THE FIRST GOLFING ANNUAL PUBLISHED: Smith (Robert Howie) The Golfer's Year Book for 1866, SCARCE: 8vo., published by Smith & Grant, Ayr, original clot

THE FIRST GOLFING ANNUAL PUBLISHED: Smith (Robert Howie) The Golfer's Year Book for 1866, SCARCE: 8vo., published by Smith & Grant, Ayr, original cloth-backed limp yellow boards, front cover with wood-engraved title in cartouche wrapping a sheaf of golf clubs, advertisements printed to back, bottom corners a little creased, spine chipped at foot and a little worn at head, contained in a later red chemise slipcase Provenance: Joseph Bridger Hackler bookplate, Doyle, New York, 15th December 1998, lot 334