Travers Jerome D (55 results)

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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

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PF. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 6-7 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. xii, 258pp. with b/w illustrations (all present). Xmas gift note on the front free endaper (dated 1915 with a golf related poem), light creasing/soiling from page handling and soil to outer edges. Boards have edge/rub wear, bump wear, grazing to rear panel/edges and light soiling. Actual book for sale pictured. 13.5 x 19.4 x 2.7cm, wt600g Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top and bottom of spine, corners barely rubbed. Front inner hinge weak, but holding. Spotted foxing to first five leaves, including the frontispiece. Otherwise, internally clean and tight.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. And James J. Crowell. Illustrated. 259 pages. Excellent biography of the multiple US Amateur Champion and US Open Champion. Copies of the first edition were bound in two covers. One is green cloth with black lettering, however, the preferable one is green with yellow coloring and black lettering. This is the preferred cover in very nice condition, bright with no loss to yellow paint. Rear cover one dark spot and lightly stained near spine, spine cloth lightly faded. Original endpapers clean and bright, contents also bright and unmarked except for a lower page edge stain between pp. 4 and 5 not affecting text, archival repair lower page edge p. 4. Covers protected in mylar. Murdoch #782 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top of spine slightly frayed. Book protected in mylar. Internally clean and tight.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Knopf, NY, 1926, 1st., 8vo., decorated cloth, 259pp., photos., partly cracked at page 119, 1 photo detached but present, foxed, G $.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Doubleday, Page & Company January 1916 Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top and bottom of spine slightly rubbed; corners barely bumped. Internally clean and tight.

Condition: Fine. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine condition no dust jacket (as issued [?]). Fine copy with all gilt lettering on spine and front cover extremely bright and cover photograph of Travers nearly perfect. Pencil diagram [perhaps golf related} on front free endpaper. Internally clean and tight. A really beautiful copy of an important early American golf book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 258 pp. Original dark green cloth covers, lightly soiled w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit darkened. Tiny bump to foredge of front cover. Light foxing to title page. Faint dampstain at bottom margin of first several leaves, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Donovan-Murdoch 37130.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 58 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Hymer, H.E. (Cover Art); Clark, Matt; Schlaikjer, J.W.; Williams, Charles D.; Rountree, Herman; Stoops, Herbert Morton; Dobias, Frank; Steele, Frederic Dorr (illustrator).…

Pictorial Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company. G/G. 1915. . Pictorial Cloth w/DJ. 2nd Printing Dust jacket . Sm 8vo., 258 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, chipped, toned, cover bumped . Black & White Plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 258 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is green with orange lettering. Boards have mild shelving and rubbing wear along extremities, mild bumping and fraying to fore corners, soiling along front cover, and small black scuff marks along rear cover and front fore edge. Textblock has mild age-toning and soiling; interior has mild age-toning along endpapers and previous seller's pen markings along head edge of rear pastedown. Contains frontispiece of a golfer putting. DL Consignment. Shelved in Room Z. 1399381. Special Collections - Upstairs.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition in worn dust jacket. The rare dust jacket is torn at bottom of spine, with loss of an inch or so. The top of the dust jacket spine has been repaired, with no loss. Nonetheless, the rare wrap-around dust jacket is very good. There is a bit of foxing to the frontispiece and title-page. Otherwise, the text is internally clean and tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 12mo. 258pp. Illustrated in black and white. Pictorial blue-green cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue. Lightly rubbed at tips of spine, with a bit of very faint soiling on rear cover, else a fine, bright copy in very good second printing dust jacket (which states "Second Printing" on the spine) with modest chipping at the spine ends with slight loss to printed title at crown. A scarce dust jacket in any printing. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. 242 pages. Part biography, part instruction. Travers was one of the leading amateur golfers of the early 1900s, winning the U.S. Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912 and 1913. He also won the us Open in 1916, the New Jersey Amateur three times, and the Metropolitan Amateur (New York) five times. He was regarded as one of the finest match play golfers of his time and had a famous rivalry with Walter Travis. The two men are often confused due to that and the similarity of surnames. Photograph of the author on front cover surrounded by a border of alternating square mesh golf balls and Scottish thistles, all in gilt. FORMER PROPERTY OF MAX H. BEHR WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON UPPER FFEP. BEHR HAS MADE TWO CHANGES TO THE TEXT. On page 54 Travers recalls how he defeated Max Behr in the US Amateur finals at Garden City Golf Club by 8 and 7. Behr has changed the score to 7 and 6. On page 56, Behr has crossed out the name of Osward Kirby as winner of the New Jersey State Championship of 1912, and penciled in Max Behr of Morris County G. C. and signed it in ink below the change. Light wear to cover border of square mesh golf balls, lightly rubbed. Contents bright without foxing. Nice association piece. Covers protected in mylar. Murdoch #783 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Green Decorative Boards Without Wear. First Edition 1913/1913. Very Rare In This Condition. Ink Inscription. Classic Of Golf .Beautiful Copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 242 pages. A special copy signed and inscribed by Jerome Travers in 1922 as a gift to President Warren G. Harding. Travers won the U.S. Amateur in 1907, 1908, in 1912 and in 1913 the year this book was published. He also won the U.S. Open at Baltusrol in 1915. A member of the world golf hall of game, Travers was born into an affluent New York family and lived until 1951. Contains 48 illustrations and is combination of biography and instructional book. Books signed by Travers are among the rarest in the golfing library and one inscribed to President Harding, makes this an extra special copy. Harding was among the most avid golfers to occupy the Oval Office, playing two to three times a week. He established the Warren G. Harding Cup, which the U.S.G.A. gives to the winner of the U.S. Public Links Championship each year. Donovan & Jerris T13960. A beautiful pictorial cover shows Travers with a golf club. We specialize in golf books. Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A truly impressive copy of the 1915 1st edition. Tight and unusually crisp, with just a touch of light foxing to the endpapers. And in a bright, price-intact ($1.25), VG- to VG example of the 1st issue pictorial dustjacket. Light chipping at the spine crown and along the panel edges and tips, light foxing to the panels. Still though, handsome and very presentable --and notably uncommon in dustjacket. 12mo, 9 line-drawn illustrations complementing the text, co-written by the formidable Grantland Rice. Jerome Travers had just come off a win at the 1915 US Open at Baltusrol to add to his 4 US Amateur Golf Championships and, by any measure, was (and still is) considered one of the great golfers of the early part of the 20th century. His name is included among some of the immortals of the day such as Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, Chich Evans and Harold Hilton. (Donovan & Murdoch 37130).…