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1922WRCLIT81621New York: American Lawn Tennis Inc. 1922. Four volumes. Large octavo. Olive cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Illustrated with photographs. Some rubbing at edges a few smudges to cloth occasional light foxing early and late but a very good set. The set consists of LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS 1926 2nd edition; MECHANICS OF THE GAME OF LAWN TENNIS 1926 1st ed; PSYCHOLOGY AND ADVANCED PLAY 1927 1st ed; METHODS AND PLAYERS OF MODERN LAWN TENNIS 1922 2nd ed edited by S. Wallis Merihew. American Lawn Tennis, Inc. hardcover books
1996UUNITEN00efHuman Kinetics 1996. Very Good. United States Tennis Association. Tennis Tactics: Winning Patterns of Play. Courier foreword Jim. Champaign Illinois: Human Kinetics 1996. 236pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with slightly curled front cover and a light stain on rear. Human Kinetics paperback books
1928WRCLIT81695New York: Scribner 1928. Light green cloth lettered in dark green. Frontis portrait. Illustrations by the author. First edition. A very good copy without dust jacket. Scribner hardcover books
1939232311NY: Henry Holt 1939. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Silver cloth lettered in red. Spine slightly faded boards lightly soiled; Very Good. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. At the time Schiff was the highest ranked table tennis player in America. Henry Holt unknown books
194034327New York 1940. Pen and ink on paper signed "Steig" in pencil. 1 vols. 7 x 6 in. Matted and framed. Fine. Pen and ink on paper signed "Steig" in pencil. 1 vols. 7 x 6 in. A tennis player in playing garb and racket under his arm pauses for a deep swig from his flask.<br/>"William Steig is the doyen of New Yorker artists having contributed to the magazine since 1930. He is the author of more than forty books including many beloved children's books. His drawings and watercolors are in the permanent collections of numerous museums . " The New Yorker Dec. 15 1997. This is a vintage example of the work of one of the magazine's most beloved artists whose popularity has never waned. unknown books
1903251732London: Published by 'Lawn Tennis' Laurence Pountney Hill Cannon Street Etc. 1903. First edition. Photogravure portrait of the authors in tennis whites mounted as frontispiece mounted photographic portrait of Anastasie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 25 plates 2 diagrams in text xii 146 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue-grey cloth stamped in white. Spine rubbed some toning of first and last leaves and of plate margins. Glazebrook bookplate. Very good. First edition. Photogravure portrait of the authors in tennis whites mounted as frontispiece mounted photographic portrait of Anastasie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 25 plates 2 diagrams in text xii 146 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Substantial guide to play with a chapter on Play and Players in America and a lengthy section listing lawn tennis champions rules and regulations. Phelps & Sabine p. 58 Published by 'Lawn Tennis', Laurence Pountney Hill, Cannon Street, Etc. unknown books
1907WRCLIT81484London: Heinemann 1907. 235pp. Olive green cloth. 29 plates including frontis. First edition. Extremities rubbed some foxing to endsheets; a good sound copy. Heinemann hardcover books
1925WRCLIT81623New York: American Lawn Tennis 1925. Large thick octavo. Gilt blue cloth. Frontis and many plates from photographs. First edition trade issue. Edited by Stephen Wallis Merrihew. Trace of foxing to endleaves frontis and tissue guard rather messily reinserted otherwise very good and bright. American Lawn Tennis hardcover books
1921WRCLIT81625London & New York: Methuen & Co. / George H. Doran 1921. xix1233pp. plus plates. Green cloth printed paper spine and upper cover labels. US issue of the sheets of the British edition no Doran logo present. Moderate scattered foxing spine ends rubbed a good reading copy. Methuen & Co. / George H. Doran hardcover books
1925WRCLIT81474New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1925. Gilt decorated green cloth. Frontis and seven plates from photographs First US edition. Some foxing to endleaves and pages adjacent to plates fore-edge slightly foxed otherwise very good without dust jacket. Dodd, Mead and Company hardcover books
1904WRCLIT81619New York: Macmillan 1904. xv14193pp. Pictorial cloth. Light green cloth decorated in black Frontis and plates. Light rubbing at extremities spine faintly rubbed; very good and sound. First edition ordinary issue published in the "American Sportsman's Library" edited by Caspar Whitney. The chapter on Lacrosse was written by William Harvey Maddren. There was also a large-paper issue of one hundred copies and this copy would appear to be in a secondary publisher's binding stamped in black rather than gilt. Macmillan hardcover books
190549905London: ÒLawn TennisÓ 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: ÒLawn TennisÓ 1905. First edition. Numerous b/w illustrations. iv 550-616 452 pp. Hardcover. 4to. Dark green pebbled cloth. Shallow impressions indicating that the individual magazines had been vertically folded in thirds before being bound together else clean and tight. Very good/No jacket issued. Insurance required to ship this item. ÒLawn TennisÓ hardcover books
1931WRCAM34641New York: United States Lawn Tennis Association 1931. 256pp. Original green cloth gilt-lettered cover and spine. Bookplates on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown. Light rubbing. Near fine. A narrative and photographic history of lawn tennis in the United States aka: dandies in white pants. United States Lawn Tennis Association hardcover books
1960288052La Habana Cuba: El Lyceum y el Club 1960. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. The 1960 issue of floral arrangements for sale by the Lyceum of La Habana Cuba published a few years after the end of the Cuban Revolution. With a list of floral arrangements and advertisements throughout. Text in Spanish. Minor foxing to the first and final pages verso of the covers and edges of the textblock. Similarly minor wear to the paper binding. Stapled paperback. Three institutional holdings listed on OCLC. Very Good binding. El Lyceum y el Club unknown books
