THE GOLF COURSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES BY BERNARD DARWIN 1910 FIRST EDITION
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[DARWIN, BERNARD]. The Golf Courses of the British Isles. London: Duckworth & Co., 1910.
First edition. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Large octavo (24cm x 18cm x 5cm). Pp. 254. English text. Bound in publisher's original green cloth. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. 64 illustrated plates each with a captioned tissue-guard. Rear index in double columns. Printed by Robert Maclehose. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Slight bumping to spine ends. Covers clean. Interior with some very light scattered foxing. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown.
Notes: First UK edition, first impression with the illustrator's surname mis-spelled "Rowntree" to the front board. Bernard Darwin's famous book covering the courses of Scotland, England and Ireland. The illustrations, from original water colour's, by New Zealand artist Harry Rountree.