Malcolm David Terry Noel (3 results)
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174p, cloth. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Design by award winning designer Chic Harper, winner of the USGA and Murdoch best book of the year multiple occasions. THE STRATH FAMILY NAME is indelibly written into the history of golf. It can be seen on the Champion's Belt, the original Open Championship trophy, and recurs in the…record books and annals of the great game. However, the overall achievements and contributions of a single generation of this golfing family remain largely unsung. This final book by the late Dr David Malcolm, co-written by Noel Terry, constitutes an attempt to establish the rightful place of the Straths in the firmament of golf in the 19th century and highlight their contribution to the evolution of the modern game. It is also the story of the emergence of a family in a remote Scottish royal burgh in Victorian Britain. The mid-19th century provided opportunities aplenty in the expanding cities, the sprawling products of the Industrial Revolution, but in the isolated Scottish township of StAndrews, largely by-passed by commerce, the chance for betterment of the individual was limited. Those with an eye to self-improvement were left with the option of taking their craft skills to the cities or emigrating to the New World or the Colonies. Golf proved to be the salvation of the town and, for other than the academic families of its ancient University, it provided a living - none more so than for the Strath family. Alexander Strath and his seven sons were representative of time and place. Although all of the Strath brothers were talented in the game, their relative successes were regulated by character. Alexander, John and James were happy to play whilst plying their trade as plumbers; George was content as a journeyman golf professional and club servant with apparently little appetite for the contest. Only Andrew and Davie seemed prepared to enter the golfing fray, whilst Willie withdrew from competition to the life of a caddy. This book paints this picture with the intention of providing an insight into the development of modern golf whilst describing the life and times of the Strath family in it. It is intended as a social as well as a golfing story. Dr David Malcolm, golf historian and author of the definitive book on Old Tom Morris 'Tom Morris of StAndrews,The Colossus of Golf, 1821-1908' died in June 2011. On completing his writing of this book on the Straths in April that year, he handed over the manuscript and images to book designer Chic Harper to produce. David specified how he wanted the book to look, and both he and his wife, Ruth, approved the first design visuals. The result is a wonderfully informative and amply illustrated production, exactly the same dimensions as'Colossus', so the two books might sit together comfortably on any bookshelf, in tribute to its very popular author. There was only one generation of golfing Straths. It was a generation that inherited the spirit of Scottish song and dance; a generation that grew up under the stern Presbyterian traditions of St Andrews, 'the auld grey toon', facing the wrath of the Kirk Session for their fornications and doubtless other moral transgressions. They were a generation that flourished in the respite of the links when they took up their clubs and balls and cast aside the censure of the Kirk to wager on their play. And it was on the links that they escaped from the grey of their working day and sparkled like stars in the golfing firmament of StAndrews, Musselburgh and Prestwick. Strath brothers also travelled and helped build the game in England and the USA. Indeed, it was this generation of the Straths, the Morrises and the Parks and others like them that made the modern game of golf and made it the Great Game. Noel Terry's research in Australia into finding Davie Strath's will and unmarked grave enthused David Malcolm and inspired him to work with Noel to tell the story of the entire Strath family. The reader will enjoy the vigour and clarity of David's prose and his skill as a storyteller, which recalls the vitality of his own personal discourse. THE STANDREWS EDITION ? Limited to 300 copies ? Each copy is numbered ? Bound in green Brillianta natural woven rayon cloth ? Title and spine in gold foil, and printed image of four Strath brothers applied within a debossed border ? 174 pages, 230mm x 288mm, printed on 150gsm premium silk art paper ? Over 100 images ? Coloured head & tail bands ..
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Three book set, Limited editions of 300 and 1821 and 300 copies only. Regular Price £99, £50, £99 =£248 Set price = £199 In The Footsteps of Old Tom Morris 278p. illustrated cloth. limited edition 1821 copies only. Forewords, Peter Crabtree (author of Tom Morris The Colossus), Angela Howe, R&A Golf Hertitage Secretary. Research…is the key to this title, unlimited hours have been spent unearthing new facts of Old Tom, the Links and Toon. The book authored by McStravick and designed by award winning graphic designer Chic Harper, keeps the suspense high and the expectation does not disappoint as each page is turned, large often two page photos of Tom, his counterparts and their home's make for pure fascination to any golf enthusiast, making the reader want to visit the toon its links and walk the streets with book in hand. Virtually every street, house, citizen, event and change of significance is included. The Golfing Strath family of St Andrews 174p, cloth. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Design by award winning designer Chic Harper, winner of the USGA and Murdoch best book of the year multiple occasions. THE STRATH FAMILY NAME is indelibly written into the history of golf. It can be seen on the Champion's Belt, the original Open Championship trophy, and recurs in the record books and annals of the great game. However, the overall achievements and contributions of a single generation of this golfing family remain largely unsung. This final book by the late Dr David Malcolm, co-written by Noel Terry, constitutes an attempt to establish the rightful place of the Straths in the firmament of golf in the 19th century and highlight their contribution to the evolution of the modern game. It is also the story of the emergence of a family in a remote Scottish royal burgh in Victorian Britain. The mid-19th century provided opportunities aplenty in the expanding cities, the sprawling products of the Industrial Revolution, but in the isolated Scottish township of StAndrews, largely by-passed by commerce, the chance for betterment of the individual was limited. Those with an eye to self-improvement were left with the option of taking their craft skills to the cities or emigrating to the New World or the Colonies. Golf proved to be the salvation of the town and, for other than the academic families of its ancient University, it provided a living - none more so than for the Strath family. Alexander Strath and his seven sons were representative of time and place. Although all of the Strath brothers were talented in the game, their relative successes were regulated by character. Alexander, John and James were happy to play whilst plying their trade as plumbers; George was content as a journeyman golf professional and club servant with apparently little appetite for the contest. Only Andrew and Davie seemed prepared to enter the golfing fray, whilst Willie withdrew from competition to the life of a caddy. The Road War Papers 322pp. illustrated, gatefold (french flaps) stiff wrappers. Limited edition signed and numbered 300 only. Forewords David Hamilton, Pete Georgiady and Hon Lord Burns (David Burns) Authored by McStravick and designed by award winning graphic designer Chic Harper, a full three years in the making. Keeps the suspense high and the expectation does not disappoint, like going back in time to 1879 and early, following this case really does give you the feeling of living in St. Andrews 150 years ago., and getting to know on personal its characters. This new angle of writing, and in depth research is rare today, and actually brings fully new material to the golf historians table. Published in two editions only, a pre publication (sell out) leather bound limited edition of 50 copies only, and a sure to be sold out very soon limited edition of just three hundred copies, this being part of the latter edition, and still at regular retail price. NOTE: McStravick is becoming the modern day Hay Fleming (coincidentally his favourite author).
More imagesPublished by Fine Golf Books, St Andrews 2022
Seller: Fine Golf Books, St. Andrews, Fife, , United KingdomFine Golf Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 315.00
£ 30.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
174p, Full leather, slipcase. 65 numbered and signed copies. Design by award winning designer Chic Harper, winner of the U.S.G.A. and Murdoch best book of the year multiple occasions. THE STRATH FAMILY NAME is indelibly written into the history of golf. It can be seen on the Champion's Belt, the original Open Championship trophy…, and recurs in the record books and annals of the great game. However, the overall achievements and contributions of a single generation of this golfing family remain largely unsung. This final book by the late Dr David Malcolm, co-written by Noel Terry, constitutes an attempt to establish the rightful place of the Straths in the firmament of golf in the 19th century and highlight their contribution to the evolution of the modern game. It is also the story of the emergence of a family in a remote Scottish royal burgh in Victorian Britain. The mid-19th century provided opportunities aplenty in the expanding cities, the sprawling products of the Industrial Revolution, but in the isolated Scottish township of StAndrews, largely by-passed by commerce, the chance for betterment of the individual was limited. Those with an eye to self-improvement were left with the option of taking their craft skills to the cities or emigrating to the New World or the Colonies. Golf proved to be the salvation of the town and, for other than the academic families of its ancient University, it provided a living - none more so than for the Strath family. Alexander Strath and his seven sons were representative of time and place. Although all of the Strath brothers were talented in the game, their relative successes were regulated by character. Alexander, John and James were happy to play whilst plying their trade as plumbers; George was content as a journeyman golf professional and club servant with apparently little appetite for the contest. Only Andrew and Davie seemed prepared to enter the golfing fray, whilst Willie withdrew from competition to the life of a caddy. This book paints this picture with the intention of providing an insight into the development of modern golf whilst describing the life and times of the Strath family in it. It is intended as a social as well as a golfing story. Dr David Malcolm, golf historian and author of the definitive book on Old Tom Morris 'Tom Morris of StAndrews,The Colossus of Golf, 1821-1908' died in June 2011. On completing his writing of this book on the Straths in April that year, he handed over the manuscript and images to book designer Chic Harper to produce. David specified how he wanted the book to look, and both he and his wife, Ruth, approved the first design visuals. The result is a wonderfully informative and amply illustrated production, exactly the same dimensions as'Colossus', so the two books might sit together comfortably on any bookshelf, in tribute to its very popular author. There was only one generation of golfing Straths. It was a generation that inherited the spirit of Scottish song and dance; a generation that grew up under the stern Presbyterian traditions of St Andrews, 'the auld grey toon', facing the wrath of the Kirk Session for their fornications and doubtless other moral transgressions. They were a generation that flourished in the respite of the links when they took up their clubs and balls and cast aside the censure of the Kirk to wager on their play. And it was on the links that they escaped from the grey of their working day and sparkled like stars in the golfing firmament of StAndrews, Musselburgh and Prestwick. Strath brothers also travelled and helped build the game in England and the USA. Indeed, it was this generation of the Straths, the Morrises and the Parks and others like them that made the modern game of golf and made it the Great Game. Noel Terry's research in Australia into finding Davie Strath's will and unmarked grave enthused David Malcolm and inspired him to work with Noel to tell the story of the entire Strath family. The reader will enj.
