{"product_id":"the-haunted-major-by-robert-marshall-golf-story-early-edition-signed","title":"The Haunted Major by Robert Marshall, Golf story  (Early Edition) Signed","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.description {font-size: 16px;}.heading {font-weight: bold;}.details {font-weight: normal;}\u003c\/style\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eThe Haunted Major by Robert Marshall, Golf story  (Early Edition) Signed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eAuthors: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eRobert Marshall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eLocation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eGrant Richards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eDate: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e1902\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eFeatures: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003eFirst Edition. Signed by author on half title page dated 5 Nov 1902. Original blue cloth with dark blue lettering and golfing with ghost illustration. 192 pages with 8 illustrations. \"One of the amusing side products of the golf craze of the turn of the century was a small body of fiction dealing with golf. Major Gore, the narrator, is a fortune-hunting sportman. He observes that the American heiress in whom he is interested admires Lindsay, the golf champion. Since Gore is very good at sports, he is rash enough to believe that he can learn to play championship golf in a week. He challenges Lindsay to a match, but he soon learns that he has been foolish. He is about to face defeat when the ghost of Cardinal Smeaton, a notorious figure from the Scottish renaissance, offers to help him\" (Bleiler).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eBook Condition: \u003c\/span\u003eVery Good: Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends with slight sunning to spine. Back spine hinge starting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"heading\"\u003eHCX23378-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heartwood Books and Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44008724496495,"sku":"HCX23378-1","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/1291\/4287\/files\/57_fb52061d-fdfe-4ec5-93b3-abe6b4f2ece2.jpg?v=1766512894","url":"https:\/\/heartwoodbooksandart.com\/products\/the-haunted-major-by-robert-marshall-golf-story-early-edition-signed","provider":"Heartwood Books and Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}