Leitch Cecil (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Donald Teague, Harold Sichel, Reginald Birch, Charles C. Curran, George Varian, W.P. Couse, Dorothy Hope Smith, C.M. Relyea, Enos B. Colmstock, Cecil Leitch, Charles F. Lester (illustrator). 1st Edition. pp. 771-864 clean, unmarked, 16 pages ads; covers are toned and with moderate wearm, heavier at the spine; contributors include: Dorothy Brooks, Margaret Johnson, Carolyn Wells, L. Frnak Baum (serial story), Margaret Watson, harold Hammond, William Lovell Finley, Charles. Caffin, Lucy Fitch Perkins, E.W. Sturdy, Florence A. Pardes, Joseph H. Adms, Walter Camp, Edwin L. Sabin, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. A small impression of the Thornton Butterworth Ltd logo is on the lower front cover. 6 X 9 inches. 254 pages which include 4 pages of index. Deckled edges. 49 black and white photographs. 48 are action photos, 1 is a portrait of Leitch. Printed on heavy paper. Cecil Leitch (1891-1977) was a British amateur golder, winning her first British Ladies Amateur at the age of 23 in 1914. Leitch retired after winning 12 national titles plus 5 French Ladies and 1 Canadian Ladies Titles. In this copy, Leitch explains the fundamentals of golf and how to improve your game. A previous owner wrote the number 67 in blue ink on the title page and the first page of the inside cover. Light foxing is beginning on the first several pages from both covers. A previous owner also left a piece of paper as a book mark on pages 65 & 85. Also on page 85 and 86 a previous owner lightly underlined several sentences in red pencil. Head and tail are lightly bumped. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. No dust jacket, slight outer wear. Price marking and two stamps from previous owner, otherwise an intact and unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover; Hardcover: Previous owners name on first paste-down. Blue cloth binding with title in gold on front board and on spine. Photograph 'tipped in' on front board. Binding is faded and corners and edges are rubbed and worn. One inch cloth tear at rear gutter edge. Interesting biography of an ' early' Woman golfer. Cecil Leitch won the Ladies Open Championship, 1914, 1920, 1921- the Ladies Close in 1914, 1919 - the French Ladies in 1912, 1914, 1920, 1921 and the Canadian Ladies in 1921. Photo illustrated. Nice tight binding; B/w Photos; 8VO; 276 pages.

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Top and bottom of spine, corners, rubbed. Rubbing to lettering on front cover, but photograph of Leitch in action tipped onto front cover quite sound. Former owner's ink name on the front inner cover. Internally clean and tight, but lacking the illustration pp.16-17. A good reading copy of a scarce book.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome copy of this Roaring Twenties golf tutorial. Leitch was one of the most influential Women's golfers of the early 20th-century, and this work is illustrated with black and white photographs of the 12-time British national champion demonstrating various shots, swings and stances. Green cloth with titling in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner signature in pencil on front endpaper.Mild rubbing and edge wear. Presents handsomely in a clear, archival mylar dust jacket. "Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch (1891 ? 1977) was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf. Leitch won 12 national titles as well as five French Ladies Amateurs and one Canadian Women's Amateur. "In 1914 she won the first of her four British Ladies Amateurs, taking the title from Muriel Dodd. Her opportunity to possibly win several more was interrupted for five years during World War I. When the Championship was restarted after the war, she won her second straight title then the following year made it three in a row. Leitch was able to reach the Championship finals on six occasions, and in 1926 won her fourth British title, a record she shares with Joyce Wethered. She received golf lessons from Thomas Renouf, the head professional at Silloth." - wiki.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First printing. 126 pp., frontis port., 12 pp. of photo plates, octavo format, green cloth with black titles. Nearly Fine text with no owner's name, no noticeable wear, no staining to cloth. Just very slight bumping to the spine-ends and negligible fading to the spine. The original owner has laid a neatly trimmed portion of the front panel of the dustjacket including the author's photo, title above and name below, to use as a bookmark. A superb one-owner copy of this early women's golf book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. Second printing. No dustjacket, bound in green cloth with black lettering on spine, comes with clear plastic slipcover. Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs and bumps to edges and corners of covers, some brownspotting to edges of interior pages, heavy browning to inside front cover and endpaper.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Winner Ladies' Open Championship, 1914, 1920, 1921; plus other championship wins in other countries. Uncommon book by an early female golfing champion. Includes photos. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have many thousands more books in our shop than appear on line. Size: 19 x 12cm.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Marked "For Review".

Condition: Good. First American edition. Hardcover. Good condition. Top, bottom of spine, corners rubbed and somewhat frayed. Mounted photograph on front cover intact but with some edgewear. Front inner hinge starting. Internally clean and tight, with all illustrations present.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1922. 1st edition, F/. Book has very little wear. 49 b & w photos, many of them instructional. First-hand account of her golfing career, in the British Isles, Canada and USA. Includes a chapter on the rules at that time and index. A classic of the early days of Women's golf. How they played in those dresses, I'll never know. Very nice copy.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Illustrated. 276 pages. The golfing experiences of this great English golfer. Anyone who has had the pleasure of playing her home club at Silloth-on-Solway knows why she was an excellent links player. This first American edition (different pagination but same year of publication and with identical contents to first UK edition) has a cover photo of Leitch playing out of a bunker. Light cover wear else bright clean copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Very good. First paper bound American printing. Paper bound. Very good condition. Small loss to top of spine, not affecting the lettering. Front cover a bit faded, with slight loss to lower right corner. Internally clean and tight.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 318. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1922 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 318.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp, 254. Frontis. and 48 illustrations. Original cloth, gilt. An excellent, fresh copy with very faint damp staining to lower board.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Stamped "For Review" on the title-page. With fifty action and other photographs.

Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st edition. 8vo. A handsome copy of this Roaring Twenties golf tutorial in its rare original dust jacket. Leitch was one of the most influential Women's golfers of the early 20th-century, and this work is illustrated with black and white photographs of the 12-time British national champion demonstrating various shots, swings and stances. Green cloth with titling in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Boards bowed a touch inward. Rare dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear, including a few larger chips. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. "Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch (1891 ? 1977) was a British amateur golfer. She was born in Silloth, Cumberland, England, the daughter of a local physician and one of three sisters who excelled at the game of golf. Leitch won 12 national titles as well as five French Ladies Amateurs and one Canadian Women's Amateur. "In 1914 she won the first of her four British Ladies Amateurs, taking the title from Muriel Dodd. Her opportunity to possibly win several more was interrupted for five years during World War I. When the Championship was restarted after the war, she won her second straight title then the following year made it three in a row. Leitch was able to reach the Championship finals on six occasions, and in 1926 won her fourth British title, a record she shares with Joyce Wethered. She received golf lessons from Thomas Renouf, the head professional at Silloth." - wiki Overall a quite desirable copy in the rare jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus, Not Clipped. First Ediiton. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates. 126 pages. This is the author's second book on golf. Leitch won four British Ladies Amateur Championships among many other titles. This her advice after twenty years of study and play. Green cloth slightly faded, rubber stamp on ffep: "With compliments from Granville Marshall.South African representative for Chas Morgan & Co. Ltd. London." Offset from frontispiece portrait onto title page, else a clean copy. No ownership indications, underlining, marginalia, foxing, creases, tears, soiling, etc. Scarce unclipped dust jacket with 1" x 1" loss to upper corner front panel (not affecting leitch's image) and 1" loss along the upper rear panel, spine ends worn, protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Ediiton. Illustrated. 253 pages. The golfing experiences of this great English golfer. Anyone who has had the pleasure of playing her home club at Silloth-on-Solway knows why she was an excellent links player. Tipped into the front pastedown is a small slip of paper marked "Gullane 25th September 1965" and autographed in pen "Cecil Leitch". Very uncommon signature. Small pencil notation rear pastedown indicates the origin of this was from the library of famed golf collector Otto Probst of South Bend Indiana. Carlisle England bookseller label front pastedown else bright clean copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autographed By Author.

Philadelphia 1922. Photos, 8.5x5.5", cloth w/pict label, 276 w/index, spine ends frayed, covers beginning to fray, spine discolored. FIRST EDITION.

An illustrated guide for women golfers by the winner of multiple ladies' titles during the 1910s and 20s. 8vo. 126pp. Second impression. Cloth-covered boards, a little rubbed and marked. Foxing to some pages. One plate is loose but all are present. Good condition.

First Edition. With fifty action and other photographs. Pp. 254, frontispiece portrait, plus 22 plates, index; gilt lettered dark green cloth, a trifle soiled and flecked, edges lightly rubbed, short split at foot of upper joint; fore and bottom edges uncut; hinges starting at a couple of points, lacking the upper free endpaper, a couple of the plates loosening, with red pencil annotation to plate opposite p. 169, a few small edge chips or splits, scattered light foxing, offsetting and soiling; Thornton Butterworth, London, 1922. First edition. Donovan & Murdoch 23910. *Ex library copy, with circular bookplate on upper board, different bookplate on half-title page, and several date and cancelled stamps on the lower endpapers.

First Edition. Pp. 126, frontispiece portrait plus 12 plates, index; green cloth, spine lettered in black, boards with single rule border and publisher's device in blind, the spine lightly faded, boards slightly mottled; endpapers and plates offset, scattered foxing; Thornton Butterworth, London, 1924. First edition. Donovan & Murdoch 23950. *The author's second book on golf. Charlotte Cecilia Pitcairn Leitch (1891-1977) was a successful British amateur golfer, and winner of 12 national titles (including four British Ladies Amateur Championships), 5 French Ladies Amateurs, and one Canadian Women's Amateur.

Londres, Thornton Butterworth, 1922. In-8, 254 pp., cartonnage éditeur de toile verte estampé à froid, dos lisse, titre, auteur et éditeur dorés au dos (coiffes émoussées, quelques rousseurs). Édition originale des mémoires de la golfeuse Cecil Leitch. Elle comprend de nombreuses illustrations en noir et des conseils pour les golfeuses. Ex-libris gravé et manuscrit de Theodore Chapuis Beebe. Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s) * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.

91p. illustrated wrappers. Cecil Leitch born in Silloth in 1891 widely thought of as the country leading female golfer of the 20th century, the book was originally written and published in the UK in 1911 when she was just 20 years old, she was Holder of Open Ladies' Championship on five occasions, English Ladies Championship on two, French Ladies Championship on five, and the Canadian champion in 1921. D&J L8930.

94pp. Foreword by Marion Hollins. Cecil Leitch born in Silloth in 1891 widely thought of as the country leading female golfer of the 20th century, the book was originally written and published in the UK in 1911 when she was just 20 years old, she was Holder of Open Ladies' Championship on five occasions, English Ladies Championship on two, French Ladies Championship on five, and the Canadian champion in 1921. D&J L8920.

Illustrated Wrappers8. Condition: Very Good. New and Revised Edition. Illustrated. 91 pages. Very scarce edition, appears to be the second edition, not previously identified by any golf bibliographer. Donovan & Jerris cite only the first and the revised third edition. Illustrated wrappers in very good condition. Some wear at corners, rear panel soiled, spine ends show a small piece of cello tape. Typical light scattered foxing else a clean copy. No ownership indications, underlining, marginalia, foxing, creases, tears, soiling, etc. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Very Good. 253p, cloth Very nice copy of this title. Great Britain's first great woman golfer. Early account of twentieth century woman's golf, and autobiography of Leitch. Nice inscription by the author. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library.

First Edition. Octavo. (xi) 300pp + 8pp publisher advertisements. List of Golfing Societies; Golfing Glossary. Original red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Wear to extremities; soiling and darkening to boards and spine; binding broken and separating; rear joint cloth separated from top of spine two thirds down at which point the cloth is torn across the spine (repaired); rear inner hinge paper separated although hinge intact; front hinge starting at lower edge; endpapers foxed; a fair copy. From the library of golf author Colonel Robert D. Jones with his decorative bookplate to front pastedown. Gift ALS from legendary woman golfer Cecil Leitch (winner of 4 British Ladies Amateur, 5 French Ladies Amateur and 1 Canadian Women's Amateur titles) tipped-in to front pastedown explaining the previous ownership of the book which include Robert Whyte, early Vice President of the Ladies Golf Union and Mabel Stringer, the first female golf journalist, founder of the Girls Golfing Society and Veterans Ladies' Golf Association and early assistant-secretary of the LGU). Both Whyte's and Stringer's signatures to ffep. In her note Leitch explains 'I "adopted' her and she became Auntie Mabel to young and old women golfers. She gave this book to me.' A scarce title with a unique association.