PARKYNS, THOMAS MANSFIELD FORBES. HOW I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT GOLF IS BY NO MEANS AN EASY GAME TO PLAY, BY ONE WHO HAS TRIED AND KNOWS. 1892.
PARKYNS, THOMAS MANSFIELD FORBES. HOW I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT GOLF IS BY NO MEANS AN EASY GAME TO PLAY, BY ONE WHO HAS TRIED AND KNOWS. 1892.

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PARKYNS, THOMAS MANSFIELD FORBES. HOW I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT GOLF IS BY NO MEANS AN EASY GAME TO PLAY, BY ONE WHO HAS TRIED AND KNOWS. 1892.
Small 4° (200 x 163mm), 16ll. manuscript written on rectos only, ink-and-watercolour illustration by the author on each leaf, the dedication leaf inscribed: 'H.P.S./XMAS./1892./From./T.M.F.P.' Contemporary vellum (bowed).
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Phillips, sale no. 1383, lot 432.

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Sir Thomas Mansfield Forbes Parkyns (1853-1926) was the sixth and last Baronet of Bunney Park, the baronetcy becoming dormant on his death. Parkyns was surely an avid but decidedly amateur golfer, his sporting success more telling in county cricket where he played for Surrey. His portrait by Harry Furniss can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery.

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