Inscribed and signed by the author with his initials: “Dear Joe. You are responsible for a lot of this – you encouraged me. Can you ‘stand for’ it now? Yours, G.C.T. Jr.” in dark blue ink on half-title verso. Thomas worked with many of the most prominent architects of his era, including Donald Ross, A.W. Tillinghast, Hugh Wilson, etc. and built more than two dozen courses during the 1920’s chiefly in California, with: L.A. Country Club, Riviera CC, Bel-Air CC, etc. "One of the outstanding books on golf course architecture having the added attraction, as a book, of being handsomely produced"

Illustrated with numerous plates from photos and golf course plans and maps (1 is folding in the rear), 4 photos are in color including frontispiece; decorative endpapers. 8¾x6, dark blue-green cloth, lettered in light green, red-orange stamped vignette on the front cover, top edge stained green, original jacket with color pictorial front cover. First Edition. 342 pages. Housed in a custom handcrafted leather clamshell.