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| Subject: | Re: Old Decisions books |
| From: | "M L Wadsworth" |
| Posting date: | 10-07-2008 |
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"Firstname MI Lastname" wrote in message
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> "M L Wadsworth" writes:
>
>> "Firstname MI Lastname" wrote in
>> message
>> news:bazzloqed23.fsf@alpha.luckytrout.com...
>> > "M L Wadsworth" writes:
>> >
>> >> "John van der Pflum" wrote in message
>> >> news:o21874149e677j196bilullvpqgnes0a9u@4ax.com...
>> >> > On 08 Jul 2008 17:03:32 -0400, Firstname MI Lastname
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>"M L Wadsworth"
>> >> >>writes:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> "Firstname MI Lastname" wrote in
>> >> >>> message
>> >> >>> news:bazk5fwrzc5.fsf@alpha.luckytrout.com...
>> >> >>> > Paul Schmitz-Josten writes:
>>
>>
>> > What about those unified books from 1952 - 1983 (with a few
>> > 'Experimental' side-trips by the USGA in the 1960s) ?
>> >
>> > -- Firstname MI Lastname
>>
>> fml,
>>
>> I had not heard of those but guessed there must have been something more
>> between 1939 and 1984.
>>
>> Can you give me more details?
>
> I think now that I was simply misunderstanding your message. I thought
> you were talking about Rules books rather than only Decisions books.
>
>> My list information relates predominately to the R&A, whereas I now
>> realise
>> from your recent reference to "an early
>> USGA "post & binder" Decisions book, and most of the USGA editions from
>> the
>> late 1980s to present day."
>> that you are in the USA.
>>
>> I noted too, that you referred to the "1909 - 1928 edition" whereas Pat
>> Williams (JPW) referred to his "1909 -1924 Decisions book" (he knows I
>> covet
>> that as well!!).
>> Are these two editions of the same, one published in 1924 with an updated
>> edition published in 1928?
>> (Pat knows I covet his book as well!!).
>
> My understanding regarding the R&A books is that there are books for:
>
> 1909-1910, 1909-1913, 1909-1919, 1909-1924,
> 1909-1928 and 1934.
>
>> Please could you also tell us more about the "USGA "post & binder"
>> Decisions
>> book".
>
> When the USGA first made volumes of the Decisions available to the
> general public they were published in a two volume set. The binders
> themselves had a single "post" that connected the two covers together
> and went through each page.
>
> http://i23.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/f6/34/1b02_2.JPG
>
> The Decisions at that time were numbered in a YY-## format, i.e. the
> YY represented the two-digit year in which the Decision was introduced
> and the ## was just sequential for that year.
>
> Each year, the update pages could be purchased from the USGA and
> inserted into the same binders. Now, when you buy one of these
> sets you can never know how up-to-date the inserts (Decisions) are.
>
> The USGA published Decisions books in this form from 1971 through
> 1983.
>
> Prior USGA Decisions "books" were typed by hand by the secretaries
> at the association. They, like 17th century monks, produced
> a small number of copies.
>
Thank you, fml
That is all very interesting and useful to me.
Malcolm
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