Golf Dreams Writings on Golf by John Updike ISBN 13: 9780449225547

Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. mustard yellow paper boards with mustard cloth, gilt ltrs, corners bumped, clean & tight. DJ is green pictorial with white/yellow/& orange ltrs with plaid border while nicked on corners & edges.. Stated 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Szeo, Paul (drawings).

John Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six. Golf Dreams collects the most memorable of his golf pieces, high-spirited evidence of his learning, playing, and living for the game. The camaraderie of golf, the perils of its present boom, how to relate to caddies, and how to manage short putts are among the topics he addresses, sometimes in lyrical essays, sometimes in light verse, sometimes in wickedly comic fiction. All thirty pieces have the lilt of a love song, and the crispness of a firm chip stiff to the pin.

Knopf, 2004. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 2004. Mustard colored paper over boards, mustard cloth spine, Silver lettering. Near Mint/Mint. John Updike wrote about the lure of golf for five decades, from the first time he teed off at the age of twenty-five until his final rounds at the age of seventy-six Golf Dreams collects the most memorable of his golf pieces, high-spirited evidence of his learning, playing, and living for the game The camaraderie of golf, the perils of its present boom, how to relate to caddies, and how to manage short putts are among the topics he addresses, sometimes in lyrical essays, sometimes in light verse, sometimes in wickedly comic fiction All thirty pieces have the lilt of a love song, and the crispness of a firm chip stiff to the pin. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 2004, Stated First Published 09/96, Reprinted 5 times, Seventh Printing, April 2004. Near Mint, Mustard colored paper over boards, mustard cloth spine. DJ Mint, not clipped,$27.50.