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Title: The Art of Golf Author: Simpson, Sir W[alter] G. Place: Edinburgh Publisher: David Douglas Date: 1892 Description: xx, 186 + [2] ad pp. Illustrated with plates from photographs and figure drawings; steel-engraved vignette on the title page with tissue-guard. 22x14.4 cm. (8¾x5¾"), original decorative boards, re-backed with later green leather, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers, top edge gilt. Second Edition, Revised. Early chapters include history, praise of the game, clubs and caddies; the balance is instruction. Set of 20 ad pages in back dated February 1893. Simpson “was a former captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, and the work reflects the rigid class systems of late nineteenth-century Britain” - D&J S20890; D&M 3870; Murdoch 699. Lot Amendments Condition: Cover edges rubbed, faint soiling; very good. Item number: 214320