inauspicious beginnings; but since then,the game of golf has captured and held the imagination of millions,all over the world. Today,golf can be something of an industry,in which a fortune can be won or lost on a missed putt.But there was a golden age of golf: an age of amateurism and near-innocence; one that all lovers of the game think of with affection and a touch of nostalgia. 'GOLF: THE GOLDEN YEARS' is a celebration of that age: the end of the 19th century and the first 40 years of the 20th,when giants of the game such as Vardon and Sarazen walked the links,and the colossus that was Bobby Jones towered over them all. Divided into three sections,and introduced by a history of golf in the golden age from the incomparable pen of Bernard Darwin,the book covers the whole spectrum of the golfing world.On every page there is something to entertain,delight and inform. The first section - Great Moments,Great Courses - ranges from a report of a pilgrimage to St. Andrews in 1892,through Sarazen's great charge at the Open in 1932,to a 1937 report of the world's most testing finish: the last two at Carnoustie.Great Characters,the second section, profiles Tom Morris,"the Father of Golf",and reports on the life and play of the remarkable Bobby Jones. The final section - A Golfing Bag - covers such vital matters as etiquette on the golf course and a defence of caddies,as well as tips on play from names that are now legends. Beautifully illustrated throughout from the collections of one of the world's leading experts on golfing ephemera and those of her friends,'Golf: The Golden Years' is a treasure-house to delight all golfers - scratch players and duffers alike - and be an invaluable source of reference to collectors. Not only does it bring to life the players,the courses and the great moments from golf's golden age; it also conveys a sense of the sheer fun,the exhilaration,and - sometimes - the low comedy of a day on the links. Sarah Baddiel fell in love with the game of golf some 12 years ago (then 1989). Since then,she has become probably the world's foremost dealer in golfing literature and ephemera.Golfiana,her shop in Grays Antique Market,London,is well-known to professionals and amateurs alike,on both sides of the Atlantic. She is a member of the Golf Collector's Society of America and the British Golf Collector's Society,and frequently contributes to golfing magazines and books; she wrote for the section on Collecting Golfiana for the Library Association's definitive 'Sourcebook of Golf'. Please contact seller,because of the weight - 1160gms unpackaged - for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,item's actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

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