Collection of Early Golf Development in Scotland from 1869 onwards (6) Benjie's Guide to…

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Collection of Early Golf Development in Scotland from 1869 onwards (6) Benjie's Guide to…

Collection of Early Golf Development in Scotland from 1869 onwards (6) Benjie's Guide to Edinburgh and Vicinity 1869 c/w folding Plan of the City showing Bruntsfield Links see p. 59 (Bruntsfield Links) ,83 (Leith Links) & 93 (Musselburgh Links) in the original pictorial wrappers (F/G); Scottish Life & Character by Wm Harvey in original wrappers c/w photograph illustration of early golf at Bruntsfield Links in 1860s see p.9 F/G); Vignettes of the North by George Eyre -Todd 1st ed 1895 c/w original wrappers (front cover loose)see p. 40-46 "Royal & Ancient" extoling the virtues of playing golf in various formats and its total addiction - (F); The Chapel on The Muir Tales and Sketches by Various Writers 1st ed 1897 in original wrappers see p.13-23 under the heading Recollections of Professorial Golf by T D M an interesting look on the pros and cons playing golf together with interesting advertisements to the front and rear especially North British Rubber Co. advertising 1800 Dozen Gutta percha Golf Balls for 9shillings a dozen - covers discoloured internally clean (F/G) ; Crail and The Isle of May with Map of Balcomie Golf Course Revised Edition in the original wrappers c/w other illustrations of the Golf Club House and Golf Course formed in 1786 being the 7th oldest golf club in Scotland (G) and Edinburgh Life in The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries later reprint with reference to golf and how it's played on the last page under the heading Manners and Amusements overall (VG) From the late David Easby Estate

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