Clapcott (9 results)

SOFTCOVER. Condition: NEW. 1st Edition. Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 38pp on thick glossy art paper, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: NEW unread and unmarked copy ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: NEW. 1st Edition. Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 38pp on thick glossy art paper, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: NEW unread and unmarked copy ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. #104 of 400 numbered copies with clear plastic dj and blue cloth slipcase. Book.

Condition: Good. 1935. First Edition. 127 pages. Tissue-paper jacket over quarter bound brown cloth with a darker brown cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spine. One of 500 copies (not numbered). Rough cut pages with deckled edges. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Slight gutter cracking. Binding is firm. Endpapers and pastedowns slightly grubby. Text block edges slightly foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Minor faint mottling. Book has a subtle forward lean. Gilt is bright. Unclipped jacket has some edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Approx 2 inch tear to rear. Jacket is a touch rubbed and marked overall. Small areas of loss to spine ends.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. 127 pages. Clapcott was an avid golf book collector, golf historian and specialist on the rules of golf. He helped Cecil Hopkinson with the list of rules for his 1938 Collecting Golf Books. Original covers clean and bright, small bump to lower corner. No bookplate or former owner name. Several small tan spots on pastedown and edge of ffep, small tan spot on title page and opposite, else perfectly clean throughout, no page creases, folds, or tears. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. 127 pages. Clapcott was an avid golf book collector, golf historian and specialist on the rules of golf. He helped Cecil Hopkinson with the list of rules for his 1938 Collecting Golf Books. Light tan offset on pastedown else a beautiful copy. Dark brown cloth spine slightly lightened, light brown cloth used for the covers is often stained, this unblemished. No bookplate or former owner name, perfectly clean throughout. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

First edition, no. 213 of 400 copies, signed by Johnston. Frontispiece. xviii, 518 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Compendium of Clapcott's papers, introduced by Alastair F. Johnston, with his commentary and observations. Clapcott's researches on the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, and his commentary on The Goff, are substantial and original works of lasting interest. Donovan & Murdoch 58310 Blue cloth, in blue cloth slipcase Frontispiece. xviii, 518 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, no. 213 of 400 copies, signed by Johnston.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. 127p cloth. limited edition 500 copies only. Tracing the development of the Rules of Golf, beginning with the earliest identified code issued by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers in 1744, including a reprint of the original texts. Clapcott was one of the game first Historians. Along with being one of the foremost golf book collectors. D&J C12460.

Charles Clapcott was an enthusiastic historian of golf and its rules. He was also one of the foremost golf book collectors of his day. This book represents a definite study of the early rules and the first attempt to trace the evolution of golf rules. The clubs, and dates of Rules included, are as follows: Royal & Ancient, St Andrews (1754); Hon. Company of Edinburgh Golfers (1775); Aberdeen (1783); Crail Golfing Soc. (1786); Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society (1802); Hon. Company of Edinburgh Golfers (1809); Glasgow G.C. (1810); R& A, St Andrews (1812); E.B.G.S (1814); for the Gold Medal of the E.B.G.S. (1816); for golf on the Links of Aberdeen (1815); Laws of Golf, as revised by Blackheath G.C. (1828); Burntisland G.C. (1828); St Andrews (1829); Musselburgh (1829 & 1834); E.B.G.S. (1838); R&A G.C. of St Andrews, as played over the Links (1842); Blackheath (1844); Thistle (1824); Perth Golfing Soc. (1825); Royal Perth Golfing Soc. (1839); R&A G.C. of St Andrews, as played over the Links (1858); Rules for the Game of Golf (1888); Local Rules for St Andrews Links. 8vo. [v] + 127pp. Handmade paper, rough edges. Bound in quarter cloth over tan boards, gilt title to the spine. Some very light internal foxing and bookplate of A.R. Russ to fly-leaf. A very good copy of this rare volume of rules of the game. Limited Edition of 500 copies. [D&M, 12400].