The Book of The Links: Prize Essay By A Greenkeeper; Supplementary Notes On Manures, Tables & Miscellaneous Information
London: W.H. Smith & Son, (1912). First edition. Hardcover. N.d (1912). First (and only?) printing. Large 8vo. in blue cloth and leather spine label lettered in gilt. 212 pp. + 12 inserted pp. of adverts at rear for golf course-related botanical specimens and cabinets. Illustrated with photos, drawings and cartoons. Very good, modest rubbing to the extremities, all gilt lettering bright; mfoxing to the preliminaries and a bit in the text. Important and highly collectible work on the construction, maintenence, plantings, ect. of golf courses, particularly the greens. Includes chapters on the formation and maintenence of putting greens and tees; manuring of greens and courses; grasses and grass seeds, golf architecture, the influence of courses on players' styles; caddies; vegetation of golf lonks; finances, etc. Very Good. Item #E27178B
Price: $165.00