Colt, H. S. and C. H. Alison. Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture. Country Life, 1920. First Edition (DJ)
A first edition copy of Some Essays on Golf-Course Architecture by H. S. Colt and C. H. Alison, published in 1920. This hardcover octavo volume is bound in the publisher's blue cloth with the title stamped in black on the spine. The work features contributions by prominent figures in the field, including Dr. A. Mackenzie, Horace G. Hutchinson, and John L. Low. The title page bears the full imprint for London publishers Country Life and George Newnes, Ltd., alongside the New York publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons, with the date MCMXX (1920). The final leaf contains a printed mark reading PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
The book is profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates and diagrams. Notable inclusions are a frontispiece of Grange-Over-Sands, a view of Longniddry during construction, a technical golf hole diagram on page 36, and a group photograph at the St. Cloud Country Club in Paris featuring H. S. Colt, C. Harris, Serrond, and H. Cachard. The volume is accompanied by its original green paper dust jacket, which features a descriptive blurb on the front panel and advertising for Horace G. Hutchinson's Fifty Years of Golf on the rear panel. The front of the jacket displays a printed price of 4/6 NET.
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