Lot 1437: Walter Hagen

Walter Hagen
Signed book: The Walter Hagen Story. First edition, first printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1956. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 342 pages. Signed and inscribed in ballpoint on the first free end page, "To Bill Rigney, Like in baseball, your [sic] a great golfer. Golfingly, Walter Hagen, Sept. 1964." Book condition: VG/VG-. Red paper-covered boards with blue cloth-covered spine; light edgewear with tiny tears in paper over lower corners; discoloration/soiling to lower portion of spine and textblock edges (few small spots on feps); lightly rubbed; one small scuff to upper textblock edge. Binding strong and interior clean. Dust jacket in mylar; chips/tears and creases along edges; repaired with non-archival tape on backside; slightly yellowed, soiled, and rubbed; price-clipped.