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Decorative hard cover with white lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name is on the top corner of the front free end paper. Age-toning and shadowing on the inside binding. DJ is worn at the spine with a small chip out of the top back DJ edge. From the front DJ flap, "Everyone who has played golf...has heard of Mr. Bernard Darwin, who is the leading writer on the subject. Since he has visited practically every course in the country and mixed with men of every profession it might be guessed that he is a very 'clubable' fellow and nobody could be more fitted to write on the subject of English clubs..."

Collins, 1943. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1943. Second Impression. 47 pages. No dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Visible scuffing to spine and edges. Brown marks to front board. Sticker to rear board.

London: Collins, 1947. [48]pp [couple of short, closed tears at top rear dust jacket]. Third Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Color and b&w illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Collins , 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. London: William Collins , 1943. Very Good.

London : W. Collins, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. No Edition Remarks. 48 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over illustrated paper covered boards. Black and white and colour illustrated plates. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

W. Collins. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (history, britain) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Collins, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1943. No Edition Remarks. 48 pages. Illustrated jacket over paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Moderate tanning to spine.

DJ showing light edge and corner wear is protected by clear cover. pictorial boards also show light edge and corner wear. Internally very good with light tanning to end papers, no inscriptions and not price clipped. 48 pages with 20 black and white illustrations plus 8 colour plates.

slim 8vo. London: Collins, 1947. slim 8vo, 48pp. Original blue and white pictorial paper-covered boards. Taped backstrip, some warping to boards, browning to endpapers, no dust jacket. Very good. § First edition, third impression. Part of the ‘Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures” series from Collins, which includes the title ‘British Golf,’ also written by Darwin. This volume includes a short history of British golf courses and other sporting clubs. Not in D&J.

Collins - Britain In Pictures, 1943. 2nd impression.. Hardback. Illustrated boards, VG. 48pp, 8 colour plates, 20 b/w illustrations, a nice copy with a slightly yellowed spine. Britain in Pictures volume 63. Another volume in the popular Britain in Pictures Series.

London: Collins, 1943. Second. VG, No Dust Jacket . Plates, Drawings. London: VG, No Dust Jacket. 1943.

HARDBACK, Britain In Pictures Series No. 63.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 2nd.* Date of Publication: 1943* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, White and medium grey paper covered boards. White title to spine. Minimal shelf wear to top and bottom edges. Some minimal darkening to spine VG++* Jacket condition: Matching dust jacket showing Regency building in white on grey. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, spine aged and faded, small nicks at head and tail of spine and to corners, slight darkening but no foxing to jacket. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. No annotations or inscriptions. A few very slight marks to end papers. VG++* Illustrations: 8 Plates in colour 20 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 48 pp. text. No Index at rear. One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. Bernard Darwin was one of the most acclaimed of contemporary English Golfing writers and like many in his field has a fine prose style. As such he mixed with… Read More

London: Collins, 1943 VG/VG-. 8vo. original green pictorial boards (a little ubbed with slight wear at headcap, some scattered spotting, inscrip. to FFE) in dustwrapper (rubbed & frayed, chipping at headcap); pp. 48, with illustrations. A very good copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG-.

London : W. Collins , 1943. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; Britain in Pictures Series ; 63. Physical description; 47, [1] p. : illus., col. plates, col. port. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Clubs. Clubs Great Britain. Clubs Great Britain History. Manners and customs. Clubs. Great Britain Social life and customs. Great Britain Clubs. Great Britain Societies and clubs. Great Britain. Gambling. Sport. Social history. Leisure time activities.

Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Very good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very good hardcover in worn and little edge-torn dust jacket. Third impression. Clean pages. Prior owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Newspaper clipping ghosts on endpapers.

London: William Collins, c. 1943. Very good condition. Endcaps slightly worn, spine slightly rubbed. Texts and illustrations clean and crisp. . Binding: Illustrated publisher’s decorative paper on boards., Size: 8vo, Illustration: Illustrated with 8 plates and 20 illustrations. , Provenance: Ex Libris Canadian Legion Educational Services, Category: Book Europe United Kingdom;