travers jerome d (21 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Doubleday, Page & Company January 1916 Binding: Hardcover.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Hymer, H.E. (Cover Art); Clark, Matt; Schlaikjer, J.W.; Williams, Charles D.; Rountree, Herman; Stoops, Herbert Morton; Dobias, Frank; Steele, Frederic Dorr (illustrator). First Edition. 58 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

First edition of this four-time U.S. amateur championâs first book. Octavo, original green cloth gilt, photographic cover portrait to the front panel, with forty eight stop-action illustrations. In very good condition. âAlthough he was of slight stature, Travers dominated golf in the decade before World War I with his stunning iron shots and expert putting. He won many tournaments because of his calm temperament, patience, and ability to make precise shots⦠He won the United States Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1914. His victory in 1913 set a record for that tournamentâ"not broken until Bobby Jones won it five times⦠He was among the first members of the Golf Hall of Fame established by the United States Golf Associationâ (DAB).

First edition of this early work by Travers and Rice, "one of the first golf books to carry Mr. Rice's name" (Murdoch 784). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast, with his handwritten inventory card laid in. Tillinghast was a golf course architect andÂone of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. A nice example with noted provenance. An early discussion of golf psychology, accompanied by stories of championship matches and champion players. Jerome D. Travers won the U.S. Amateur tile four times, and was the U.S. Open Champion, as an amateur, in 1915.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 258 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is green with orange lettering. Boards have mild shelving and rubbing wear along extremities, mild bumping and fraying to fore corners, soiling along front cover, and small black scuff marks along rear cover and front fore edge. Textblock has mild age-toning and soiling; interior has mild age-toning along endpapers and previous seller's pen markings along head edge of rear pastedown. Contains frontispiece of a golfer putting. DL Consignment. Shelved Room C. 1399381. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 258pp. Illustrated in black and white. Pictorial blue-green cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue. Lightly rubbed at tips of spine, with a bit of very faint soiling on rear cover, else a fine, bright copy in very good second printing dust jacket (which states "Second Printing" on the spine) with modest chipping at the spine ends with slight loss to printed title at crown. A scarce dust jacket in any printing.

First edition, second issue of this four-time U.S. amateur championâs first book. Octavo, original green cloth gilt, photographic cover portrait to the front panel, with forty eight stop-action illustrations. Signed by Jerome Travers on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. âAlthough he was of slight stature, Travers dominated golf in the decade before World War I with his stunning iron shots and expert putting. He won many tournaments because of his calm temperament, patience, and ability to make precise shots⦠He won the United States Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1914. His victory in 1913 set a record for that tournamentâ"not broken until Bobby Jones won it five times⦠He was among the first members of the Golf Hall of Fame established by the United States Golf Associationâ (DAB).

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. A truly impressive copy of the 1915 1st edition. Tight and unusually crisp, with just a touch of light foxing to the endpapers. And in a bright, price-intact ($1.25), VG- to VG example of the 1st issue pictorial dustjacket. Light chipping at the spine crown and along the panel edges and tips, light foxing to the panels. Still though, handsome and very presentable --and notably uncommon in dustjacket. 12mo, 9 line-drawn illustrations complementing the text, co-written by the formidable Grantland Rice. Jerome Travers had just come off a win at the 1915 US Open at Baltusrol to add to his 4 US Amateur Golf Championships and, by any measure, was (and still is) considered one of the great golfers of the early part of the 20th century. His name is included among some of the immortals of the day such as Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, Chich Evans and Harold Hilton. (Donovan & Murdoch 37130).

258p, decorative cloth. 4 time U.S. Amateur champion and the 1925 US Open Champion, Travers had an on off relationship with golf. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. D&J T14020.

259p. dec. cloth Turn of the 20th century's United States premier Amateur Champion, also captured amongst his US Amateur titles the 1915 US Open. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library.

Zustand: Good. 242p. cloth. published June 1913 twice. With 48 illustrations, mostly plates from photographs, a diagram and a colour tinted frontispiece with tissue-guard. 7½x5¼, gilt-lettered and decorated green cloth, pictorial cover label. First Edition. Travers played a large part in the development of golf in America. Part of the Percy Boomer golf library. Donovan & Murdoch 37090.

Doubleday, Page & Co.: Garden City 1915. Illus, 7.5 x 5", 258pp, cloth, light soiling & wear to covers, spine slightly cocked, one corner bumped, text block cracked, scattered foxing else contents good. FIRST EDITION.

Zustand: Good, in custom made slipcase. 242p. cloth. published June 1913 twice. With 48 illustrations, mostly plates from photographs, a diagram and a colour tinted frontispiece with tissue-guard. 7½x5¼, gilt-lettered and decorated green cloth, pictorial cover label. First Edition. Traver's played a large part in the development of golf in America. Donovan & Murdoch 37090.

First Edition. Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. 8vo, 258pp. Original blue-green cloth, lettered in orange to top cover and backstrip, top cover decorated in orange and black with a golfer at the finish of his stroke; frontispiece from a painting illustrating the text, plus 8 illustrations. Slight bumping to top and bottom of backstrip, slight foxing to endpapers and title page. Very good. ? First edition of ?this illustrated account of the great golfer's early triumphs, celebrating his dramatic victory as an amateur in the 1915 U.S. Open. "From 1907 to 1915 Travers dominated golf. He won the United States Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1914. His victory in 1913 set a record for that tournament that was not broken until Bobby Jones won it five times between 1924 and 1930. In 1915, as an amateur, Travers won the United States Open by defeating the country's best amateurs and professionals. In addition to being the second amateur ever to win this most prestigious golf tournament, he had the indisputable distinction of being the only scratch player listed by the United States Golf Association" (DAB). [It] was also one of the first books to which renowned sportswriter Grantland Rice contributed. (Bauman Rare Books note). Donovan & Murdoch 37130. D&J T14020.

Zustand: Very good, good jacket. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. 259p. dec. cloth Turn of the 20th century's United States premier Amateur Champion, also captured amongst his US Amatuer titles the 1915 US Open. Rare to find this title in its jacket. D&J T13990.