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FIVE STAR GOLF, WITH THREE SIGNED LETTERS FROM EISENHOWER
PALMER, Norman. Five Star Golf. WITH: Three Eisenhower letters relating to publication. New York, 1964. Five items altogether. Original signed correspondence regarding publication of golf pro Norman Palmer’s anecdotes of his rounds with the President. With photograph of Eisenhower and Palmer leaning on their drivers and a fine first edition of Palmer’s book, for which Eisenhower wrote the preface. $7500.
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“ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID AND SUNG OF THE ROYAL GAME”
CLARK, Robert, editor. Golf: A Royal and Ancient Game. Edinburgh, 1875. First trade edition of this first documentary history of golf, “to which every writer on this phase of golf must acknowledge his indebtedness,” profusely illustrated with frontispiece, nine full-page plates, and numerous wood-engraved borders and head- and tail pieces. $6500.
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GOLF STORIES BY THE FATHER OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL,
INSCRIBED BY CAMP AND SIGNED BY BROOKS
CAMP, Walter and BROOKS, Lilian. Drives and Puts. Boston, 1899. First edition of these 11 tales of the links by Camp, assisted by magazine short story writer Brooks, with frontispiece by H.C. Ireland, inscribed, “May you always be at least ‘one-up’ on the last hole. Walter Camp, Lilian Brooks.” $4500.
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“FORT KNOX OF GOLFING KNOWLEDGE”
HUNTER, Robert. Links. New York and London, 1926. First edition of the “demonic challenges” of great courses, with 50 photographs and 10 detailed diagrams, designed for the aficionado of golf course architecture. $3500.
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“PUTTING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN GOLF”
PARK, William, Jr. Art of Putting. Edinburgh, 1920. First edition of this early instructional manual by a man who has “devoted more time to the study and practice of putting than any other golfer, amateur or professional,” with 12 photographic plates of set-ups for long and short putts. $3000.
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PRESENTATION COPY OF FIFTY YEARS OF AMERICAN GOLF
MARTIN, Harry Brownlaw. Fifty Years of American Golf. New York, 1936. Signed limited first edition, number 21 of only 355 copies, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication, “To H.H. Ramsay, who as Secretary and later as President of the United States Golf Association has always fought for the best interests of the game in America. With best wishes, H.B. Martin, Oct ‘36.” $2500.
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INSCRIBED BY WALTER HAGEN
HAGEN, Walter. Walter Hagen Story. New York, 1956. First edition of this golfing legend’s autobiography, with 24 pages of photographs, inscribed, “To my friend Gerald E. Rosenberger. Golfingly, Walter Hagen.” $2200.
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“TO ALL SPORTING AND PLUCKY GOLFERS OF OUR SEX”
MACKERN, Louie and BOYS, Mollie, editors. Our Lady of the Green. London, 1899. First edition of this engaging history of women’s golf in Britain, with brief biographies of the first professionals and chapters by Issette Pearson, founder of the Ladies’ Golf Union, and A. Bennet Pascoe, 1896 Ladies’ Champion. $2200.
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“PUTTING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN GOLF”
PARK, William, Jr. Art of Putting. Edinburgh [United States], 1921. First American edition of this early instructional manual by a man who has “devoted more time to the study and practice of putting than any other golfer, amateur or professional,” with 12 photographic plates of set-ups for long and short putts. $1750.
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FIRST EDITION OF HUTCHINSON’S GOLFING PILGRIM
HUTCHINSON, Horace G. Golfing Pilgrim. London, 1898. First edition of this amusing anecdotal account of golfing lore at St. Andrews (“The Shrine”) and elsewhere around the world. $1750.
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