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Title: Golfing: A Handbook to the Royal and Ancient Game, with List of Clubs, Rules, &c. Also Golfing Sketches and Poems Author: Chambers, Charles E. S. Place: Edinburgh Publisher: W. & R. Chambers Date: 1887 Description: 134, [2] + 16 (blank memoranda pages) + [4] ad pp. Illustrated with 5 lithographed plates (4 are duo-tone) and several wood engravings throughout the text by Ranald M. Alexander; plus a chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of Tom Morris from a drawing by Thomas Hodge at St. Andrews, with tissue-guard. 7x4¾, decorative gray cloth, front cover stamped in red, spine lettered in gilt with white stamped vignettes, floral patterned endpapers. First Edition. According to Murdoch, this book is actually a lineal descendant of Robert Chambers' A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf, but the changes and enlargement of this edition were enough to merit a change in title and its own bibliographical listing. Donovan & Murdoch 820; Murdoch 118. Lot Amendments Condition: Slightly darkened spine with white and gilt stamping somewhat faded, cloth rubbed, ends lightly chipped, corners bumped; hinges tender, mild toning to pages, occasional foxing, 3" tear to top of pp. 47-48 with tape repair, signature of R. Vernon Saadington dated 1894; else very good. Item number: 153377