Golf. Badminton Library Series. Large Paper Limited Edition.

4to. Large Paper copy, number 49 of only 250 copies. Pp xv 495 [1]. With 22 plates including a frontis, and 69 cuts in the text. Most of the illustrations are by Harry Furniss and Thomas Hodge. Printed on art paper with gilt top edge and other edges uncut. Half blue morocco over orange boards with gilt coat of arms on front cover. The blue leather spine and corners have been replaced on this copy in exact facsimile of the original, although this has been done so well that it is not immediately obvious. The original black coated endpapers have been retained. Like other titles in the Badminton Library series, this book was available in three states. The standard binding was brown pictorial cloth. There was also a deluxe edition in half blue morocco with orange boards, with a similar binding for the Large Paper limited edition. The problem with the blue morocco binding is that it scuffs very easily, leaving a greyish colour underneath, and most surviving copies have suffered to some extent. This book shows how the book would have looked when it was first published. A very attractive copy of a key book in the golfer's library. The Large Paper copies are rare.…