Rev Charles Roger (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Hardback. 2nd. Ed. Worn, rubbed & marked blind-stamped patterned cloth with gilt spine titles. Some splitting to spine-edges, top 5 inches of binding on spine is partly detached. Endpapers, early & latter pages are damp-stained. 7.8" x 5". 204 pp. inc. index. Illus: 7 plates 2 of which are damp stained, B/W drawings in text, . + 1 fold-out map. Wt: 0.45 Kg. Poor Reading copy.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Original blue blind decorated cloth lettered in gold on spine. LACKS TITLE PAGE but believed to be an 1849 edition. The List of Illustrations on page sv lists 15 items all of which are present BAR the title page. 204 and 20 pages(catalogue) Erratum slip at page 204. Books approaches very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Spine and boards faded. The folding map has some creasing, and foxing along an outer blank margin. Small chip to blank lower corner of rear free endpaper. The plates are all in very good condition, all with tissue guards present. Provenance: Bookseller's ticket on front endpaper "Joseph Cook / Bookseller & Stationer / St. Andrews"; early owner's signature "William Gay / No. 14 James Street / Pittenweem / Fifeshire"; Later owner's signature "W. [Gary?]". (A nice local provenance.); Second edition. xv, [1], [17]-204, [4 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 7 plates + 1 folding plan. Blind-stamped mauve cloth boards (faded) with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 191 x 114mm. 15 illustrations in total, including the map and in-text vignette illustrations. This work includes descriptions of the golfing links at St Andrews on pages 71 and 77-79, and of the golf club and golfing ground on page 169.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, 7 plates, in-text vignettes, 1 folding plan. 204 pages + 4 blank pages. Both the first and second editions are of great interest for the students of the Old Course at St. Andrews. There is a history of golf and explanation of the game, tournament results from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, etc. Bound in the original blind-stamped cloth boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. No loss at head or tail of spine, no cloth splits, spine cloth faded. The folding street plan is in fine condition. All plates and tissue guards are present. Original yellow endpapers without bookplate or former owner name. Contents clean, a very nice copy of an edition prone to cloth damage. Early golf references. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

History of the city St Andrews. pp77-80 deal with golf, with interesting mentions of golf in and around the city plus a short description of the game Second edition. 8vo. xv. pp17-204. Engraved frontis. (tissue-guard, browned), vignette to title-page, 13 further full-page engravings and vignettes, mostly views, inc. a folding map of the city. New end-papers. Original purple cloth, very rubbed, corners bumped, spine restored.