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The World that Fred Made: An Autobiography
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | Mylar-style |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Chatto & Windus |
| Publication Year: | 1955 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| Book ID: | 029826 |
| Catalogue(s): | Autobiography and Biography ◇ Sport and History of Sport |
First edition. 256pp, with black and white plate illustrations. Aquamarine cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Cloth faded around edges, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Mild toning to text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, browned around eges, shelf worn, rubbed at corners and spine ends/. Jacket now protected ina Mylar-style clear sleeve, fitted without using tape or glue.
Bernard Darwin, the golf writer, has a pen as bewitching as that of his grandfather, Charles Darwin. His autobiography talks of his childhood, his schooldays at Eton, his brush with the legal profession before he ditched his wig in favour of a golf club and journalism.
