THE COUNTRY CLUB 1882 - 1932

First and only edition. With provenance of George Cheever Shattuck, M.D., physician, educator, and hospital administrator at Harvard Medical School; Boston City Hospital; Brookline, MA.<br> With 24 illustrations, with 14 being from photogravure with captioned tissue guards, 8 sketch maps showing the growth of the Club from the original 8 hole to the then-current 27 hole courses, a chart showing the growth of the Club and a facsimile invitation. 4to, publisher's original green cloth, the upper cover lettered, ruled and decorated in gilt with the Club's iconic squirrel emblem, the lower cover gilt ruled, the spine gilt ruled and lettered, t.e.g. x, 213pp. A fine copy, the green cloth fresh and bright and unfaded, sturdy and tight, the gilt on the spine just a touch dulled, internally clean and looking unused, a bit of very mild and unobtrusive offsetting opposite the photogravures

Edizione: scarce privately printed history of the first fifty years of america's oldest golf-oriented club. located in brookline, ma., the country club holds an important place in golf history, as it is one of the five charter clubs that founded the u.s.g.a. it has been host to numerous tournaments, including the 1913 u.s. open, won by then-unknown francis ouimet, who captured the imagination of the american public and who's victory over heavily-favored champions is largly considered a launching point of golf as a popular sporting event in america. an account of the famous tournament is given herein.<br>