Rooke Books

Great Golfers: Their Methods at a Glance

George W. Beldam; Harold H. Hilton; J. H. Taylor; James Braid; Alexander Heard; Harry Vardon · 1904

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.74 | ¥10,334)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1904. Cloth. A smart second impression of this insightful study of great golfers, with illustrations throughout. Reprinted May 1904, first published March 1904. Illustrated with a frontispiece, dedication page, and over two hundred and fifty ...

The Art of Golf

Joshua Taylor · 1912

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

London, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd, 1912. Cloth. An illustrated guide to golfing, with a chapter on the evolution of the bunker. Dated from the British Library. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Missing one plate to face page 78. A comprehensive guide to the sp...

The Most Excellent Historie of Machamlet Hys Handycap, or, As You Swipe It

Paul Triefus · 1922

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd. 1922. Cloth. A brilliant parody merging the subject of golf with the writings of Shakespeare, with fantastic illustrations. This is a fantastic parody, featuring known and loved Shakespearean characters including MacHamlet...

Potted Golf

Harry Fulford · 1910

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,280)

Glasgow, Dalross, 1910. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work of sport writing by the professional golfer, Harry Fulford. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Written by Harry Fulford, a Professional to Bradford Gold Club. This work ...

Characters and Kings the Making of Royal Mid-Surrey

Peter Ryde · 1991

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

London , Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, 1991. Cloth. A signed and attractive copy of this golfing history, commemorating the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club in Richmond. A presentation copy, signed by the President of the Club (T. Hennebry) to the front free-endpaper, and accompanied ...

Some Friendly Fairways

E. P. Leigh-Bennett · 1929

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Not Stated, Southern Railway , [1929]. Hardback. An illustrated book dedicated to Britain's finest golf courses by E. P. Leigh-Bennett. Containing a series of impressions of a number of well-known and lesser-known golf courses in the South and South-West of England, one i...

Golf for Beginners - and Others

Marshall Whitlatch · 1910

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

New York , Outing , 1910. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Marshall Whitlatch's handy and informative golfing guide for beginners. Marshall Whitlatch's excellent guide to golfing for beginners, with many practical hints and directives on how to play from it...

The Education of a Golfer

Sam Snead · 1962

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.59 | ¥35,853)

London, Cassell & Company, Ltd. 1962. First edition. Cloth. A first edition by one of the greatest golf players of all time, in a well-preserved dust wrapper. Sam Snead (1912-2002) was an American professional golfer. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. H...

The Swing in Golf and How to Learn It

A. Q. · 1919

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

London , A & C Black , 1919. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this masterclass in the golf swing. A first edition copy of this work. This volume explores the swing in golf, breaking it down into wrist-play, keeping your eye on the ball, and explaining the ...

John Ball of Hoylake Champion Golfer

John Behrend · 1989

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.95 | ¥12,443)

Worcestershire, Grant Books, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A magnificent first limited edition, signed by the author, of this volume exploring the career of great golfer John Ball. The first edition, limited to 1800 copies of this volume, signed by the author to half title page....

Twelve Under Fours an Informal History of the Selangor Golf Club. Diamond Jubilee, 1953

Selangor Golf Club · 1953

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,668)

Kuala Lumpur, Selangor Golf Club, 1953. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated history of the Selangor Golf Club in celebration of its Diamond Jubilee. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original moire binding, with yellow and red silk ribbon markers. A histo...

Playing the Like

Bernard Darwin · 1952

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London, Chapman and Hall, 1952. Cloth. The scarce Sportsman's Book Club edition of this selection of golf writings by Bernard Darwin. The scarce 1952 edition published in the Sportsman's Book Club. A selection of golf writings by popular golfer Bernard Darwin, who wa...

A Natural Golfer: Hand Action in Games

J. Forrest · 1938

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

London, Thomas Murby & Co. 1938 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely early twentieth century book on golfing technique with illustrations. First edition of A Natural Golfer: Hand Action in Games by J. Forrest in the original publisher's cloth binding.Â...

Golf

Horace G. Hutchinson · 1890

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,126)

London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1890. Cloth. A fantastic and richly illustrated volume on the subject of golf, produced for Longman, Green & Co.'s Badminton LIbrary. This volume was published for the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, a project by publishing house ...