Playing by Darwin Bernard (9 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket is missing.,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have little wear with fading to spine ends. Content is clean with light toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covers have light rubbing and wear. Light foxing to pages. Binding secure. #I1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1934, 247 pages. In addition to essays published in The Times and Country Life, Playing the Like "contains a number of rather longer essays, which are new, and, in particular, a series called "Heroes of Old." These consist of sketches of famous Golfers of a generation now almost past. Amongst amateurs there are Mr. John Ball, Mr. Hilton and the late Mr. F.G. Tait, and of professionals the immortal "triumvirate" Vardon, Braid and Taylor, and their close persuer "Sandy" Herd." (jacket text). Dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and a flagstick on cover. Condition: Very Good, First Edition. Top and bottom of spine, bottom edges of cover and all four corners worn. Gilt coming off cover. Pages well toned. Wrap around plastic jacket. I will be adding new golf books to my catalog weekly.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. None (illustrator). The scarce Sportsman's Book Club edition of this selection of golf writings by Bernard Darwin. The scarce 1952 edition published in the Sportsman's Book Club. A selection of golf writings by popular golfer Bernard Darwin, who was one of Charles Darwin's grandsons, a golfer, and prolific golf writer. He is part of the World Golf Hall of Fame.With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally smart, with slight shelfwear and bumping to head and tail of spine. Cloth and gilt to spine have slightly darkened. Signed by a previous owner to front pastedown, dated 1954. Dustwrapper is sound with chipping and closed tears to spine and extremities, as well as slight puncture marks. Unclipped. Slight sunning to spine of wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. MInor faint spotting to fore edge, affecting only the occasional page, particularly to first and last few leaves. Very Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1934 1st Edition in a gorgeous Fine Binding of 3/4 black morocco over marbled paper. Widely credited with creating the vocation of Golf Writing, Darwin was a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, a world-class amateur golfer, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. "He played the game at an excellent level himself well into middle age, and competed in The Amateur Championship on 26 occasions across five decades between 1898 and 1935, with his best results being semi-final appearances in 1909 and 1921. In 1922, while in the United States to report on the first Walker Cup amateur team match between Britain and Ireland and the U.S., and also appointed as non-playing captain, Darwin was pressed into service at the last minute as a player, when one of the British team members, Robert Harris, was unable to play. He lost his team match, but won his singles match. He was Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in 1934, and was President of the Golf Club Managers' Association (then the Association of Golf Club Secretaries) from 1933 to 1934 and then again from 1955 to 1958." - wiki Square tight binding. Clean interior. Titling in gilt to spine. Tiny chip to lower corner of page 3/4 and small offset to pages 4/5. Presents handsomely in a clear archival mylar dust jacket. Overall, a Gorgeous 1st Edition copy in a luxurious Fine Binding.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus, Not Clipped. First Edition. 246 pages. In addition to essays published in The Times and Country Life, Playing the Like "contains a number of rather longer essays, which are new, and, in particular, a series called "Heroes of Old" These consist of sketches of famous Golfers of a generation now almost past. Amongst amateurs there are Mr. John Ball, Mr. Hilton and the late Mr. F.G. Tait, and of professionals the immortal "triumvirate" Vardon, Braid and Taylor, and their close persuer "Sandy" Herd." (jacket text). Beautiful tight copy, square corners, unmarked brown cloth covers, clean text block, no former owner name, underlining, ticking, marginalia, foxing, soiling, creases or tears. Light spotting to page edges. Unclipped dust jacket has very light soiling, upper rear panel creased with taped tear, protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. 8vo. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full green morocco, an emblematic gilt block on the front cover, the spine lettered in gilt, hand-marbled endleaves, gilt edges.

246p, cloth edition. Second instalment of a trio of classic essays, published between 1932 and 1936 Out of the Rough and Rubs of the Green, being the others. D&J D6100.