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. 8¼x5½, original gray wrappers printed in black. First Edition. Inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author to Joe Murdoch in 1961 on the title page: "To J.S.F. Murdoch, with the compliments of the compiler, R.G. Fall, April 1961.” 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. Joe Murdoch’s bookplate on inside front cover. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine and cover margins a bit sunned, light foxing; usual internal browning; very good or better. Item number: 170415
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. 8¼x5½, original gray wrappers printed in black. First Edition. Inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author to Joe Murdoch in 1961 on the title page: "To J.S.F. Murdoch, with the compliments of the compiler, R.G. Fall, April 1961.” 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. Joe Murdoch’s bookplate on inside front cover. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine and cover margins a bit sunned, light foxing; usual internal browning; very good or better. Item number: 170415
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