Henry carpenter longhurst (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1935. First Edition. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrative beige paper covered boards with beige cloth to spine. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Insect damage to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards.…

Travelogue from noted golf writer and commentator Longhurst. Covers many themes including sporting culture such as golfing in America and Cricket in Hong Kong. 8vo. 240pp. Contents shaken and boards rubbed. A fair copy - good for reading.

A collection of the author's Sunday Times golf columns, the follow-up volume to Only On Sundays. 8vo. 182pp. Dust-wrapper, good.

Golf book. An anthology of caddie stories, introduced by Bernard Darwin and illustrated by Bert Thomas. First edition. 8vo. 126pp. Profusely illustrated. A very good copy.

A collection of the best of Longhurst's many urbane and witty stories and anecdotes about golf and golfer, clubs and courses. 8vo. 150pp. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Lacks dust-wrapper, good.

Covering most aspects of golf, from courses and caddies to cheating and dieting. First Edition. 8vo. 259pp. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Dust-wrapper, small piece missing from top of spine. Good.

Longhurst's second volume of autobiography, following on from It Was Good While It Lasted. The majority of this book is based on his wartime experiences (1939-45). First edition. 8vo. 207pp. Dust-wrapper, rubbed and chipped to edges. Good condition.

Golf book. An excellent collection of Longhurst's post-war writings. Introduction by PB Lucas, drawings by Adam Horne. 8vo. 204pp. Portrait frontis., text vignettes. Dust-wrapper, a little edgeworn. Good condition. [D&M, 24300].

Enthusiastic and conversational illustrated golfing instructional. 1st edition. 105pp. photographs in-text throughout. Original paper covered illustrated boards, lightly marked. Respined with cloth tape (not professionally) with front gutter exposed. Good condition.

Includes a full list of Scottish golf courses on the L.M.S. and L.N.E.R. railway lines, plus information and descriptions of selected courses in one hundred Scottish resorts with 22 plans of courses and a fold-out map at the back showing the situation of the principle courses. Small 8vo. 124pp. 11 pages of photographs, plans, fold-out map. Some cracking to internal joints. Turquoise cloth, gilt and black lettering to spine and front. [D&M, 18860].…