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ARMOUR**, TOMMY: : A Round of Golf with Tommy Armour

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON.1960.

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UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Preceded by US,1st edn issue,a year earlier,1959. Author's 2nd book/title following on from his first and best-seller 'How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time'.] FINE/VG++. Owner's neat ink name+date inscrptn to recto of ffe and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,generally clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork (non-credited) illustrated front panel+spine of dw/dj, with red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj bumped,creased and minimally rubbed and rear inner flap with an accidental approx 1/2" internal vertical crease to it's entire length.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned,but still generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,clean but slightly sunned,sharp-cornered,original plain green cloth boards with a black ink golf club 2 hand-grip vignette to front board's lower right-hand corner and bright,crisp,blocked gilt title+ publisher letters to printed gilt double-line edged dark green box/label on spine/backstrip and clean multi-green coloured golf links illustrated endpapers.Part of the dw/dj illustration/design has 'ghosted' or bled through,to the front board beneath.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,1-143pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters,4 colour block (green,pale green,and b/w) illustrations by Merrit D. Cutler as chapter head pieces,part page and full page illustration and technique diagrams throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half- title page,publisher advert for Armour first best-seller book with full page colour illustration to it's reverse by Cutler,title page,a dedication,a Contents list/table,title separator page,a Note about author and 2pp blanks at the rear.Described hard but fairly and honestly - not as bad as it reads or would sound! See my book ID rja651616 for his 3rd book - 'Tommy Armour's ABC's OF GOLF',a UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. A BOOK FOR EVERY GOLFER by one of the acknowledged Masters of the Game. Nine holes of a friendly foursome described stroke by stroke,with instruction and advice both technical and strategic given to the players who are of very different prowess,the whole lit up by anecdotes from Tommy Armour's personal experience to illustrate his points. Instructive,entertaining,and splendidly illustrated by Merrit D. Cutler. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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