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HAWTREE, FRED: : TRIPLE BAUGE: Promenades in Medieval Golf. [Author SIGNED,Ltd/No.,association copy.]

UK.OXFORD.CAMBUC ARCHIVE,1996.

ISBN 0951779311.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,ltd/no'd, association copy,1st edn.[Author SIGNED,limited/numbered edition 138 of 900 only,printed worldwide.Further provenance, the author has written a dedication 'Particularly for Great Aunt Tessa',in blue ink,above his black ink signature: 'Uncle Fred Hawtree',thus making this edition/ example an association copy.] FINE+/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's aforementioned signature+dedication to his great-Aunt,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,3 colour (red,blue and white) to white background illustrated dw/dj,with blue lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - and a couple of small,minimal blemishes/ spots.Tiniest of snicks to corners of dw/dj with miniscule rubbing.Described hard but fairly and honestly - because of the value of the item - and nowhere as detracting as it reads or sounds! Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine and virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears to be unread. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain taupe cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt decoration and lettering to upper board, also bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip too,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,ltd/no'd,association copy,1st edn, iv-xiipp+1-164pp [paginated] includes limitation page with author signature,to verso of title page,acknowledgements - b/w line illustration (mounted medieval knight) to it's reverse,contents list/table,b/w reproduction illustration of French chateau (La Hamonniere),author preface,9 chapters, profuse contemporary b/w facsimile reproductions of diagrams,maps,photographs etc.,throughout the text and the book, appendices (5),a bibliography,illustrations sources and notes,and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title with initialled dedication to it's verso,and title page. This study of an obscure battle in the 'Hundred Years War' expands forwards and back to cover nine hundred years of golf's development. A coherent narrative shows how modern golf and golf courses grew step by step from simple beginnings. Did golf begin just before the battle of Bauge on Easter Saturday,1421? Or were the Scots playing the local game chole? 'Triple Bauge' (Bo-zhay) looks at the evidence and decides they were playing jeu de paume but goes on to follow a fourth game from Rome through France and England to Scotland.First played in the streets,it soon moved out on to the links at Edinburgh,Perth,Montrose and Aberdeen where it developed into the game we play today. The Old Course at St Andrews,fortunately, still preserves the traces of golf's Norman heritage. Fred Hawtree practised as a golf course architect for fifty years before handing on the torch to his son,Martin.He is a past president of the British Institute of Golf Course Architects with 25 years on the Executive Committee of the English Golf Union and the Board of Sports Turf Research Institute. Following 'Triple Bauge' (1996),Cambuc Archive plan another short historical excursion,ready in 1997. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,ltd/no'd,1st edn.
'Particularly for Great Aunt Tessa' Uncle Fred Hwtree.

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