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Sell Your Copy of Golf in America A Practical Manual 1st Edition
The sport golf originated in the Middle Ages in Scotland and the modern version played today was also developed there. Today the world’s most established golfers play in the PGA Tour, however other tournaments are held all across the globe hosted by numerous organizations.
We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a first edition copy of Golf in America A Practical Manual for $791. This was the first American book on the sport published in 1895, one year after the United States Golf Association was established. Please see details and photo below:
1st Ed. Golf in America 1895 — Sold for $791
Rare first edition copy of “Golf in America: A Practical Manual” by James P. Lee. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company: 1895. Duodecimo volume with original mustard color pictorial cloth boards. Illustrated with photographic plates. Text is the first golf book published in America, created after the founding of the United States Golf Association in December 1894, but prior to the first season of national championships in 1895. Some soiling and buckling to front cloth board. Separation to bottom of title page. Overall, excellent condition. Sold for $791.
The following are some additional golf items we sold:
Bobby Jones “Fairway” Signed
“Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.” by Robert T. Jones, Jr. and O.B. Keeler. New York: Minton, Balch and Company: 1927. First trade edition, first printing rare book. Signed in pencil on front free end paper by golf legends Bobby Jones and Maureen Orcutt. Previous owner’s pencil signature also on ffep, as well as pencil dateline, “Pinehurst, N.C. / Mar 24 ’32.” Octavo hardcover runs 239 pages. Top edge stained green with a deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Very good. Sold for $3,900.
Bobby Jones Signed Copy of ”Golf Is My Game”
Bobby Jones signed copy of his memoir, ”Golf Is My Game”, in original dust jacket. New York: Doubleday, 1960. Jones inscribes the front free endpaper, ”For Atley Kitchings / With best wishes, / Robert T. Jones Jr.” Though a lawyer by profession, Jones was the first golfer to win the Grand Slam and routinely bested top professional golfers such as Walter Hagen. Book follows Jones’ life and his record setting Grand Slam year, illustrated with drawings and photos. Book measures 6.25” x 9.5”. Dust jacket showing $4.50 price is in very good condition with minimal chipping to edges and spine. Book has light shelf wear, overall near fine. Sold for $1,094.
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