Offered here is Robert Clark's famous book Golf, A Royal and Ancient Game. Clark was a publisher and well-known golfer of his day. He was also a man ahead of his time, having the foresight to preserve early literature on the game of golf. He collected what was known about golf history in 1875, when golf was gaining popularity, and accounted it all in this storied book. Clark's work is a compilation of some of the earliest literature on the game, sourced from press reports, diaries, minutes from early golf clubs, and other direct accounts. The result is a book widely regarded as one of the most significant early books on the history of golf. This second edition was published in 1983. Good condition with wear to the spine. Gilchrist’s Guide to Golf Collectibles lists this edition at $675. 300 pages.