The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
was a sporting and publishing project conceived and founded by Henry
Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort
(1824–1899). Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of
sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and
pastimes. The books were published in London and in Boston.
Offered here is the Badminton Library of Sport and Pastimes: Golf by Horace G. Hutchinson, 1st Edition 1890, London: Spottiswodde and Co., with contributions by Lord
Wellwood, Sir Walter Simpson, A. J. Balfour, M.P. Andrew Lang, H.S.C.
Everard and others. Illustrated with numerous drawings by Thomas Hodge
and Harry Furniss, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. Owner's signature on front end sheet. Page on p 163/164 has been removed from the book. Missing a page is not good, but other wise this a decent first edition copy. From the collection of Fred X Fry.
According to Donovan & Jerris in The Game of Golf And The Printed Word 1566-2005, Hutchinson's "Golf'
was generally accepted as one of the finest golf books ever written.
Hutchinson covered the game more thoroughly than any book previously
published. The book offers significant insight into the state of the
game, just as its popularity was starting to increase dramatically
around the world. The chapters on instruction may seem dated to the
modern reader, but the portions of the book dealing with equipment and
course design are particularly valuable for historians of the game.
For
anyone interested in the history of the game, this book is a must own.
It was published in 8 editions between 1890 and 1911, and reprinted
again in 1987 and 1996.
This book is from the Fred X Fry collection.