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First edition, first issue, with 64 plates, 48 of them in colour and each with a captioned tissue. In the original publishers green cloth printed gilt, corners brushed. Spine, gilt tooling and titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [8], 253 pp, [1], 48 coloured & 16 B&W pls, titles to tissue guards, t.e.g., remainder uncut, light sporadic spotting. With the loose artists agents enquiry. A fine copy of this authoritative work with its still apposite and witty comments on the merits or otherwise of many courses and individual holes. The illustrations by Rountree add much to the work he himself being a keen proponent of the sport accompanying Darwin on many rounds. (230*180 mm).