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Title: The History of the Royal Perth Golfing Society - A Century of Golf in Scotland, with a selection of Golfing Verses (hitherto unpublished) by the late Neil Fergusson Blair, Esq., of Balthayock (1842) Author: Miller, Rev. T.D. Place: Perth Publisher: The Munro Press Date: 1935 Description: viii, 80 pp. Illustrated from photographs and facsimiles, including frontispiece portrait of King William IV. 24.8x15.5 cm. (9¾x6"), gilt-lettered and stamped blue cloth. First Edition. A rare inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author's wife on the front free endpaper. Signed at Inveraven, Perth in October, 1940. Funded through subscription, there were only 101 subscriber's copies, this one apparently belonging to the author's wife, which was then presented to a friend. A short but interesting history of an old Scottish golfing society, with much information on the early game, documented with numerous illustrations of key personalities and artifacts. Murdoch 525; D&M 26560; D&J M30280. Lot Amendments Condition: Spine, edges and corners rubbed and bumped; very good. Item number: 213087