Dear Clients and Friends,
 
We are delighted to announce that we have published our James Balfour’s Reminiscences of Golf on St Andrews Links, with Illustrations by Thomas Hodge and Plans of the Links.  Our friend and colleague, Peter Lewis, award-winning golf historian, has added extensive and insightful commentary to this important book, first published in 1887.  
 
We are grateful for the kind permission of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews to allow us excellent and generous access not only to its wonderful collection of illustrations by the renowned golf artist, Thomas Hodge, but also to its exceptional collection of 19th century cartography of the Old Course.  The Afterword is penned by another good friend and colleague, Rand Jerris, also an award-winning golf historian.  Our publication includes Peter’s fulsome research Notes as well as a comprehensive Bibliography.
 
The late Joseph S.F. Murdoch in his The Library of Golf, 1743-1966, published in 1968, praised Balfour’s compact volume:
 
This rare little book tells of playing the Old Course at a time when there were very few golfers.  It is of great interest because it gives us one of the few first-hand accounts of how the course played in those early days.  
 
Above are excerpts from our book’s preliminary pages.
 
Our press run is limited to 300 copies, each printed on acid-free paper, bound in cloth at 292 pages with marker ribbon, and housed in a durable slipcase.  
 
The book’s original text has been re-typeset to a high standard. Design and typography are by Hughes & Company with binding and printing by Henry Ling Limited, both family-owned and long-established experts resident in England.
 
This publication becomes our eighth book whose subject matter centers substantially upon the Old Course at St Andrews.
 
Price is £43, plus handling, postage, and insured tracked shipping.
 
Shipping weight is 1.5 kilograms.
 
Best regards,
 
D M Wilson, III
Publisher 
Grant Books Ltd