Second Shots by Darwin Bernard (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Musings on the game by the famous golf writer. 178pp. Boards age-toned, spine starting to split, internally very good. From our large stock of golf books and publications.

1st Edition. Hb orig green illustrated cloth v,178pp frontisplate of Author ( John o London Little Book Series) A Vg copy.

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Backstrip split halfway up from front bottom. Top of spine frayed, with slight loss. Spine darkened by sun. Former owner's small address label front pastedown. Internally clean and tight, with the frontispiece portrait of Darwin.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 16.5x13cm. First edition. Collection of writings previously published in The Times newspaper and in the book A Friendly Round (1922). ppVIII,178,(2) with frontispiece portrait. Pale green boards, backstrip title and front board title, publisher device and silhouette of London skyline in black. Backstrip toned, and a little nicked at head and foot. Front board patchily and just very slightly faded. Tips of upper outer corners of boards slightly bumped and a little curled. Edges of text-block a little age-toned. Half-title and final leaf lightly but quite densely spotted, title-page and page 178 very sparsely so. Binding holding firmly, contents generally clean and tight. VERY GOOD copy in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket slightly sunned towards inner edge of front panel, and with a few minor markings also on front panel.

Hard. Condition: Good Minus. No Jacket. John O'London's little books. Spine lightly tanned, lightly chipped, closed edges foxed, gutters a little strained, pages clean and bright. Size: 12mo.

First edition. DW. Small 8vo. v, 178pp. Portrait frontis. Corners worn and rubbed, head and tail of spine lightly bumped, fore-edges foxed. Foxing throughout, inner hinge slightly tender, previous owner's name in ink to top margin of front pastedown. Wrapper spine sunned, torn and creased to bottom corner of upper panel, unskillfully repaired internally with tape, extremities chipped and slightly rubbed o/w VG-/VG-.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus Not Clipped. First Edition. Illustrated. 178 pages. Collection of pieces from The Times. A characterization of the author peers out from behind a tree holding his niblick in the lower portion of the jacket illustration. Original cloth with black lettering complete, sharp corners, small snag mid spine. No fading or soiling. Light foxing primarily through page 5 and last ten leaves. No former owner bookplate, name, underlining, ticking, marginalia, or soiling. Unclipped dust jacket slightly chipped, protected by mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus Not Clipped. First Edition. Illustrated. 178 pages. Collection of pieces from The Times. A characterization of the author peers out from behind a tree holding his niblick in the lower portion of the jacket illustration. Original cloth with black lettering complete, light tanning upper spine, lower rear corner bumped. No scrapes, soiling, etc., Light foxing to half title page and last three leaves in the book else clean throughout. No former owner bookplate, name, underlining, ticking, marginalia, or soiling. Top of pages 170-171 roughly split. Unclipped dust jacket 2" x 1" loss upper spine, protected by mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

16.5x13cm. First edition thus. Collection of pieces previously published in The Times newspaper and in the book A Friendly Round (1922). ppVIII,178,(2) with frontispiece portrait. Half-title spotted, both front and rear pastedowns and blank final leaf faintly so. Edges of text-block spotted and lightly toned, top edge also a little dust-marked. Original pale green cloth, backstrip title and front cover title & publisher's stamp in black. Narrow strip along foot of backstrip a little toned. Front cover faintly toned along lower edge, slightly bumped at lower outer corner, and with dust-coloured blemish of depth up to 0.5cm along 1.5cm of upper edge. Dust jacket with a number of flaws:- a little dust-marked / with a few minor nicks along upper & lower edges and at corners / a little rubbed at head & foot of backstrip panel and along upper- & fore-edges of front panel / a little chipped to depth up to 0.5cm along 2.5cm of upper edge of front panel / with rubbed creases accompanying near-closed tear of length 3cm from lower edge of front panel / and with short tear and associated creasing & crumpling at lower corner of front flap close to fold with front panel, and lengthy steep diagonal crease close to flap's inner (free) edge. GOOD+ copy, with fairly GOOD unclipped dust jacket in clear & colourless detachable protector.

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardcover. Good condition (no dust jacket). Front hinge of spine starting to split, but holding. Former owner's blindstamp on the half-title page.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus Not Clipped. First Edition. Illustrated. 178 pages. Collection of pieces from The Times. A characterization of the author peers out from behind a tree holding his niblick in the lower portion of the jacket illustration. Original cloth with black lettering complete with no loss to corners or edges, no scrapes, etc., only one tiny spot on front and another on the rear cover. Light foxing to eps from pastedown offset. Often foxed, this copy's contents are clean. No foxing, former owner bookplate, name, underlining, ticking, marginalia, soiling, creases, or tears. Unclipped dust jacket 2" x 1" loss upper rear panel, protected by mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. G+ 1st. Book.

Golf book. A series of essays culled from the pages of The Times. Sq8vo. viii + 178pp. Frontispiece. Green illustrated cloth, sl soiled. Some pencil and ink jottings to end-papers. In scarce dust-wrapper, lacking entire back panel and top portion of spine. [D&M, 14240].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Boards and contents in bright and unmarked with just a little light foxing to the page block. Dustwrapper is original, complete and very bright with no loss. An almost fine copy.

Condition: good. 178p. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. Gifted to Percy from a pupil. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J D6820.

178p. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. Publisher's colour pictorial jacket, and plain to see the book has spent its life inside of the jacket. D&J D6820. Very good, jacket one chip to spine.

Condition: Good, chipped jacket. 178p. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph of the author. Publisher's very rare plain jacket, and plain to see the book has spent its life inside of the jacket, only fading where the jacket is chipped. The colourful jacket is somewhat common certainly in comparison to this jacket, only the second time in 25 plus years we have encountered this version. D&J D6820.