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Sale 409 Thursday, August 6, 2009 1:00 PM Fine & Rare Golf Books & Collectibles The Library of J. Terry Pierce With additions from the Bob Labbance & Mike Reese collections, The Library of a Prominent East Coast collector, and other owners Section I: Books & Memorabilia, Lots 1-477 Section II: Golf Prints & Original Art, Lots 478-516 Auction Preview Tuesday, August 4 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Wednesday, August 5- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Thursday, August 6 - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Or by appointment 133 Kearny Street 4th Floor:San Francisco, CA 94108 phone: 415.989.2665 toll free: 1.866.999.7224 fax: 415.989.1664 [email protected]:www.pbagalleries.com REAL-TIME BIDDINGAVAILABLE PBA Galleries features Real-Time Bidding for its live auctions. This feature allows Internet Users to bid on items instantaneously, as though they were in the room with the auctioneer. If it is an auction day, you may view the Real-Time Bidder at http://www.pbagalleries.com/realtimebidder/ . 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Administration Roger Wagner, Chairman Scott Evans, President Shannon Kennedy, Vice President, Client Services Ross Brendle, Shipping Supervisor Consignments, Appraisals & Cataloguing Bruce E. MacMakin, Senior Vice President George K. Fox, Vice President, Market Development & Senior Auctioneer Gregory Jung, Senior Specialist Erin Garland, Specialist Marketing Maureen Gross, Vice President of Marketing Photography & Design Chad Mueller, Photographer Summer and Fall Auctions, 2009 August 6, 2009 – Fine & Rare Golf Books & Memorabilia August 20, 2009 – Art, Illustrated & Photography Books - Fine Printing - Fine Books in All Fields September 3, 2009 – Fine Americana including Travel & Exploration: The Library of Henry W. Coil, Jr. September 17, 2009 – Fine Books and Manuscripts October 1, 2009 – Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries Schedule is subject to change. Please contact PBA or pbagalleries.com for further information. Consignments are being accepted for the 2009 Auction season. Please contact Bruce MacMakin at [email protected]. Front Cover: Lot 484 Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left, Lots 439, 506, 384, 162 Bond # 14425383 1. ADAMSON, ALISTAIR BEATON. Allan Robertson, Golfer: His Life and Times. xv, 92 pp. Illustrated with photographic plates and facsimiles. 8vo. Gilt-lettered blue cloth, slipcase. No. 190 of 1055 copies. First Edition. Worcestershire: Grant Books, 1985 Signed by author on the limitation page. With research into the archives of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews by R. A. L. Burnett. Light wear to slipcase and cloth; very good. (100/150) 2. ALLISS, PETER, PETER DOBEREINER, MARK MCCORMACK & ARNOLD PALMER, EDS. The Fifty Greatest Golfers. 116 pp. Illustrated from color drawings. Blind-stamped decorative leather, hand-crafted by Brown & Bigelow. New York: Gallery Books, [1988] Signed at their portraits by Isao Aoki, Michael Bonallack (with inscription), Bob Charles, Don January, Graham Marsh, Johnny Miller, Doug Sanders, and Tom Watson. Also included is a laid in card with inscription from E. Harvie Ward. Slight edge wear, pen mark to fore edge of page block; else near fine. MR (100/150) 3. (American Annual Golf Guide) American Annual Golf Guide and Year Book 1928. 626 pp. Illustrated from photographs and advertisements. 7¼x5, red cloth lettered in white. 12th Edition. New York: Angus, 1928 “The best known of the early American annuals and an important source of information for researchers and club historians. Listings for all known clubs in the United States provide information on course yardage, par, club officers, and green fees.” -D&J A6605. Spine darkened, lettering to spine rubbed away, moderate marks and soiling to covers, a bit frayed at spine tips; hinges cracked; else very good. (200/300) 4. (American Annual Golf Guide) American Annual Golf Guide and Year Book 1929. 625 pp. Illustrated from photographs and advertisements. 7¼x5, red cloth lettered in white. 13th Edition. New York: Angus, 1929 Important early American golf annual. Just like the 1928 edition, there is a picture of Bobby Jones on page 16 with the list of his accomplishments from the 1920’s printed below. D&J A6610. Moderate pen marks and other soiling or darkening to cloth; spine leaning; hinges cracked; else very good. (200/300) 5. (American Golf) Collection documenting American golf in the 1930s and 1940s. Includes: Albumen photograph of Ben Hogan post-swing on a period mount. 8½x6½. [c.1940]. * This Week: The Boston Herald. Magazine Section, July 14th, 1935. Featuring the P.G. Wodehouse story “Farewell to Legs” in its first published appearance. 16x10¾, color lithograph wrappers. * Rice, Grantland, editor. The American Golfer. July, 1934. 12½x9½, color pictorial wrappers. Condé Nast Publications, Inc., 1934. * 2 issues of: El Golfer Argentino - Julio 1932 and Febrero 1933. Including photographs of Gene Sarazen, Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen and Billy Burke. 12¾x9¾, illustrated wrappers. Editorial Atlantida, 1932-33. * Broadside advertisement for Spalding Sports Show. Cricket and golf cartoons surrounding a drawing of Babe Ruth. 17x11. Several short tears repaired on verso with tape. Spalding, [c.1945]. 1933-1945 Edge wear to each piece; condition varies; generally very good. Sold as is. (200/300) 6. (AMERICAN GOLFER, INC.). Five volumes by The American Golfer, Inc. - Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones. Includes: 2 copies of: The Hogan Mystique: Classic Photographs of the Great Ben Hogan by Jules Alexander. [1994]. * Davis, Martin. Ben Hogan: The Man Behind the Mystique. [2000]. * Davis, Martin. The Page 1 Greatest of Them All: The Legend of Bobby Jones. [1996]. * Davis, Martin. Byron Nelson: The Story of Golf ’s Finest Gentleman and the Greatest Winning Streak in History. [1997]. Together five cloth-bound volumes with dust jackets, measuring 14x10½. Greenwich, CT: The American Golfer, Inc., Various dates Byron Nelson signed the half title page of his book. Very light edge wear to jackets; near fine. MR (150/250) 7. (Antiques and Collectibles) Five books on golf collectibles. Includes: Gilchrist, Roger E. Guide to Golf Collectibles. Wrappers. First Edition. Alexander Books, [1998]. * Sheehan, Laurence. A Passion for Golf. Boards, dj. Third Edition. Clarkson Potter, [1994]. * Furjanic, Chuck. Antique Golf Collectibles. Wrappers. Second Edition & Third Edition (Limited to 250 copies, signed by author). [Krause, 1999] & [2004]. * Sprung, Shirley & Jerry. Decorative Golf Collectibles. Glossy boards. Gary Kirsner, [1991]. Together five guides for golf collectors. Various places: Various dates Near fine to fine. MR (150/250) 8. (Antiques and Collectibles) Four volumes for the golf antique collector. Comprises: Olman, John M. and Morton W. Olmans’ Guide to Golf Antiques & Other Treasures of the Game. Foreword by Hale Irwin. Boards, dust jacket. First Trade Edition. Market Street Press, [1992]. * Furjanic, Chuck. Antique Golf Collectibles: A Price and Reference Guide. No. 91 of 250. Signed at limitation rubber stamp on title page. Leatherette, slipcase. First Edition. [Krause Publications, 1997]. * Baddiel, Sarah Fabian. The World of Golf Collectables. Cloth, dust jacket. First US Edition. Wellfleet Press, [1992]. * Robb, Beverly. Collectible Golfing Novelties. Color pictorial wrappers. First Edition. Schiffer Publishing, [1992]. Various dates Essential additions to the golf antique collector’s library. D&J O3790, F18250, B1600 and R10750. Near fine to fine. (200/300) 9. (Apawamis Club) [CONROY, WILLIAM H.].