Collett, Glenna (1903-1989) [Mrs. Edwin C. Vare]

Golf for Young Players

Boston: Little, Brown, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good Hardcover in a Good Dust Jacket.
Glenna Collett. was known as the female Bobby Jones, as much for her composure and sportsmanship as for her astonishing achievements. She won the U. S. Women's Amateur Championship six times and was the dominant female player of her time.

During her career, she won 49 championships, the last of which, the 1959 Rhode Island Women's Golf Association tournament, when she was 56. She wrote this illustrated early book of golf instruction

Green cloth, black titles; Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. With the bookplate of Joseph Murdoch. The dust jacket with a price. The jacket has age-toned, with loss on spine. Minor loss on the corners. 8vo, 7.5 inches tall; x,115pp.

Very Good / Good. Item #013944

Ref: D&M 12710 Murdoch,138; D&J, C16090.
Provenance: Joe Murdoch was a golf collector and writer who was one of the founding members of the Golf Collectors Society.

Price: $225.00