My golf book collection

Having been sports mad all my life, and with my football career over and my cricket pads well strung up, I decided, having retired from work, it was now time to take up golf as my main hobby.

Some of my friends, who were experienced golfers, proffered their words of wisdom - get yourself some lessons off a Pro, and buy some instruction books, videos, DVDs, learn about the game, they said.

I decided to implement their advice a week later. I was on holiday for a few days in a small seaside town in Lancashire, when I happened upon a second-hand bookshop, advertising "all books for £1". By the end of my three day break, I was the proud owner of 17 golf books and just £17 lighter. If it had been a week's holiday, I would have had a whole library.    

Addiction to finding books was only another charity shop away. Finding a second-hand bookshop now is as rare as seeing Tiger smile. It was an exhilarating feeling discovering a hidden gem, especially an old one with such names for clubs as Brassie, Baffy, Mashie Niblick, Spoon, Cleek, and a Flange.

Over the years, Jack told me to play his way, Gary shared his secrets, Hogan said I only needed five lessons, and when Trevino said swing my way, I don't think he meant to slice his way.  

I learnt about Bob Jones and his Grand Slam; I nicked stuff off Faldo; cottoned on to Henry and got poetic motion from Lord Byron Nelson. Dr.Bob convinced me it was all in the mind. 'Guess what', I told my mates. They said just hit another feckin provisional, the four ladies behind are waiting to play through.

I read the history of the game gaining enough knowledge to go on Mastermind. I did make some mistakes, though. "The Eagle has landed" was misleading, and "The Birdie man of Alcatraz" was a huge disappointment. I gave them back to Charity shop, with a written complaint.

After seven years, I am still a duffer, so I have decided to sell my books and follow the other advice given seven years ago: get some lessons off a Pro.

Anybody interested in buying my collection of 118 books, DVDs and videos, please contact johnnyfowler@fsmail.net.

The collection (listed alphabetically):

- P/B = Paperback; H/B = Hardback, D/C = Dustcover.

- Books noted as first editions are as far as I can tell from copyright page

- Cannot vouch for the authenticity of any author's autographs.

- All books in clean condition as would be reflected by age

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ALLISS PETER--- " YET MORE BEDSIDE GOLF"  

---------- 1ST EDITION  1985 H/B

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ALLISS PETER--- "GOLF - A WAY OF LIFE" REPRINT

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1989  H/B

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ALLISS PETER--- "MY LIFE" 

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P/B 2005

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARMOUR TOMMY--- " A ROUND OF GOLF" 

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H/B 1960 D/C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARMOUR TOMMY--- " HOW TO PLAY YOUR BEST GOLF ALL THE TIME" 

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1985 P/B BADDIEL SARAH--- "GOLF - THE GOLDEN YEARS" 

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H/B 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BERG PATTY-- " GOLF FOR WOMEN" ---------- 2ND EDITION 1952 H/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BLANCHARD KEN-- "THE ONE MINUTE GOLFER" -------------------- 2005 P/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BOTTOME GEORGE MCDONALD -- " GOLF FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED AND OTHERS"

----------------- 1ST EDITION 1947  H/B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BRADBEER AND IAN MORRISON---"PLAY BETTER GOLF" -------------- 2007   P/B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BREWER GAY--- "SCORE BETTER THAN YOU SWING" ------------ H/B. 1968 1ST ED.  D/C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CANNON DAVID--- " SEVERIANO BALLESTEROS" ------------ 1986  1ST ED. H/B  D/C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLARKE DARREN---- " HEROES ALL" --------------- H/B  2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONCANNON DALE---" FROM TEE TO GREEN" ------------------- 1996  1ST ED. H/B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CORBETT RONNIE--- "ARMCHAIR GOLF" -------------- 1986  1ST ED. P/B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COTTON HENRY----- "THIS GAME OF GOLF" --------------

REPRINT 1949  H/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COTTON HENRY ---" GOLF -A PICTORIAL HISTORY" --------------

1ST EDITION  1975  H/B D/C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COUSINS GEOFFREY AND TOM SCOTT--- "A CENTURY OF OPENS" ------------ 1971 H/B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUSINS GEOFFREY--- " GOLF IN BRITAIN" ------------ H/B 1975.  1ST ED . D/C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COX TOM ---- "BRING ME THE HEAD OF SERGIO GARCIA" -------- P/B 2007

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COYNE JOHN--- "THE CADDIE WHO KNEW BEN HOGAN" ---------- 2006  P/B -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CREIG ANDREW ---" PREFERRED LIES" --------- 2007 REPRINT P/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DABELL NORMAN-- " HOW WE WON THE RYDER CUP" ----------- 1997  P/B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DALY JOHN-- "GOLF IN MY OWN DAMN WAY" -------- 2007 H/B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DAVIS WILLIAM---" THE PUNCH BOOK OF GOLF" --------- H/B 1973 D/C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DOBEREINER PETER--- "THE GAME WITH THE HOLE IN IT"

REPRINT 1970  H/B D/C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DOBEREINER PETER ---"THE GOLFERS; THE INSIDE STORY" -------------------- 1982 1ST ED. H/B  D/C -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DOBEREINER PETER --- "THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF GOLF" ------------------- 1973  1ST ED. H/B  D/C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DODSON JAMES--- " THE DEWSWEEPERS" ------------- 2001  1ST ED. P/B. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DODSON JAMES --- "FINAL ROUNDS" ------------ H/B  1ST ED. 1997  D/C. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DURAN RUDY---" IN EVERY KID THERE LURKS A TIGER" ---------- 2002 P/B

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDMUND NICK---"THE EUROPEAN MASTERS" ------------- 1990 1ST ED. H/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXLEY HELEN --"A ROUND OF GOLF JOKES" --------- 1992 H/B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FALDO NICK--" LIFE SWINGS" ----------

2004/05  P/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FEINSTEIN JOHN--- " A GOOD WALK SPOILED" --------------- 1995 1ST ED. H/B  D/C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FORSYTH BRUCE---"IT IS ONLY A GAME" -------------- 1989   H/B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GALLWAY W.TIMOTHY--" THE INNER GAME OF GOLF" -------------- 1981 1ST ED. H/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GILLER NORMAN--- "THE BOOK OF GOLF LISTS" ----------- H/B. 1988 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GLOVER TOM AND HICKS PETER---"FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" -------------                  --------- 1999 P/B.

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GREEN MICHAEL--- "THE ART OF COURSE GOLF" ----------- 1967 1ST EDITION  H/B D/C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

GREGSTON GENE-- "HOGAN" ---------------- H/B  1978  D/C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HAINING PETER---"HOLE IN FUN" ------------ 1988  1ST ED. H/B  D/C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HARTLEY J.R.---"GOLFING" -------------- 1995. 1ST ED. H/B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HASKIN MIKE AND CLIVE WHICHELOW---"FOR THE WORLD`S BEST GOLFER" ------------- 2010 H/B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HAY ALEX ---" RIPENING HAY" ------ 1989 1ST ED. P/B  D/C ---- SIGNED BY AUTHOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOGAN BEN--- "THE MODERN FUNDAMENTALS OF GOLF" ------------------- 1975 H/B D/C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOGAN BEN---"FIVE LESSONS" ------------ 1985 REPRINT    H/B    D/C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOPE BOB-- "CONFESSIONS OF A HOOKER" -------- 1985 H/B 1ST ED. D/C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOUGHTON GEORGE --- "PORTRAIT OF A GOLF ADDICT" --------------- 1960 1ST ED. H/B D/C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

HOUGHTON GEORGE--"GOLF ADDICTS ON PARADE" ---------------- 2003 H/B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

IRELAND JOHN AND PLUMRIDGE CHRIS--" GOLF CHARACTERS" --------------                    ------------------ 1989. H/B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKLIN TONY WITH PETER DOBEREINER--- "JACKLIN`S GOLF ------------- SECRETS"

2003 1ST ED . H/B D/C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JACKLIN TONY--"THE CHAMPIONS OWN STORY" ------------ 1970 H/B D/C  1ST ED.   SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JACOBS JOHN--- "PLAY BETTER GOLF" -----------  1969 REPRINT  P/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JAMES MARK ----"INTO THE BEARPIT" ----------

REPRINT. 2000 H/B D/C ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JEFFEYS SUSAN---"THE PUNCH BOOK OF GOLF" ------------ 1986 1ST ED, H/B  D/C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JESSOP J,C,----- "TEACH YOURSELF GOLF" --------------- 1955 H/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JOLY DOM-- "LETTERS TO MY GOLF CLUB" -------

2007 H/B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

JONES BOBBY---" GOLF IS MY GAME" --------- 1962.  H/B  D/C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

KONNING CHRISTINA -- "GREEN, ROUGH, BUNKER" -------------- 2000   1ST ED. H/B. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

KUZMIC  BORIS---"FIT FOR GOLF" ------------

H/B 2004

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LANGER BERNHARD--"MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY" -----------

2003 REPRINT P/B      AUTOGRAPH OF AUTHOR INSIDE. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEADBETTER DAVID=== "THE GOLF SWING" -------------------

1996 H/B D/C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LEWIS CATHERINE M---" BOBBY JONES AND THE QUEST FOR THE GRAND SLAM" --------- 2006 H/B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LEWIS BEVERLEY--- "PLAY BETTER GOLF" ---------- 1989 H/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

LOVE DAVIS 111---"EVERY SHOT I TAKE" -------- 1997 1ST ED, H/B  D/C -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MACKENZIE RICHARD---"A WEE NIP AT THE 19TH HOLE" ----------------- H/B 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MACRURY DOWNS---"GOLFERS ON GOLF" --------------- H/B  1997  D/C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MARSHALL KEITH B. ---"THIS IS FOR A HALF" ----------------

1988 1ST ED. H/B  /DC -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MARSHALL ROBERT--- "THE HAUNTED MAJOR" ---------------- 1959 1ST ED.   H/B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MCCORMACK MARK--- "THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF" ---------------------- 1976  H/B 1ST ED. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MCCULLOUGH J.---"GOLF IN THE YEAR 2000" ---------------------

1998  1ST ED. H/B D/C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MCEVOY PETER---"FOR THE LOVE OR MONEY" ------------- 2006 H/B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MONTGOMERIE COLIN--- "THE REAL MONTY" ---------------------

2002 1ST ED. H/B D/C ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MORRISON ALEX J.---" A NEW WAY TO BETTER GOLF" ----------------

H/B 1932  1ST ED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   MURRAY H.A. DR, --- " MORE GOLF SECRETS" ------------- 1954 H/B. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NELSON BYRON----- "WINNING GOLF" ------------ 1949   REPRINT  H/B  D/C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NICKLAUS JACK--- "TOTAL GOLF TECHNIQUES" ---------------

H/B  REPRINT  1987 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NICKLAUS JACK--- "GOLF MY WAY" --------------- 1974  1ST ED  H/B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NICKLAUS JACK--" ON AND OFF THE FAIRWAY" ---------------- 1978. P/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NICKLAUS JACK---- "MY LIFE IN GOLF" --------------- H/B 1996 1ST ED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

O`CONNOR TOM-- "FROM THE WOOD TO THE TEES" ------------------

1992 1ST ED. H/B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PAKENHAM KEVIN-- "THE GATHERING BUNKER" -----------------

1996  H/B 1ST ED. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PECK M.SCOTT--- "GOLF AND THE SPIRIT" -------

1999 P/B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PENNICK HARVEY---"LITTLE RED GOLF BOOK" ------------ 2001 H/B  D/C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PEPER GEORGE--"ST.ANDREWS SOJORN" --------- 2006 P/B ----SIGNED BY AUTHOR

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PINNER JOHN --- "THE HISTORY OF GOLF" -----------

1988 1ST ED. H/B  D/C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PINNINGTON JOE--- "MIGHTY WINDS --MIGHTY CHAMPIONS" ------------------

WITH PHOTOS BY GUY WOODLAND-- PRESENTATION SET WITH A REPRINT OF "HISTORY OF ROYAL LIVERPOOL" BY GUY FARRAR FROM 1932.   1ST ED. 2006 IN SLIEVE H/B. THIS IS NEW CONDITION. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLAYER GARY ---------- "GOLF SECRETS" ----------- 1964    1ST ED. H/B D/C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLUMRIDGE CHRIS---" THE CHALLENGE OF GOLF" -----------------

1988 1ST ED. P/B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

POTTER STEPHEN--- " THE COMPLETE GOLF GAMESMANSHIP" ------------

H/B 1ST ED. 1968 D/C. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   REES DAI---- "DAI REES AUTOBIOGRAPHY" -------

1968  1ST ED.  H/B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

REES DAI--- " DAI REES ON GOLF" -------

H/B 1959 1ST ED. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ROTELLA BOB DR. - "THE GOLF OF YOUR DREAMS" -------------- 2005 P/B                                  "GOLF IS NOT A GAME OF PERFECT" 2004 P/B                                  "PUTTING OUT OF YOUR MIND" 2005 P/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RUTTER HADYN---"THE GOLF RULES DICTIONARY" ------------

2000. H/B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SAMPSON CURT---"CHASING TIGER" --------------

2004 REPRINT P/B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SCOTT TOM -- " GOLF WITH THE EXPERTS" ---------

1959. H/B -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SHIPNUCK ALAN---"BUD, SWEAT AND TEES" --------------- 2001 H/B D.C

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ST. ANDREWS----"GOLF RULES ILLUSTRATED" ---------------------

5TH EDITION. 1985 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ST.JOHN LAUREN----"SEVE" -----------

1993 1ST ED. H/B D/C. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STOBBS JOHN--- "AN ABC OF GOLF" ------------

1964  1ST ED H/B D/C -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STREGE JOHN--"A BIOGRAPHY OF TIGER WOODS" ------------ 1997 P/B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUGGS LOUISE--- "PAR GOLF FOR WOMEN" ----------- 1954. H/B D/C -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMERS ROBERT-- "THE U.S. OPEN" ---------------

H/B  1996 D/C. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TAPPIN NEIL--- " THE LITTLE BOOK OF GOLF LEGENDS" ----------

2006. H/B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THOMAS FRED---- " TIL GOLF DO US PART" -------------

1997 P/B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TORRANCE SAM--   "SAM" ----------------

2003 1ST ED. H/B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TREVILLION PAUL---"MISSING IMPOSSIBLE" -----------------

H/B 1996  D/C. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TREVINO LEE--- "SWING MY WAY" -------------

1984 REPRINT  P/B. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

UPDIKE JOHN--- "GOLF DREAMS" -----------

1996 1ST ED. H/B D/C --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

VIGELAND CARL--- " STALKING THE SHARK" ---------------

1996 1ST ED. H/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WARD ANDREW--" GOLF`S STRANGEST ROUNDS" ----------

1988 P/B. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WARD PETER-- "CAME DOWN TO GOLF" -------- H/B 1984. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WILLIAMS MICHAEL--- "HISTORY OF GOLF" ---------------

1986 H/B --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WRIGHT NICK--- "LOWER YOUR GOLF HANDICAP" ------------  NOT DATED   H/B  D/C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

YOUNGBLOOD JOHN--- "THE SENIOR`S GOLF SCHOOL" ---------------------

2003 1ST ED. P/B.-

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZIEBM HOWARD--- "GOLF IN THE COMIC STRIPS" ----------

H/B 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------