Travel journal, with several pre-printed pages, plus blank pages marked for autographs, and signed by 33 golfers. 18.5x10 cm. (6½x4"), green calf, decorated in gilt with flap and operating clasp, plus pencil loop with pencil in it, all edges gilt.
Helen B. Garoutte (her name in gilt on front cover) was Al Espinosa's wife's sister. Apparently accompanying them by ship to the 1929 Ryder Cup, she obtained the signatures of the American team, and others, plus the ship's captain. Including: Walter Hagen, Gene Sarazen, Al Espinosa, Johnny Farrell, Horrton Smith, Joe Turnesa, Leo Diegel, Al Watrous, John Golden, Ed Dudley, R.E. Harlow, Jack White, George Duncan, Tom Webster, Jim Barnes, Henry Cotton, Macdonald Smith, Harry Vardon, Alex Herd, James Braid, and more. Provenance: From the family of Al Espinosa.