Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland
The Golfer's Manual: 1857 Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland
The Dropmore Press, 1947.
First Dropmore Press edition. Small 8vo. Number 543 of 750 copies. Quarter green buckram, lettered in gilt with patterned paper covered boards. In the original dustwrapper with wood engravings decorating the upper panel. Printed on hand made paper. Wood engravings by John O'Connor. A fine copy with previous owner's name on the free front end paper, in a very good dustwrapper indeed with fading to the spine and a small short closed tear to the head of the spine.
A beautiful private press edition of Farnie's 1857 golf classic, introduced by Bernard Darwin.
John O'Connor studied wood-engraving under Paul Nash, and later exhibited at the Royal Academy. Today, his work can be seen in the Tate Gallery and the British Museum in London.
Stock ID: 46111
