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126 pages. Stated First Edition of Great Britain, same year as first US edition. From the Preface: "Most of the Lyrics now presented to the golfing fraternity and sorority in book form were written more than twenty years ago, when golf was young in the United States," published variously in Golf, Golfing, Outing, The Outlook, and Golf Illustrated. "Mr. Keene knows the spirit and run of the game, its joys and sorrows, its delights and its despairs." (Grantland Rice in the US foreword, omitted in this UK edition.) AUTOGRAPHED BY KEENE ON PRESENTATION NOTE ON AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE LETTERHEAD: "ROME, FEBRUARY 14, 1924. DEAR CAPTAIN MURRAY: AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF MY APPRECIATION OF YOUR MANY KINDNESSES, I SEND TO YOU AN INSCRIBED COPY OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF MY BOOK. VERY CORDIALLY YOURS, (signed) FRANCIS B. KEENE." Furthermore, in the 'Song of the Duffer's Ball', on page 33, the author has made a correction in pen crossing the word "dud" and substituting "scrub" (to rhyme with club), and on page 34, crossing "duds" and substituting "chumps". I have seen an identical author correction on another signed presentation copy of the US edition (see Antiquarian Golf Book #200757). The British edition's covers are radically different and more visually stunning than the US version of green cloth with a golfing figure. The UK edition is bound in mustard cloth with a black, green, red, and silver art deco illustration of the sun rising over a links. Cloth with light wear, and a small splash stain lower cover. Replaced ffep else a clean copy. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 203151
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Title: Lyrics of the Links; Poetry, Sentiment and ...
Publisher: Cecil Palmer, London
Publication Date: 1923
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Condition: Good Plus
Signed: Signed and Inscribed by Author
Edition: First UK Edition.
