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Sale 501 Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:00 AM Pacific Time Rare Golf Books, Clubs & Memorabilia: The Collection of Georgia Dyer Burnett (with additions) Auction Preview Tuesday, February 26, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Wednesday, February 27, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Thursday, February 28, 9:00 am to 11:00 am Other showings 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 BIDDING AVAILABLE 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/ . Instructions for its use can be found by following the link at the top of the Real-Time Bidder page. 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Administration Sharon Gee, President Shannon Kennedy, Vice President, Client Services Angela Jarosz, Administrative Assistant Megan Hipsley, Inventory Manager Consignments, Appraisals & Cataloguing Bruce E. MacMakin, Senior Vice President George K. Fox, Vice President, Market Development & Senior Auctioneer Gregory Jung, Senior Specialist Erin Escobar, Specialist Photography & Design Chad Mueller, Photographer System Administrator Thomas J. Rosqui Winter - Spring Auctions, 2013 February 28, 2013 - Rare Golf Books, Clubs & Memorabilia: The Collection of Georgia Dyer Burnett (with additions) March 14, 2013 - Fine Literature - Children’s & Illustrated Books & Artwork March 28, 2013 - Americana - African American History - Cartography Schedule is subject to change. Please contact PBA or pbagalleries.com for further information. Consignments are being accepted for the 2013 Auction season. Please contact Bruce MacMakin at [email protected]. Front Cover: Lot 194 Back Cover clockwise from upper left: Lots 339, 120, 191, 55 Bond # 14425383 Section I: Golf Books & Printed Material: Lots 1 - 227 Section II: Collectibles, Including Gold & Silver, Jewelry, Medals & Trophies: Lots 228 - 345 Section III: Golf Clubs: Lots 346 - 391 Section I: Golf Books & Printed Materials 1. (Agua Caliente Open Golf Tournament Program) Official Souvenir and Program of the $25,000 Agua Caliente Open Golf Tournament, Old Mexico, January, 1929. 23 pp. Illustrations from photographs. 27x19.5 cm (10½x7¾”) wrappers. Agua Caliente, Baja California, Mexico: Agua Caliente Golf and Country Club, 1931 The second annual Agua Caliente tournament. During the 1920’s/Prohibition era, the Mexican border city of Tijuana became an obvious magnet for thirsty tourists from California and beyond. It soon offered casino gaming, horse racing, shopping, a world famous health spa, etc. In the 1930’s Agua Caliente became a popular destination. A lavish resort built by 3 American gangsters (“Bugsy” Siegel was supposedly involved) and a Mexican Governor “Abelardo Rodriguez,” Agua Caliente opened in 1928 and the famous horse racing track opened in 1930. The golf course was designed by William P. Bell (plus hole descriptions by Bell); Leo Diegel was the resident club professional. Wrinkling to covers, a touch of wear at edges; very good. (400/600) 2. (American Golfer) Rice, Grantland, editor. The American Golfer, The Sport Pictorial - 9 consecutive issues, most with covers by James Montgomery Flagg. 9 bi-weekly issues. Each with a colorful cover illustration, 8 of them by James Montgomery Flagg. 32.5x24 cm (12½x9½”). Greenwich, CT: Condé Nast, 1924 The premier golfing magazine of the 1920s and ‘30s, edited by the notable Grantland Rice. Includes issues from 5/3/1924 through 8/23/1924. All with light wear, soiling; one with repairs to spine; very good. (400/600) 3. (American Golfer) Rice, Grantland, editor. The American Golfer, The Sport Pictorial - 8 issues, with covers by James Montgomery Flagg. 8 bi-weekly issues. Each with a colorful cover illustration by James Montgomery Flagg. 32.5x24 cm (12½x9½”). Greenwich, CT: Condé Nast, 1924 The premier golfing magazine of the 1920s and ‘30s, edited by the notable Grantland Rice. Issues include: 6/30/1923, 1/12/1924, 1/26/24, 2/9/24, 3/8/24, 3/22/24. 3/22/24, 4/5/1924, and 4/19/24. All with light wear, soiling; one with repairs to spine; very good. (400/600) Page 1 HAND-WRITTEN NOTES FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT OF CONDE NAST 4. (American Golfer) The American Golfer. January 1929-December 1933 & January 1935-December 1935. 6 bound volumes, each containing 12 issues, original covers bound in. (Folio) period brown and red cloth bindings, each volume with thumb indexing. New York: Condé Nast, 1929-33 & 1935 Lot 4 These copies were the Conde Nast Publishing Company’s file copies. The 1929 volume, which was the first year that Nast took over from the prior owner is stamped on the spine, “Art Department Copy Do Not Take Out of Art Department”. This volume and the 1931 volume are very interesting in that they are filled with ink notations adjoining the photographs and articles, showing how much was paid the photographer for a picture or how much was paid a writer for an article. For example, Ernest Jones was paid $35.00 for an article on Horton Smith, and Bernard Darwin was paid $50.00 for a piece on the Pebble Beach Amateur. Pietzcker was paid $20 for photographs. Bob Jones was apparently paid a salary, as his writing is designated “made up by Robert T. Jones Jr. on salary” as were other writers on staff. A great resource on the publishing history of a very significant golf magazine. Some wear and soiling to bindings; internally very good. (4000/6000) Page 2 5. André, R[ichard]. Golf Plays and Recitations. Illustrated with 6 full-page wood-engraved drawings, including frontispiece of the 1900 West Herts Golf Club dinner program cover and from 5 photographs (one page with two photos, including one of the author dressed in costume as the Santa Claus character). 18x12 cm. (7x4¾”), original pictorial red cloth over thin boards, stamped in black, re-backed with later red cloth, new endpapers. First Edition. London: R. A. Everett, 1903-04 Rare and early golf plays. André was a member of the West Herts Golf Club and the author of several other plays. D&J A7910; D&M 5540; Murdoch 16. Light soiling and wear to board edges; toning throughout (as usual); very good. (1200/1800) 6. (Bald Peak Club Colony) Bald Peak Club Colony. [47] pp. Illustrated from photographs throughout, very scenic, including tournament action shots and a group photo of J.H. Taylor, Francis Ouimet, “Sandy” Herd and Jesse Guilford together at the 18th green and their best course scores at Bald Peak; also a map of the area. 5x7¼, original gray boards with pictorial cover label. Moultonboro, NH: [Privately printed by the Barta Press], [c.1925] Designed by golf architect great, Donald J. Ross, Bald Peak first opened in 1921. This beautiful golf course features over 6000 yards of golf deeply surrounded by trees, mountains and Lake Winnipesaukee; this is the most private golf greens in New Hampshire. Amazing photo images mostly in and on the golf course, but also: inside and out the clubhouse, plus other activities including, horse back riding, tennis, lake side (water skiing, swimming, etc.).