No. 150 of 300 copies, signed by Johnston & Murdoch. illustrated from facsimile documents, with a frontispiece facsimile of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd edition title pages of the first Golf book the poem "The Goff." 79 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth titled in gilt. Fine copy, as issued in cloth slipcase. Subscriber’s signature on limitation leaf, his blindstamp on first blank.

Item #375504

First part of book by Alastair Johnston deals with Clapcott and his life and importance as a golf book collector through p. 21; the Second part, by Joseph S.F. Murdoch, deals with the sale of the Clapcott golf library to R. Otto Probst, some 623 items, including 2 copies of the first edition of The Goff, 1743, and the third edition of 1793.