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Beldam, George W.
The World's Champion Golfers: Their Art Disclosed by the Ultra-Rapid Camera.
Publisher: The Photochrom Co. Ltd., London & Tunbridge Wells;
Date of Publication: 1924
Stock Code: 11619
FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp. 16. Large fold-out plate to rear with 36 photographic images each 5 cm x 6 cm, featuring champion golfer Gene Sarazen in position for the perfect drive shot; 3 diagrams within text. Publishers’ original stapled stiff card wraps printed in red and black. Covers lightly soiled, with twin splits across central spine, without loss; a little scattered light foxing, and minor rusting to staples but no annotation or inscriptions Photograph sequence clean and complete, without creasing or tears. A very good copy. Cutting edge publication of its day, featuring the various stages of the Drive as performed by Gene Sarazen, taken in rapid succession. George Beldam, the first class English cricketer, was a pioneer in the field of action photography in sport specialising in cricket and golf, and was the first photographer in this field in the UK. £45.00