JONES ROBERT T.: (1902-1971) American Golfer, Open Champion 1926, 1927 & 1930 and American Open Cham

JONES ROBERT T.: (1902-1971) American Golfer, Open Champion 1926, 1927 & 1930 and American Open Cham

 JONES ROBERT T.: (1902-1971) American Golfer, Open Champion 1926, 1927 & 1930 and American Open Champion 1923, 1926, 1929 & 1930. T.L.S., Bob, two pages, slim 4to, Atlanta, Georgia, 19^th July 1966, to Pat Ward-Thomas. Jones acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter and remarks 'Believe me, there is nothing I dislike more than failing to accept enthusiastically any assignment you might give me….' although continues to express some reservations, explaining 'My health has been especially troublesome lately and I have been sorely pressed with personal matters, especially in putting together some odds and ends for a book on golf technique I am publishing in October', further adding 'I am not one of those fortunate persons who can sit down before a typewriter and spill out words that make sense. The act of creation on a blank page costs me no end of pain. You speak so lightly of a piece of a thousand to twelve hundred words. For me, it would be just as easy to write five or six thousand; it is making the start that hurts. I honestly see no way I can do what you ask straight out of a clear, blue sky. If you might be able to accept the reservation that I shall try once I have seen your proof, then I shall be happy to have a go at it……If the uncertainty thus imposed is too great, I shall not be sensitive. On the other hand, I hope to be feeling better later on and perhaps may gain some grain of inspiration…..' Some light creasing and a few small, minor staple holes to the upper left corner of each page, about VG

 

 

 

Pat Ward-Thomas (1913-1982) Author of golfing books including The World Atlas of Golf