Henderson and Stirk. Golf in the Making. Henderson and Stirk Ltd, 1979. First Edition (Signed) (DJ)
This hardcover volume, titled Golf in the Making, is a first edition published in 1979. The book serves as a comprehensive history of the evolution of golf, featuring approximately 400 reproductions of paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs documenting the game's development up to 1914. The work was designed by Charlton/Szyszkowski and printed in Great Britain by Lund Humphries.
The volume is bound in green publisher's cloth and is accompanied by a pictorial dust jacket illustrating a Victorian-era golfing scene. The interior includes detailed sections on clubmakers, ballmakers, and golf patents. This copy contains two distinct signatures in blue ink on a preliminary page: the first reads Ian T. Henderson and the second reads David I Stirk with a horizontal underline.
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