L V Kavanagh (6 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Good Plus, Clipped. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated. 207 pages. Amost for the serious golf historian. Well researched and well written history of golf in the first country in North America to establish the game and a club in Montreal in 1875. Includes the complete records of the: Canadian Open Championships; Canadian Amateur Championships; Willingdon Cup Matches; Senior Championships of Canada; Canadian Junior Championships; Canadian Juvenile Championships; Interprovincial Senior and Junior Team Matches; Canadian Ladies' Open; and Canadian Professional Championships. From the dust jacket: "While tournament histories and records make the book invaluable to any golfer, the author has drawn on a storehouse of Canadian golf experience, gained from years of travelling the Canadian and International tournament scene, to recall colourful players, golf anecdotes, and footnotes on the Canadian style of play. Even Canada's position in the world of golf is recorded through international competition and the many international invitational matches, including individual achievements by Canadian golfers." Dust jacket protected in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 207 pages. The first and only complete record of Canadian golf. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photos from provincial archives and private collections. Includes a who's who of Canadian Golf, information about historic clubs and courses, anecdotes and golf lore as well as the complete records of the: Canadian Open Championships; Canadian Amateur Championships; Willingdon Cup Matches; Senior Championships of Canada; Canadian Juvenile Championships; Interprovincial Senior and Junior Team Matches; Canadian Ladies Open; and the Canadian Professional Championships. Gift greetings and small Christmas sticker upon front endpaper else clean and unmarked. Light wear to book in attractive brownish-grey cloth boards. Average wear to dust jacket which is missing some chips and is well-worn at edges with a variety of tears.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. cloth, gilt spine, 207 pages, illustrated throughout, edge chips and minor edge tears, has 48 pages of Canadian golfing records, both professional an amateur, histories of historic clubs and courses, etc., a clean, tight copy Size: 4 to. Book. …

First edition. Original textured brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine; neat ink name on front pastedown; light stains on fore edge, occasionally extending 1/4" onto page; contents otherwise bright and clean. Yellow colour pictorial (putting green Cove Fields, Quebec, 1894) dust jacket, with just a hint of fading to spine; front fold rubbed; corners and spine ends lightly worn with minor loss. A near fine copy. [D/M #58750] Until Barclay's 1992 Golf in Canada: A History this was ".the first and only complete record of Canadian golf." (cf. dust jacket flap).…

Hardcover. Condition: New.

The first and only complete record of Canadian golf. The author was the former secretary and manager of the Royal Canadian Golf Association. 4to. [xii] + 207pp. Profusely illustrated in the text. Dust-wrapper, sl rubbed but generally very clean. [D&M, 58750].