The Golfer's Handbook 1939. Edinburgh
1939 edition of The Golfer's Handbook is a comprehensive hardcover annual reference for the sport, published in Edinburgh. The volume is bound in red publisher's cloth with white and gilt lettering. The front cover features period advertisements including a prominent Dunlop logo at the base. The front cover and several internal pages bear multiple hand-stamped ink marks reading PRESTWICK ST. NICHOLAS GOLF CLUB PRESTWICK. The rear board contains a full-page advertisement for Universal Mat Co. Tileyard Road, London, N.7. Internally, the book includes a black and white frontispiece portrait of Mrs. A. M. Holm, identified as The Champion Lady Golfer, 1938. The text block, extending over 695 pages, contains worldwide golf statistics, tournament results for the Eden Tournament, Essex Club Championship, and Fife Amateur Championship, alongside a detailed directory of golf clubs including St. Neots, St. Osyth, and Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
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