Beale, Reginald. Lawns for Sports: Their Construction and Upkeep. Simpkin Marshall, 1924. First Edition.
A first edition copy of Lawns for Sports: Their Construction and Upkeep by Reginald Beale, F.L.S., published in London by Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. in 1924. This hardcover volume is bound in cream cloth with gilt lettering and a stamped inset box on the front cover listing various sports including Golf, Tennis, Croquet, Bowls, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Polo, and Race-Courses. The author, Reginald Beale, is identified on the title page as the Manager of the Golf and Sports Department for Messrs. James Carter & Co. of Raynes Park. The work serves as a comprehensive guide to early 20th-century turf management for athletic grounds.
The interior features a color oval frontispiece depicting the eighteenth green at Turnberry and includes numerous technical diagrams throughout the text, such as the layout for a lawn tennis court on page 73. A handwritten ink ownership signature of A. E. Fyles appears on the title page. The book is an octavo-sized volume..
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