Good Books Looking For A Good Home

[Michael Wolf]

Friends,


A frequent participant on this website recently offered me a chance to acquire a substantial portion of his golf library at a generous "Friend of GCA" price. In that same spirit, I'd like to give all of you first chance at the duplicates under similar terms. As always, I'd strongly prefer to trade books rather than sell them. But no reasonable offer to trade or sell will be refused - just please consider the cost of shipping in your proposals. I can be texted at 256-239-0143 or emailed at MichaelWolfBearcat@yahoo.com


From the GCA shelf
The Golf Course by Cornish and Whitten (two copies - one in bad shape, one slightly better)
Classic Golf Links by Donald Steele
World Atlas of Golf - modern black cover edition
The World Atlas of Golf Courses by Bob Ferrier
A Walk in the Park by Brad Klein
Missing Links by Daniel Wexler
Dream Golf by Goodwin
The Building Of Sebonack by Brad Klein
European Golf Courses by Malcolm Campbell
Emerald Gems by Lawrence Lambrecht


Lots more to follow on next post


Michael Wolf

[Michael Wolf]

More good books, same great terms as above...


Top shelf: hard to find club histories
Camargo 75th anniversary
The Creek 75th
Peachtree (2004 edition)
The Country Club Brookline 100th
The Links Club (NYC)
The Valley Club 70th
Hirono (latest edition, dust jacket creased)
ShoreAcres 100th
Royal North Devon 125th
Rye 90th
White Bear Yacht Club 100th (no dust jacket)
Waialea CC 50th (large format, dust jacket damaged)
The Golf Course and Grounds of Yeamons Hall
Cavendish 100th (all pages clipped on one corner)
Royal Birkdale 100th


Course histories and descriptions
The Evolution Of The Links at Royal County Down (2 copies)
The definitive guide to the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa (black cover special edition)
The Maidstone Links by David Goddard
The Pasatiempo Story by Margaret Koch
Building Sebonack by Brad Klein
The Jockey Club, It's Golf Courses and MacKenzie by Pedro Ramon Cossio


Garden City Golf (a nice set of books)
A History 1899-1999
A Record of the Golf Course Restoration 2015-2016 (signed by Doak)
A Record of the Clubhouse Historical Collection 2018


More to come.


Michael

[Michael Wolf]

Same offer as above:


More widely available club histories:
Swinley Forest 100th (3 copies)
Woking 100th
Muirfield 250th by Mair
Walton Heath 100th (creased dust jacket)
Kingston Heath 1991 (2 copies)
Shadow Creek (missing dust jacket)
Hamilton 110th softcover
Definitive Guide Hotchkin Course Woodhall Spa (regular edition)
St George's G&CC 75th
A Century at Lahinch
Barwon Heads 1907-1973
County Sligo 1991 (#310/500)
Durban CC 60th
Crooked Stick (2nd edition)
Woodlands GC (Oz) 2016
Baltusrol 100th (3 copies)
Sebonack


Misc -big books
Legendary Clubs of American East (leather edition)
Legendary Clubs of American East
Legendary Clubs of American Midwest
Legendary Clubs of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland
Legendary Golf Links of Ireland
Emerald Gems by Lawrence Lambrecht


Free Stuff!
Lots of widely available books that I'd be happy to include for free with any trade or sale. But definitely not worth mailing by themselves. Examples: The Match by Frost, Augusta National by Christian, Golf Resorts of the World, etc
Please enquire if seriously interested


Thanks for reading through all of this. The original owner, myself, and most of all my wife hope that all of these books can find a new shelf to sit on soon.


Happy reading,
Michael

[Nigel Islam]

Wolfie you know I’ve got to comment on the fact you have the Barwon Heads history book yet still chose not to play there with us......

[Michael Wolf]

My dearest Nigel,


The allure of watching a Renaissance Cup final match proved to be too strong to overcome, even for Barwon Heads. Also, I couldn't muster the courage to ride in a car you were driving on the wrong side of the road for another 3 hours.


Your devoted Friend, Michael

[Nigel Islam]

At least you got the book....

[Michael Wolf]

All the books that were traded or sold have now been shipped. The original posts in the thread have been updated to show what's been claimed and which books are still available.


If anyone is curious: the top 3 books requested were The Links, ShoreAcres and Hirono, with more than 25 requests for each. I've enjoyed corresponding with many of you about your collections.


Happy reading,
Michael