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Published by Country Life, 1959
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1959. Second Impression. Unpaginated. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. 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. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Scuffing and light marking overall. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Small white sticker to rear panel.
Published by Country Life, 1959
Seller: ROWENA CHILDS, BURY ST EDMUNDS, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback published by Country Life 1st Edition 1959, cartoon illustrated inscription, VG in Dustwrapper chipped, browned back cover.
Published by Country Life Limited, London, 1959
Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Lacks ffep, roughly torn out. A few bleached patches to boards, gilt titling/dec to front board. D/w spine surface torn off 1" of spine, a bit grubby and edge chipped otherwise complete. Internally very clean and tight. NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Black/white frontis and illus. Unpaginated. CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT.; 002757; 8vo.
Published by Country Life Ltd, London, 1959
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket and cartoons by the author (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, second impression, published later the same year. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, ON FFEP 'For Wilf (? illegible) - remembering many hard fought, well discussed games. George 1967'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some slight yellowing and dust staining to back jacket, some faint spotting to endpapers and page fore edges, slight lean, not price clipped (15s), no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 104pp, illustrated. George William Houghton (1905-93), was a prolific British golf writer and cartoonist. One reviewer said of him 'George Houghton's Addict' is the 'little man' of golf who likes to think himself, and is, the backbone of the game. Golf cuts us all down to size, and we realise that, on the links at any rate, we are all little men. Major Cyril James Hastings Tolley MC (1895-1978), was a British amateur golf champion and briefly a Liberal Party politician. Scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).