1772 Early Golf Reference - Very Rare Period Leather Bound C...

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1772 Early Golf Reference - Very Rare Period Leather Bound Collection of The Edinburgh Advertiser Newspapers Vol. XIX - c/w title page covering the period from December 9th 1772 to June 29 1773 - full index - printed by Alexander Donaldson sold at his shops in London and Edinburgh - see p.94 col.2 Golf House At Leith for let; p.101 col.2 Montrose a young boy of 9yrs drowned on Montrose Links after falling through ice on the links; p.149 The Silver Club given by Good Town of Edinburgh to the Honourable Company of Golfers, to be played on The Leith Links on 13th March by Order of The Captain; p.174 col.1 on Saturday The Silver Club was played for at Leith by The Honourable Company of Golfers was by Duncan Macmillan Esq - bound in the original leather boards (rebound) c/w ribbed spine c/w title - great piece of social history incl runaway slave et al c/w typed page detailing all the golf references. Note: Part Three - Golf Collection from "David Easby Estate"