2020 August Golf Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/9/2020
1912 'The Mystery of Golf' Book By Arnold Haultain 2nd Edition - A Literary Classic
Acclaimed turn of the century British philosophical writer, Arnold Haultain visted numerous subjects in his sought after literary work including war, love and of course golf. His essays on golf stated appearing in the United States at the turn of the 1900's. The classic work of his distinguished writing career is the very limited publishing (440 copies)of the 1908 'The Mystery of Golf'. The revised and enlarged copy of the classic was released in 1912 by The Macmillion Company. We offer that here in fine condition with spine intact, and cover displaying well."In the opinion of a number of leading scholar of the sports world, what Izaak Walton's 'The Complete Angeler' is to books on fishing, Arnold Haultain's 'The Mystery of Golf' is to books on golf. Simply put, well not so simply put this is a brief account of golf's origin, antiquity & romance; its uniqueness; its curiousness; its anatomical, philosophical, and moral properties;together with diverse concepts on other matters to it appertaining. In other words a little light reading!
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