EDWARDS, LESLIE — The Game That Was Golf

Dovercourt, Essex, Fore Golf Publications. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0952019906) Hard Cover, 9.25 x 6.25 inches. Ill.: Jos Armitage - Ionicus. Presentation plate from The 1981 Captains of The Society of Liverpool Golf Captains to Richard, Honorary Secretary 1983 to 1993 on ffep. No other inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to edges of front board, bottom of spine and lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped with tiny nick/crease to lower front edge, slight fading and minor rubbing to spine ends. 197pp. The author brings to the attention of today's young golfers the great players of the past whose golf eras are as different from today's as chalk from cheese. The book offers the opportunity to re-live memories of past championships from over sixty years ago with seventy short chapters covering these aces and other golf matters plus insight into the world of the golf correspondent. With black & white photos plus line drawings by Ionicus. Very Good (+)/Very Good.