[8], 78 pp. With wood-engraved head and tailpieces. 9x6¾, gilt-stamped and lettered pebbled green cloth, all edges gilt. Printed by Robert Clark. First Edition, Presentation Edition.

Inscribed in ink on the front free endpaper, "To Dr. Argyll Robertson from his adversary, The Printer." The author in this case was the editor/printer Robert Clark. The recipient was, in full, Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson, a Scottish opthalmologist and eye surgeon. He named Argyll Robertson's Syndrome, a frequent symptom of neurosyphilis, especially tabes dorsalis, in which the pupil is small and responds slowly or not at all to light. This is the rare Presentation Edition, produced in very limited numbers, not containing the list of subscribers. Of the seven copies of the book sold by PBA Galleries since 1997, only one has been a Presentation Edition, and that was not inscribed. The material for the book was collected by members of the Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society and printed for private circulation among the members. According to Murdoch, "The book is of the greatest importance because it brought attention to some of the earlier poems which, but for their appearance here, might not have survived." The poems to which Murdoch is referring are Mathison's "The Goff," Carnegie's "Golfiana," a new version of "The Golfer's Garland," some verses by James Ballantine, and the first appearance of "The Nine Holes of St. Andrews." The sonnets were written by 3 men: Robert Chambers, his son, Robert, Jr. (winner of the first open Amateur Tournament of 1858 and author of "A Few Rambling Remarks on Golf"), and Patric Proctor Alexander (a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club). Murdoch 129; D&M 950; D&J C12940.