Lot # 188: How to Play Golf by Harry Vardon (1912 1st Ed)

Category: Books

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "2024 Masters Week Auction",
which ran from 4/3/2024 8:00 PM to
4/13/2024 8:00 PM



Offered here is a high grade copy of the truly rare 1st edition of one of the most famous golf books in history - How to Play Golf by Harry Vardon. The 1st edition of How to Play Golf is what's known as a ghost book - it never surfaces in the hobby. No one knows how small the original print run was for this book, but it's quite obviously that it was vastly underprinted back in 1912. After this book was produced in 1912, the book went through an incredible 4 additional printings during that same year in 1912. The book continued to be produced in different editions and printings for years to come. 

It is hard to explain the rarity of this 1st edition, 1st printing, as well as the condition of this scarce book that was written by the greatest golfer of his era. 298 pages, cloth hardcover, published in London 1912.