[iii]-xxx, [2], 208 + [5] ad pp. Edited by W. Dalrymple. Illustrated from photographs and maps (including a folding map of Scotland with Golf Greens marked); ads for golf equipment in the front and back. 7¼x4¾, gilt-lettered pictorial red cloth, front cover stamped in black and gilt, all edges stained red. First Edition.

This copy inscribed by the editor on page v: "J.D. Wakelin Esq, with the Editor's comps. & thanks," in red ink. The scarce first volume in an annually published series. Title of the annuals changed after 1894 to Golfer's Guide for the United Kingdom, and in 1899 (the last edition published) to Golfer's Guide Annual. Full of information on golf and nice descriptions of golf clubs, courses, and personalities, along with some golf poetry. "An important source of biographical information for anyone researching the early history of the game. Among those profiled are Old and Young Tom Morris, Allan Robertson, Bob Dow, John Gourlay, Robert Imrie, Willie Fernie, Willie Campbell, Willie Park Sr. and Jr., and Hugh Kirkaldy." -D&J D2370; D&M 1400; Murdoch 168.