Vardon Tom (13 results)

Condition: New.

Hard Cover with Decorative covers with tipped on plates to front and rear board, rear picture is an advert for pirelli tyres. No date, but circa 1910,smallish size, 16.5x11.5cm, 143 pages. Spine is well worn and chipped with several taers and scuffs, cloth curling down spine edges, edges and corners bumped, small tear to rear cover illustration, general wear. Chapters on such topics as "the art of driving", "on spoon and iron shots", "the push shot", "use of the mashie", "short approaches", and "the art of putting", all by the legends of the period such as Harry Vardon, Jack White and others. Photograph of each player which has other photos of hime in full demonstation. Advertisements for various golfing apparel and other needs are interspersed.A wonderful addition to the golf historians library, very scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is in Good Condition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. 87 pgs. with b/w diagrams & action photographs featuring Bobby Jones, Jimmy Johnston, Eddie Held, Frank Dolp, and Tom Vardon. Instruction on everything from choosing your clubs to course etiquette and a golfing dictionary at the end. An excellent, gently used copy; no names or marks in text but the first leaf has partially released from the staples along the hinge (see photos) $95.00 (Donovan & Murdoch,15090).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. 12mo. [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [7], 2-143 pp. Publisher's ads on the pastedowns and endpapers. Blue-green paper boards with a colorful mounted illustration on each board. With full-page black and white photographs of golfers. Publisher's ads illustrated as well. Price of 1'- net on the front board. Mild soiling to the boards, a crack to the front hinge but the binding remains secure. …

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition Revised. Illustrated. 119 pages. Substantially enlarged from the 87 page first edition of 1927. Interesting to note that Donovan & Murdoch do not list this edition in cloth, only in wrappers. Slight toning to pages else a clean copy, no former owner name or bookplate, no notations, underlining, soiling, creases, folds, tears, etc. Beautiful copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top, bottom of spine, corners slightly rubbed. Internally clean and tight. Red binding variant.

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Illustrated. 143 pages. With Alexander Herd, George Duncan, Wilfrid Reid, Lawrence Ayton, Jack White, Tom Ball. Introduction by R. E. Howard. Covers lightly soiled but colorful cover illustration of Vardon complete as is rear panel advert for Pirelli tyres, 1" scrape upper cover not affecting the title or image. Cover corners and upper spine paper worn. Former owner's name upper pastedown. Several light thumb/finger marks to the early page edges, otherwise no internal markings, underlining, notations, etc. that often appear in this early instructional by some of the day's greatest golfers. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 25 x 17 cm. 119pp. Bound into dark blue cloth, gilt cover lettering. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photos. SIGNED by one of the authors: "Compliments of The Author, R. W. Diehl" on the copyright page. Photographs by B. C. Golling. Originally done in 1927, this is the (unstated) revised and enlarged second edition. Some rubbing to back cover. A bookplate has been removed from the front paste-down, leaving some residue. …

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. 143 pages. With Alexander Herd, George Duncan, Wilfrid Reid, Lawrence Ayton, Jack White, Tom Ball. Introduction by R. E. Howard. Covers lightly soiled, small stain lower front cover, but colorful illustration of Vardon complete as is rear panel color advert for Pirelli tyres; name of famed Canadian golf book collector H. Thomae and date on pastedown. No internal markings, underlining, notations, etc. that often appear in this early instructional by some of the day's greatest golfers. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

First edition of this early golf instructional manual. Octavo, original cloth, illustrations from photographs. Some light dampstaining, near fine in the rare original dust jacket. Murdoch 203; D&M 15090; D&J D14740. Diehl-Vardon Golf Manual: Golf Complete shows the golfer how with action photographs of Tom Vardon, Eddie Held, Jimmy Johnston, Bobby Jones, and Frank Dolp.…

Condition: Fair. 129p. decorative wrappers. Instruction from Tom Vardon and R.W. Diehl. Vardon would have known the owner of this book. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library.

dj. 129p. decorative wrappers. Instruction from Tom Vardon and R.W. Diehl. Vardon would have known the owner of this book.