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Doctors of the Game®

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Doctors of the Game® is offered in three premier presentations worthy of those recognized in this 696-page tome. In acknowledging the seven-year process of research, writing, editing, and design the final product had to reflect the quality and commitment of the professionals who grace the pages of this treasure.

The premium cover on both the trade and numbered edition is the luxurious Brown Italian Fiscagomma Agenda Bufali, which replicates the look and feel of leather while offering the ability to apply the beautiful original multi-level heat debossed cover pattern. The centerpiece cover photograph is a tip-on inlay painting of Allan Robertson, courtesy of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. This substantial nine-pound book is solidly bound with reinforced 150-point front and backboards and enhanced end papers.

All applications for both the numbered and lettered editions will be accepted in strict sequence based on the date of receipt on each order.

“…one of the most distinctive books in golf history“

John Strege – golfdigest.com

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What Others Are Saying

I received my copy of “Doctors of the Game” today. As a long time golf book collector and having a library of 5000 volumes, I thought I had seen it all, but seriously the beauty of the presentation including the care with packing, the magnificent job Keith (Felton Bookbinding) did with the binding and the truly exceptional body of knowledge you have compiled is the best of the best I have ever seen/owned.

Wayne Aaron

“Doctors of the Game is a stunning achievement, a work this reviewer is honored to own and to which he will no doubt return time and again for authoritative information on golf history.”

Jim Davis – Editor The Golf, The Golf Heritage Society

“Doctors of the Game sets a new standard in the meticulousness of its research and the breadth of coverage. It closes a large void in the literature of the game, namely, its singular focus on the professional. Easily the most finely crafted and best golf book of the year.”

John Sabino – Golf Author & Owner Valuable Book Group

“Not only is the information within the binding the most extensive I have ever seen but the presentation of it is just magnificent. I am aware of the years of research and writing that went into this work and it staggers my imagination.”

Charles Burgess – Author of Multiple Sports Books including: Golf Links: Chay Burgess, Francis Quimet and the Bringing of Golf to America

“What Billy Dettlaff has created with “Doctors of the Game” is essential reading for the present and future custodians of the game. It is a living, breathing gift to golf history, a manual to preserve, progress and protect the game.”

Wally Uihlein – Golf Industry Executive

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Trade Edition – Originally $250 / Now $175

696 pages
450,000 words
Over 120 biographies and profiles
335 photographs and period engravings
Archival Italian Garda Silk 100 lb. Matte paper – FSC-RFM Certified
Presented in a 9” by 12” page format – long end binding
Printed on a sheet-fed press in a five-color process
Italian Fiscagomma Agenda Bufali cover featuring:
- Unique debossed Scottish Thistle design
- Four-color tip-on portrait image honoring Allan Robertson
- Foil lettering on cover and spine
Reinforced 150-point cover boards
Reinforced end papers
Two marker ribbons

Signed/Numbered/Slipcase Edition – $450 – Best Value at $225

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All of the Above Plus These Special Features:

Presented in a premium van Heek Brillianta cloth slipcase
- Adorned with cover tip-on image of Allan Robertson
- Foil lettered cover
Upgraded Rainbow Ebony Marble pattern endpapers
Foil embossed limitation page
Individually numbered (1–400)
Author signed
Book and slipcase weigh over 9 pounds

The Author’s Presentation Copy – A Remarkable Rare Opportunity

Limited to 52 Lettered Copies – Released at $1500

Now Priced at $1200 – A Rare Gift Set for a Friend or For Yourself

(Plus receive a Trade Edition “reading copy” to enjoy)

Co-signed by Pete Dye – World Golf Hall of Fame & Alice Dye – First Lady of Golf Architecture

Hand bound heirloom edition crafted in a mid 19th Century style by Keith Felton, North America’s finest bookbinder
Full bound premium Nigerian goat skin hand finished in England
23k gold gilt edges
Hand-stamped 23k gold lettering
Traditional 5 raised banded spine lavishly hand tooled in 23k gold
Front and back boards hand tooled in 23k gold
Two silk marker ribbons
Premium hand made English marble end sheets
Foil embossed Limitation Page
Hand lettered A–ZZ (plus three Author’s Proofs not offered for sale)
Signed by the author
Premium handcrafted cloth slipcase with inlay cover image
Letter matched and signed limited edition photograph printed on archival Hahnemühle William Turner Fine Art paper inserted into a bound presentation page accompanied by numbered hologram certification.

Shipping is available for the heirloom Author’s Presentation Copy with a Only 1 copy currently in stock. Once sold reservations will be accepted for upcoming production of this heirloom hand bound edition.

**All Doctors Editions: US Shipping & Handling is Free**

Due to Weight and Size additional International Shipping per Book: Canada – $50.00 USD; The World $80.00 USD

SUMMERS at the MUNI

Offered in Three Options

Beautifully designed in an 8.25 inch by 10.5-inch page format

presented on 100 lb. imported Italian Garda Silk paper to enhance the type and images.

The unique printed hardcover projects a tooled leather look sporting a photo of a period leather golf bag.

The book features 304 pages in a four-color process with printed endpapers.

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