1903 'The Gorham Golf Book'
This little suede covered book was published in 1903 and features about 16 drawings by artist John Hassal that accompany the book’s subject matter. There are also two stamped Hassal figures to the front and rear covers.
In In addition to covering the rules of golf the book has interesting sections on technical golf terms, American men’s and women’s amateur champions from 1895 to 1902, golf clubs and their use, and a little page titled “golf items” which notes the average distance of clubs(e.g. driver average was 170 yards)
This book is relatively hard to find and does not come up for auction very often.
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