James Currie Macbeth (17 results)

Condition: Good. 1935. 150 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. …

Condition: Good. First edition. Paper bound. Stapled pamphlet. Good condition. Staples rusted; body of text loose, but complete. Jakubowicz 1290.

Condition: Good. First edition. Paper bound. Stapled pamphlet. Good condition. Rusty staples. Pencil golf scores on rear cover. Internallly clean and tight. Jakubowicz 1320.

Condition: Good. First edition. Paper bound. Stapled pamphlet. Good condition. Text block separated from the covers; all components present. Internally clean and tight.

Condition: Good. First edition. Paper bound. Stapled pamphlet. Good condition. Staples have rusted free, but the pamphlet is complete and very clean, except for rust marks in the gutter.

Wrappers. Condition: Good Plus. First Ediiton. Illustrated. 40 pages. Tight copy without bookplate, names, notes, etc. Staples oxidized and a touch of light foxing spots to the covers. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wrappers. Condition: Good Plus. First Ediiton. Illustrated. 48 pages. The final and scarcest of five golf books the author penned. No names, notes, tears, etc. Covers foxed, protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Privately Printed.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 40pp. Silver King. No date. Staples starting to rust, light underlining to first page, else VG. Size: 16mo.

Original Illustrated paper covers 40pp Illustrations Golf Instructions A FINE Copy.

first edition 150pp ills. VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,minor bumps and wear to extrems.w.1cm splits to foot of spine at both hinges,boards sl.shaky,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine).

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Ediiton. "Bry May" Edition on inside cover. Rear advertising for Bryant & May Ltd. Match Manufacturers. Illustrated. 40 pages. Nice clean copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Privately Printed.

One of the better instructionals, laid out in three sections. First part is the set-up, part two deals with the strokes and part three with temperament. 8vo. xv + 150pp. Frontispiece, 62 plates, a few diags in the text. original pea green cloth, title in white blocking to front and spine, head and tail of spine rubbed. A good copy.…

Wrappers. Condition: Good. Dunfermline Edition. Illustrated. 48 pages. Subtitle: " New and abridged technique for average players." Demonstrative photographs of Joyce Wethered and Horton Smith used throughout. Cover states this to be the "Dunfermline Edition"; rear cover advertises the Scottish town of Dunfermline, including the three golf courses available there, the Pitreavie course laid out by Dr. Mackenzie of Leeds. Very scarce Dunfermline Edition. Two stains and a crease to front cover. Several page corner creased, contents show signs of wear but complete and without owner name, underlining, notations or tears. Uncommon. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Good Not Clipped. First Ediition. Illustrated. 150 pages. Players illustrated include Bernard Darwin, Bobby Jones, Joyce Wethered, Cyril Tolly, George Duncan, Henry Cotton, Abe Mitchel and many others. Well-written and well-developed instructional with twenty chapters divided into three sections. First section deals with the set-up, second section covers the various strokes, and the third section treats the golfing temperament. Former owner signature rubber stamp upper ffep else a bright, tight, clean copy. Scarce unclipped dust jacket in light green with silver lettering and rear advertisement in silver, soiled along upper edge, 1" x 2" loss at top of spine, protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Instructional golf booklet for the 1930s player covering all aspects of the game and featuring special photographs of George Duncan demonstrating the lessons. 15.5 x 10cms. Paperback. 40pp. Cover rubbed with neat repairs to spine. Original retailer's stamp to title-page. Pages generally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First edition hard cover with dustwrapper. Light green boards with silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Head and tail of spine well bumped and rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy. Page edges are moderately discoloured and bear some scuffing. Free endpapers and pastedowns are a little discoloured. Previous bookseller's stamp upon front pastedown. All pages have a very light halo of discolouration and the odd patch of foxing, yet this book is in fair condition. Dust wrapper has some heavy creasing at the edges, along with some decent chips. Small sections missing at the tail of back cover. Spine and covers rubbed. Head and tail of spine sunned, thumbed and discoloured. Edges and corners are showing some moderate wear and tear. Some fading of spine and back cover, this dust wrapper is in fair condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound.…

Attractive little booklet explaining the fundamentals via a series of photographs featuring some of the best-known players of the day. 12mo. 40pp. Sepia illustrations throughout. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A fine copy of this rare little instructional.  [D&M, 24700].