Travers Jerome D (53 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

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Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Handsome copy.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top and bottom of spine, corners barely rubbed. Front inner hinge weak, but holding. Spotted foxing to first five leaves, including the frontispiece. Otherwise, internally clean and tight.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. And James J. Crowell. Illustrated. 259 pages. Excellent biography of the multiple US Amateur Champion and US Open Champion. Copies of the first edition were bound in two covers. One is green cloth with black lettering, however, the preferable one is green with yellow coloring and black lettering. This is the preferred cover in very nice condition, bright with no loss to yellow paint. Rear cover one dark spot and lightly stained near spine, spine cloth lightly faded. Original endpapers clean and bright, contents also bright and unmarked except for a lower page edge stain between pp. 4 and 5 not affecting text, archival repair lower page edge p. 4. Covers protected in mylar. Murdoch #782 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top of spine slightly frayed. Book protected in mylar. Internally clean and tight.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Knopf, NY, 1926, 1st., 8vo., decorated cloth, 259pp., photos., partly cracked at page 119, 1 photo detached but present, foxed, G $.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Doubleday, Page & Company January 1916 Binding: Hardcover.

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Top and bottom of spine slightly rubbed; corners barely bumped. Internally clean and tight.

Condition: Fine. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine condition no dust jacket (as issued [?]). Fine copy with all gilt lettering on spine and front cover extremely bright and cover photograph of Travers nearly perfect. Pencil diagram [perhaps golf related} on front free endpaper. Internally clean and tight. A really beautiful copy of an important early American golf book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 258 pp. Original dark green cloth covers, lightly soiled w/ light fraying to corners and spine ends. Spine a bit darkened. Tiny bump to foredge of front cover. Light foxing to title page. Faint dampstain at bottom margin of first several leaves, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Donovan-Murdoch 37130.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 58 pages. Features: Nice color ad for General Electric radios inside front cover; Hudson Essex car ad shows mother dropping kids at school; Nice full-page ad for Mimeograph; They'll Come Shooting (short story); Power and Glory - the gutsy story of Boies Penrose, one of the most prodigious figures in American political life - article with photos; Wild Geese (short story); A Lady of Resource (short story); Naughty Girl - Lenore Ulric serves allure in generous portions - article with photos; The Meanest Beast - battle between black leopard and shark; The Road Back (part VI of short story); You Couldn't Hate Patrick (short story); Thoughts that Win - Advice by champion golfer Jerome D. Travers - article with photo; Nice full-page color ad for Seald Sweet grapefruits; Full-page ad for Canada Dry ginger ales; The Scotty Dog (short story); Fantastic centerfold two-colour ad for Colorado tourism; Louisville & Nashville (L&N) Railroad full-page ad; Full-page ad for Philco radios features photos of Gary Cooper; Nice Chrysler ad; Full-page Fleischmann's Yeast ad encourages readers to eat three cakes per day (!); Back page article on prohibition; Attractive color Ford ad inside back cover shows doctor making housecall in the evening snow; Color Ipana ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Hymer, H.E. (Cover Art); Clark, Matt; Schlaikjer, J.W.; Williams, Charles D.; Rountree, Herman; Stoops, Herbert Morton; Dobias, Frank; Steele, Frederic Dorr (illustrator).…

First edition of this four-time U.S. amateur championâs first book. Octavo, original green cloth gilt, photographic cover portrait to the front panel, with forty eight stop-action illustrations. In very good condition. âAlthough he was of slight stature, Travers dominated golf in the decade before World War I with his stunning iron shots and expert putting. He won many tournaments because of his calm temperament, patience, and ability to make precise shots⦠He won the United States Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912, and 1913, and was runner-up in 1914. His victory in 1913 set a record for that tournamentâ"not broken until Bobby Jones won it five times⦠He was among the first members of the Golf Hall of Fame established by the United States Golf Associationâ (DAB).…

First edition of this early work by Travers and Rice, "one of the first golf books to carry Mr. Rice's name" (Murdoch 784). Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. From the library of Albert W. Tillinghast, with his handwritten inventory card laid in. Tillinghast was a golf course architect andÂone of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. A nice example with noted provenance. An early discussion of golf psychology, accompanied by stories of championship matches and champion players. Jerome D. Travers won the U.S. Amateur tile four times, and was the U.S. Open Champion, as an amateur, in 1915.…

Pictorial Cloth w/DJ. Condition: G/G. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company. G/G. 1915. . Pictorial Cloth w/DJ. 2nd Printing Dust jacket . Sm 8vo., 258 pp., DJ rubbed, frayed, chipped, toned, cover bumped . Black & White Plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 258 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is green with orange lettering. Boards have mild shelving and rubbing wear along extremities, mild bumping and fraying to fore corners, soiling along front cover, and small black scuff marks along rear cover and front fore edge. Textblock has mild age-toning and soiling; interior has mild age-toning along endpapers and previous seller's pen markings along head edge of rear pastedown. Contains frontispiece of a golfer putting. DL Consignment. Shelved Room C. 1399381. Special Collections.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Very good condition in worn dust jacket. The rare dust jacket is torn at bottom of spine, with loss of an inch or so. The top of the dust jacket spine has been repaired, with no loss. Nonetheless, the rare wrap-around dust jacket is very good. There is a bit of foxing to the frontispiece and title-page. Otherwise, the text is internally clean and tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 258pp. Illustrated in black and white. Pictorial blue-green cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue. Lightly rubbed at tips of spine, with a bit of very faint soiling on rear cover, else a fine, bright copy in very good second printing dust jacket (which states "Second Printing" on the spine) with modest chipping at the spine ends with slight loss to printed title at crown. A scarce dust jacket in any printing.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated. 242 pages. Part biography, part instruction. Travers was one of the leading amateur golfers of the early 1900s, winning the U.S. Amateur in 1907, 1908, 1912 and 1913. He also won the us Open in 1916, the New Jersey Amateur three times, and the Metropolitan Amateur (New York) five times. He was regarded as one of the finest match play golfers of his time and had a famous rivalry with Walter Travis. The two men are often confused due to that and the similarity of surnames. Photograph of the author on front cover surrounded by a border of alternating square mesh golf balls and Scottish thistles, all in gilt. FORMER PROPERTY OF MAX H. BEHR WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON UPPER FFEP. BEHR HAS MADE TWO CHANGES TO THE TEXT. On page 54 Travers recalls how he defeated Max Behr in the US Amateur finals at Garden City Golf Club by 8 and 7. Behr has changed the score to 7 and 6. On page 56, Behr has crossed out the name of Osward Kirby as winner of the New Jersey State Championship of 1912, and penciled in Max Behr of Morris County G. C. and signed it in ink below the change. Light wear to cover border of square mesh golf balls, lightly rubbed. Contents bright without foxing. Nice association piece. Covers protected in mylar. Murdoch #783 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Green Decorative Boards Without Wear. First Edition 1913/1913. Very Rare In This Condition. Ink Inscription. Classic Of Golf .Beautiful Copy.