first edition
1903 · New York
by (GOLF - EARLY MANUALS). (MINIATURE BOOKS)
New York: The Gorham Manufacturing Co, 1903. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. 102 x 64 mm. (4 x 2 1/2"). 4 p.l., [9]-148 pp.
CHARMING PUBLISHER'S LIMP SUEDE, illustrated covers with a rotund golfer on front and a long-suffering caddy at rear, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In a later(?) glassine wrapper. Housed in a very sturdy custom-made buckram folding box with inlaid marbled spine label. Color floral and foliate headpieces, tailpieces, and title page, and 16 DELIGHTFUL MOUNTED COLOR PLATES BY JOHN HASSALL. Front endpaper with the ownership inscription, "W. P. Rockwell, November 1905." Murdoch 888; Donovan & Murdoch 19030. Trivial (truncated)
CHARMING PUBLISHER'S LIMP SUEDE, illustrated covers with a rotund golfer on front and a long-suffering caddy at rear, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In a later(?) glassine wrapper. Housed in a very sturdy custom-made buckram folding box with inlaid marbled spine label. Color floral and foliate headpieces, tailpieces, and title page, and 16 DELIGHTFUL MOUNTED COLOR PLATES BY JOHN HASSALL. Front endpaper with the ownership inscription, "W. P. Rockwell, November 1905." Murdoch 888; Donovan & Murdoch 19030. Trivial (truncated)