First American Book of Golf Instruction & First Action Golf Photos
How to Play Golf.
Chicago: Herbert S. Stone, 1897.
Price: $400.00
About the item
First edition. Illustrated with action photographs by E. Burton Holmes. [6], 313, [1] pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. First American Book of Golf Instruction & First Action Golf Photos. Publisher's blue cloth. Light wear, a near fine copy. Donovan & Murdoch 4600; D&J W11320; Kramer 140.
Item #352562
A very nice copy of the first book of golf instruction published in America, and the first to contain “action” photographs of golfers making their shots. The cornerstone to any golfing library. Whigham, then of the Chicago Tribune was a two time U.S. Amateur Champion in 1896 and 1897 and son-in-law to C.B. MacDonald.
