Arthur Ashe
Mankato, Minnesota: Amecus Street, (1974). Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by harold Henriksen. Near fine in pictorial boards, with minor scuffing and rubbing to the corners, and an auction stamp on the front pastedown. More
Tennis
John Newcombe Teaches You Tennis: The Family Tennis Book
(New York): A Tennis Magazine Book, (1975). Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 157pp. Spine ends and corners bumped, else very good in a very good dustwrapper with extremities worn and nicked. More
Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis
New York: American Lawn Tennis, 1922. Hardcover. Second edition. Tall octavo. 399pp. Illustrated from photographs. Green cloth gilt. Engraved bookplate, hinges repaired with paper tape, moderate wear at the edges of the boards, a very good copy. More
Perry on Tennis
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, (1937). Hardcover. First American edition. Illustrated from 36 photographs. Fine in a rubbed, about very good, black dustwrapper with tears and a little uneven fading of the orange lettering. A very nice copy of this instructional book by the international champion. More
Lawn Tennis the Australian Way
New York: Drake Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. First American edition. Half-title stamped, else fine in a very good dustwrapper with two edge tears. More
Kings of the Court: The Story of Lawn Tennis
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., (1963). Hardcover. Reprint. Minor soiling to the front board, else a fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. More
The Davis Cup
South Brunswick & NY: A.S. Barnes, (1969). Hardcover. First edition. Boards waterstained, thus very good in a very good rubbed dustwrapper with a short tear along one fold. More
Tennis Organized for Group Instruction
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1936. Hardcover. Reprint. Ex-museum stamps, bookplate on front pastedown, page fine edges foxed, thus good only. More
Second Serve: The Renee Richards Story
New York: Stein and Day, (1983). Hardcover. First edition. Corners lightly tapped else fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight toning. Inscribed by Richards to another tennis player, "whose first serve will take her all the way, with love and affection, Renee." The autobiography of tennis player Renee Richards, who..... More
Second Serve: The Renee Richards Story
New York: Stein and Day, (1983). Hardcover. First edition. A bit spine cocked, small stain on the rear endpapers, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Richards to Bill Boggs, four-time Emmy Award-winning New York television talk show host, who interviewed the author on his show: "to Bill..... More
Tennis for Women
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, (1980). Softcover. Reprint. Quarto pictorial wrappers. 256pp. Spine creased, light wear, else very good. More
Tennis Is My Racket
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. First edition. Internally fine, but with a stain on the spine and both boards, a good copy lacking the dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by Riggs in 1962. Scarce signed. More
Arthur Ashe: Tennis Champion
New York: Archway Paperback / Pocket Books, (1973). Softcover. Later printing. Mass market paperback. Owner's name stamped on a few pages, else very good. More
How to Talk Tennis
New York: Dembner Books, (1988). Softcover. First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Corners a bit flared, else near fine. More
Official Encyclopedia of Tennis
New York: Harper & Row, (1981). Hardcover. Centennial edition. Very good in a good dustwrapper with edgewear, waterstain along the top edge of the rear panel. More
Passing Shots: Pam Shriver on Tour
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1987). Hardcover. First edition. 211pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. More
How to Play Platform Tennis
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1969. Hardcover. First edition. Gray cloth edges lightly soiled, else very good, lacking the dustwrapper. More
Sports Illustrated Tennis
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1972). Softcover. Revised edition. Third printing. Trade paperback. 96pp. Wrappers creased and stained, two price stickers on front wrap, thus good only. More
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[Photo Album and Music Box] “Olympia”
Germany: [circa 1890]. Hardcover. A combined photo album and music box designed by W.H.S. Thompson and H. Bunnett and made in Germany, featuring chromolithographic sporting scenes and a fully functioning comb and cylinder musical movement device mounted inside the album behind a glass door. Thick quarto. Bound in padded leather..... More
Inscribed Portrait Photograph
Unbound. Portrait photograph. 8" x 10". Fine. Small embossed stamp, and rubberstamp on rear, of photographer G. Maillard Kesslere. A formal portrait of Tilden, taken during his short acting career. According to a pencil note on the verso, this photograph was taken for the play *Dracula* in which Tilden played..... More
My Story: A Champion's Memoirs
New York: Hellman, Williams & Company, 1948. Hardcover. First edition. Rubbing and small splash marks on the spine, a very good copy in slightly spine-faded, very good or better dustwrapper with rubbing and light wear at the extremities. An uncommon first edition. More
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[Cabinet card]: Portrait Photograph of William T. Tilden, 2nd with his mother
[Philadelphia]: Kuebler, 1901. Unbound. Oval gold-toned platinum print of the future tennis champion, then eight year old Bill Tilden with his mother. Image size 3.5" x 5" at widest points, on a larger card mount. Some light rubbing on the image, very good or better. Signed by the photographer in..... More
My Story: A Champion's Memoirs
New York: Hellman, Williams & Company, 1948. Hardcover. First edition (stated "First Pre-Publication Printing"). Front bottom corner bumped, and a little spotting on the front board, a sound, very good plus copy lacking the dustwrapper. An uncommon first edition. More