Additional lots in the April 10 Sporting Books & Pictures sale

 

SPORTING PICTURES

140a* Payne (Charles Johnson. "Snaffles", fl. 1915-23). 'The Varmint Little Lady -on a wiry little 'oss',
colour reproduction print, c. 1935, signed, and inscribed, 'To Sybil Morris, and dated '38', with snaffle
bits blindstamp, and printed remarque, image size 32.5 x 43.5 cm (12.75 x 17 ins), framed and glazed

(1) £800-1200 - £1,450.00

GOLF

348a Carnoustie. A Souvenir of the Carnoustie Golf Links Bazaar, 1892, pub. Winter, Duncan & Co.,
Dundee, two half-tone portraits, original limp calf gilt, a little rubbed and faded, a.e.g., small 4to
The bazaar's aim was to raise money for the Carnoustie golf club and this souvenir is a collection of reprinted extracts from the Dundee
Advertiser and the Dundee Courier of 24, 25, 26 & 28 March, 1892.
The present copy is one of the few specially bound and presented
to the stallholders (listed inside) with the receiver's name lettered in gilt to the upper cover.

(1) £3000-4000 - £0

348b [Chambers, Robert]. Gymnastics, Golf, Curling, pub. W. & R. Chambers, 1877, 94 pp., title with
engraved vignette, illustrations, title verso with adhesion marks affecting facing illustration, occasional
light spots, bookplate of Joseph Hackler, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed with glue residue, 8vo

Donovan & Murdoch 860 lists only the 1866 editon. This edition apparently unrecorded. The author and
publisher Robert Chambers (1802-71) was a talented amateur golfer and was a prime mover in setting
up the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in 1869.

(1) £2000-3000 - £0


348c Dalbeattie. The Book of Dalbeattie Golf Club, [1912], half-tone plates, illustrations, adverisements,
original coloured printed wrapper, spine a little chipped, edges frayed, 8vo

Rare. The Dalbeattie Golf Club in Dumfries and Galloway was inaugurated at a public meeting at the town hall on 29 January, 1894, the first
course laid out in the fields of Meikle Dalbeattie Farm and Park Farm.

(1) £2000-3000 - £0


348d* Hewison (Bill, 1925-2002). Celebrations at the 19th Hole, pen, ink and watercolour, signed and
dated 1973, 26 x 22.5 cm (10.25 x 8.75 ins), framed and glazed

An original illustration for Punch, with the original Punch exhibition label pasted to verso. Bill Hewison was born in South Shields, and was
educated at the local art school (1941-43) and later at the Regent Street Polytechnic Art School (1947-49). He joined the staff of Punch in
1956, and became Art Editor from 1960 to 1984. His work regularly appeared in The Times, Listener, Reader's Digest, Spectator, and
elsewhere.

(1) £100-150 - £100.00


348e* Greene (V., 20th c.). English golfing scene, c. 1925, orig. watercolour on paper of a mature
gentleman golfer with moustache and cap teeing off with onlookers and gabled buildings behind, signed
lower left, 38 x 51 cm, framed and glazed

(1) £100-150 - £100.00