Behrend & Lewis. Challenges and Champions. R&A Golf Club, 1998. Limited Edition #89/275 (Signed)
Featured here is limited edition hardcover copy of Challenges and Champions: The Royal & Ancient Golf Club 1754–1883, Volume 1, authored by John Behrend and Peter N. Lewis. Published in 1998 by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, this copy is designated as The Society of St Andrews Golfers Edition, identified on a limitation page as copy number 89 of a restricted run of 275 copies. The volume is bound in full blue chieftain morocco leather by the bindery of Cedric Chivers, featuring silver-gilt lettering and a stamped club crest on the front board and spine. The interior includes hand-marbled endpapers by Ann Muir. The book is housed in a matching blue cloth-covered slipcase. The limitation page bears three original signatures in blue ink: J.C. Beharrell, identified by printed text as Captain of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club; John Behrend; and Peter N. Lewis. The copyright page confirms the limited nature of this specific edition within a larger limited printing of 1,750 total copies. The work is illustrated throughout, featuring a frontispiece titled From The Golfers by Charles Lees, an associated key plate, and various historical reproductions including golf balls and early golfing texts. A printed crest design from 1880 appears on the final page of text.
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