The Architectural Side of Golf by Wethered & Simpson. Scarce 1929 1st edition.
This is widely regarded as one of the most important books on golf architecture in history. It has been described as golf architecture's "grandest literary gem."
Classic book of golf architecture with superb essays on the philosophy of golf architecture, ink sketches and color washes. According to celebrated book collector and author Joseph Murdoch, it is "the most desirable book to have in all the golf library.”
211 pages. Illustrated with plates by the authors with several course plans in color, tissue guards, plus some wood engraving and headpieces. Original gilt-stamped and lettered white cloth. First trade edition. Simpson believed that only by studying the Old Course at St Andrews could one properly understand golf course design and construction. Listed in Gilchrist's Guide to Golf Collectibles at $2,995.
