[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.

The scarce first volume in an annually published series. "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.