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Title: History of Golf at the Cape, in which is also treated ''The Origin of the Game of Golf,'' Golf Stories and a Register of S.A. Clubs Author: Fall, R[obert] G[eoffrey] Place: Cape Town Publisher: Argus Printing & Publishing Date: 1918 Description: 48 pp. Illustrated with ads. 21.3x14 cm. (8¼x5½"), original gray wrappers printed in black. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page to D.C.A.R. Schulenburg, dated 1953. Includes printed leaf “An Appeal to Club Secretaries and Others” by Fall, laid in. Fall founded the magazine South African Golf in 1926, which he continued to edit through his mid-eighties. The book is an invaluable history of the game in South Africa; without it the facts and statistics listed within would surely be lost today - Murdoch 239; D&M 16280; D&J F2230. Lot Amendments Condition: Light stain on lower edge of front cover, and extending to the first 5 leaves within; rubber stamp on pp. 4 from the Schulenburg Pretoria Golf Library; usual internal browning; very good. Item number: 215146