2020 August Golf Memorabilia Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/9/2020
1912 'The Mystery of Golf' Second Edition Book by Arnold Haultain
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!
THE BERT YANCEY BOOK COLLECTION
We thank Scott Yancey the son of Bert Yancey for giving The Golf Auction the opportunity to offer our collecting community his collection of golf books, many of which contain emphasis on the golf swing. Yancey was known over his career, which began in 1960, as perhaps the Tour's most avid student of the game. Frank Beard his friend and fellow PGA Tour pro summed it up "it was like he was on a mission to find the perfect golf swing". Yancey's efforts paid off with 7 PGA Tour wins, top three finishes in Majors that included the U.S. Open and Masters, along with financial success as a top 50 money winner every year on Tour from 1965-74. He joined the Senior Tour in 1988 and competed on that circuit until a fatal heart attack on the practice range at the Tour's Franklin Quest Championship claimed his life in 1994. A plaque affixed to a boulder near the site serves as a reminder, "Bert Yancey was a tenacious champion with unusual courage, determination, wit and wisdom...His quest for excellence remained remarkably intense and focused as he executed his final shot from this area."
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