1931 Spalding Athletic Library Golf Guide w/Rare Rules Insert - Bobby Jones Grand Slam Coverage!
Complex and attractive was the green and white Bobby Jones and his corresponding trophies depicting cover of Spaldings 1931 Athletic Library guide once sold for 35 cents and edited by Jones' friend Grantland Rice. The year following his 1930 Impregnable Quadrilateral, Spalding was able to include each of the four trophy depictions and the years in which Jones championed them - US Open, US Amateur, British Open and British Amateur. The 1930 included Jones with his first trophy of the four leg accomplishment only - The British Am. This example includes the rare insert - the Spalding's Golf Guide Rules Section with ball advertising on the verso. Please inspect the accompanying lot photos for a detailed condition report.
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