Friendly Round by Darwin Bernard (10 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. This copy lacks the half title page which has been torn out slightly tearing the title page. This book is usually listed as having 142 pages, however, Worldcat indicates that there should be 3 preliminary leaves and then a page count that begins at 11 and ends at 142. A Good Plus, internally clean, solid hard cover first printing in bright original cloth. No dust jacket. Except for the half title page being torn out, a Very Good copy.…

Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp 142, [2], 16 catalogue. Original dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board; blind ruled border to upper board. Spine tips and corners rubbed and spine a little toned. Scattered foxing, mainly to page edges; no annotation or inscriptions. A prolific writer of golf and a very capable player in his own right Darwin was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and was President of the Golf Club Managers' Association. This collection is of 24 papers printed in Darwin's regular golf columns in The Times over the previous few years and is one of his earliest books. Scarce.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Ediiton. 142 pages. One of Darwin's best and scarcest, a collection of some of Mr. Darwin's golf columns from the London Times. 'It has been said that his writings established the standards for golf reporting against which all others are measured'. Original green cloth with gold embossed lettering to front and spine complete and bright. Slight wear to spine ends and cover corners. Couple light foxing else clean. No former owner bookplate, notations, underlining, marginalia, tears, creases, soiling, or the like. Covers protected in mylar. D&J D4000; Murdoch 178; Donovan & Murdoch 13880. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 142 pages. A collection of some of Mr. Darwin's golf columns from the London Times. 'It has been said that his writings established the standards for golf reporting against which all others are measured'. Original green cloth with gold embossed lettering to front and spine complete and bright. Xmas gift inscription (initials only) dated year of publication on ffep. No former owner bookplate, no notations, underlining, marginalia, tears, creases, soiling, or the like. Covers protected in mylar. D&J D4000; Murdoch 178; Donovan & Murdoch 13880. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top, bottom of spine rubbed; corners slightly bumped. Gilt spine and cover lettering quite bright. Internally clean and tight.

First edition of this collection of Darwin's golf columns from The London Times. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bernard Darwin on the front free endpaper, "To G.M. from the author with his best regards. Sept. 1922." It was customary for Darwin to sign "from the author", which denoted a personal affiliation with the recipient. Rare and desirable, signed and inscribed. "It has been said that Darwin's writings established the standards for golf reporting against which all others are measured" (D&J). Murdoch 178; D&M 13880; D&J D4000. …

Condition: Fair. London: Mills & Boon, Limited, 1922. 1st edition. Sm 8vo. 142pp. Good book. Ex-library. Spine slanted, crown bumped. Bookplates inside. Gifter's inscription on front free endpage. Page edges slightly dampstained. (golf, newspaper columns, The London Times) Inquire if you need further information.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Covers bright with small area of wear at the foot of the front board and a couple of tiny bumps. Contents clean and unmarked. A very good copy.

Condition: Good. First Edition. 142p, + 16 advertisements, cloth. Excellent early essays culled from "The Times". Good condition for this title, all Gilt on spine and front cover intact, no fading to spine, no foxing, corners a little bumped. Facsimile dust jacket, of the extremely rare original jacket. Good copy of a rare book. D&J D4000.…

An early collection of Darwin's weekly golf columns for The Times. First edition. 8vo. 142pp + 16pp of adverts. Original green cloth with gilt titles. Very good/near fine condition.