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  "the strategy of the golf course is the soul of the game": First Edition of Golf Architecture in America; inscribed by the author's mentor A.W. Tillinghast in the rare original dust jacket

  THOMAS, George C..

  Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction.

  Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press, 1927.

  First edition of one of the most comprehensive books on the fundamentals of golf course construction written by one of the field's leading architects. Octavo, original green cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated throughout. Association copy, lengthily inscribed by the author's mentor A.W. Tillinghast  on the second free endpaper, "To Theodore LeVino with the compliments of A.W. Tillinghast, April 13th 1941. George Thomas was one of my proteges, of whom I am proud. Too bad he had to pass on so soon." A.W. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. Near fine in a very good unrestored dust jacket which shows chips to the spine and rear panels. Rare in the original dust jacket and with such a unique association.

  Price: $5,500.00     Item Number: 95896

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