1912 1st edition of The Royal & Ancient Game of Golf by Harold Hilton and Garden Smith. This is the limited leather edition of 900 of which this is #253. Large book with incredible prose, pictures, and illustrations. 10 1/4 x 12 3/8 and weighs 6 pounds. The book is in good to very good condition. Listed in Gilchrist's Guide to Golf Collectibles at $2,600. We recently sold one for $2,900. 275 pages.

Containing chapters individually written by prominent writers back in the day, this magnificent book covers in great detail a wide variety of topics such as the origin and history of golf, eminent golfers, the game in America, continental golf, golf greens on sand and in dry climates, early codes of golf rules, principal courses in existence back then, a bibliography of golf literature prior to 1912, and much more. 

"Quite simply stated, Hilton and Smith’s The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf is one of the most magnificent books in the library of golf. Well-illustrated and sweeping in content." (Donovan & Jerris, p329)  A very handsome book!