Lot # 180: Rare USGA Book Collection

Category: Books

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "2013 Winter Holiday Auction",
which ran from 12/30/2013 5:00 PM to
1/19/2014 12:28 PM



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Rare USGA Book Collection

Each year, the USGA produces a special edition book that is a reprint of one of the most famous golf books of all-time. Every one of these books is hard to find. Presented here is a complete collection of 15 volumes of every one of these rare books, from 1981 to 1995. Also, each one of these books contains the same edition number - #684 in the series. Many of these books have never been opened. All are in Slip Covers. This collection includes:


1981 – The Goff, 1743, 1763 and 1793 editions, Thomas Mathison, exc. #755 of 1400, rare
1982 – The Art of Golf, 1887, Sir W.G. Simpson, Exc., #755 of 1400
1983 – The Rules of the Thistle Club, 1924, John Condeu and a few rambling remarks on golf, 1862, by Robert Chambers, 2 books in one, slip case, ex. #755 of 1900
1984 – Tee shots and Others, 1911, Bernard Darwin, exc. #755 of 1500
1986 – Golf in America, 1895, James P. Lee, exc. #755 of 1500
1987 – Concerning Golf, 1903, John L. Low, exc., #755 of 1500
1988 – Great Golfers in the Making, 1907, Henry Leach, exc. #755 of 1500
1990 – Golf Architecture in America, 1927, George C. Thomas, exc., #755 of 1500
1991 – Historical Gossip about Golf and Golfers, 1863, George Robb and Golf and Golfers Past and Present, 1891, J. Gordon McPherson, (2) books bound back to back, exc., #755 of 1500
1992 – The Life of Tom Morris, 1908, W.W. Tulloch, exc., #755 of 1500
1993 – Fifty Years of Golf, 1921, Andra Kirkaldy, exc., #755 of 1500
1994 – The Links, Robert Hunter, exc., #755 of 1500
1995 – The Mutt and Others Golf Yarns, 1925, and Cobble Valley Golf Yarns and other Sketches, 1915, A.W. Tillinghast, 2 books in one slip case, exc., #755 of 1500