Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, 1959
Language: English
Seller: SGOIS, Bungay, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. No dust jacket, a little fading to the spine, some dings to the front cover and bumping to the corners.
Published by The Sportsmans Book Club, 1959
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Little wear to boards. Pages tanned. Good DJ with little wear.
Condition: Good/Good. 1958 Hodder & Stoughton First Edition H/B in Poor jacket with tears and piece missing.Spotting to page spines.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1964
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1964. No Edition Stated. 191 pages. Green jacket over cloth. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine and board edges. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear and large tears to edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Notable soiling to DJ.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1958
Seller: kellow books, Chipping norton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 224 pagesplu plates. the story of the Australian great tennis played Lew Hoad in vg condition.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1958
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Stated. 224 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1958
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1958. No edition remarks. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over paper covered boards. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Notable foxing. Moderate rubbing and marking all over.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1958
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Pen marking to bottom edge of text block. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to spine and rear panel.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1958
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Signed by Lew Hoad to a plate a ffep - taped in. Boards have some wear. Content is clean with a mild tone - some tape residue marks to ffep and front pastedown. Solid binding. No DJ.
Published by Hodder and Stroughton, London, 1958
Seller: Matheson Sports International Limited, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
£ 6.79
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. . (illustrator). First Edition. Autobiography of the great Australian tennis player. Winner of Wimbledon in 1956, heavy foxing and sellotape lines on DJ.
Published by Prentice-Hall, 1958
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. 1958. No Edition Stated. 209 pages. No dust jacket. Black and brown cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain bright and clear with mild tanning to edges. Binding remains firm. Top text block edge dyed black. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Minor crushing to spine ends. Boards and spine are bright and clean.
Published by Sportsmans Book Club, 1959
Seller: Books at yeomanthefirst, Folkestone, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1959. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red paper covered boards and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Boards are clean and sharp with no spine lean, contents are toned but clean and unmarked throughout. Dust Jacket is crisp and bright with minimal wear.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, UK 158
Seller: Shiny Owl Books, Gloucester, NSW, Australia
First Edition
£ 11.62
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. . . Size: Medium (20 to 26cm). Item Type: Book. Text body is clean and unmarked. Binding still very good. Edges slightly foxed and browned. **Due to the idiotic tariff conditions imposed by the current administration - Postage to the USA by our national carrier has been suspended ** NOTHING CAN BE SENT TO THE USA.
£ 6.06
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Add to basketHARDCOVER. Sportmans Book Club, 1959. A very good copy only marked by uniform age tanning to the pages. The d/w is good with light edge wear and an area of loss from the top edge of the rear panel.
Published by Prentice-Hall, 1958
Seller: Books Do Furnish A Room, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
£ 8.36
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages unmarked. Moderately edgeworn. No jacket. Binding square & firm. Book.
£ 11.67
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (tennis players, biographies).
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1958
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
First Edition
£ 10.11
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 224 pages. Illustrated. A tight, straight book. Jacket edge worn and scuffed, price clipped, now protected in a clear, (removable), mylar sleeve.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1958
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, Canada
First Edition
£ 9.88
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Photos (illustrator). First Edition. B1 2.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, UK, 1958
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Signed
£ 23.53
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 224 pages. 224 pages. signed 'Lew Hoad' on the frontis piece in blue pen d/j tape rep airs Signed by Author(s).
Published by Prentice-Hall 12.0, Englewood Cliffs
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.
£ 9.12
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Add to basketHardcover. vg/g, edge worn and spotted dj. Sports/Tennis; 3633.
£ 9.50
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 209 pages, some photos. Some wear to the covers, bumped edges, pages yellowed; a good solid reading copy. No jacket. Introduction by Harry Hopman, foreword by Adrian Quist. Tennis/biography. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sport, Fishing, Hunting, Guns; Inventory No: 207110.
£ 19
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback book (209 pages) illustrated with vintage b/w photographs. Dust jacket shows moderate soiling/foxing especially at edge small tear top of spine tape repaired. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-2A-Bottom-R) rareviewbooks.
Publication Date: 2025
Language: English
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
£ 23.55
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Add to basketLeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 240. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1958 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 240.
Published by Circa late 1960s - early 1970s, 1970
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
£ 646
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Autograph collection assembled by John Wilkinson of England. 52 pieces.Collection of cards, album pages and clipped magazine photographs signed by prominent tennis champions, including: Rod Laver (signed card and colour magazine photograph), Andres Gimeno (signed colour magazine portrait), Evonne Goolagong-Cawley (signed black and white magazine photograph), Tony Roche (signed album page, Arthur Ashe (signed newspaper photograph), Neale Fraser (signed card), Roy Emerson (signed card), Lew Hoad (signed card), John Newcombe (signed album page "to John, thank you for your kind letter. Wishing you good luck"), Maria Bueno (signed card), Ann Jones (signed card), Virginia Wafe (signed card), Darlene Hard (signed album page "Best wishes to you and your family" and black and white magazine photograph), Pancho Gonzalez (signed card), Nicola Pietrangeli (signed card), Bill Bowrey (signed card), Nancy Richey (signed and "Dear John, Thanks so much for your letter"), Lesley Bowrey (signed card), Kerry Melville (signed card), Francoise Durr (signed card "All my best wishes"), Ken Fletcher (signed card "To John, Best Wishes"), Frew McMillan (signed card "All the very best john"), Bob Hewitt (signed card), Dennis Ralston (signed card and colour magazine photograph), Pierre Barthes (signed photograph), Tom Okker (signed card), Rosemary Casals (signed card and black and white magazine photograph), Judy Tegart (signed card "To John, with very best wishes"), Julie Heldman (signed card), Helga Nissen (signed album page), Winnie Shaw (signed album page and clipped newspaper photograph), Annette Du Plooy (clipped signature and newspaper photograph), Tom Gorman (signed album page), Clark Graebner (signed card, dated 1968), Marty Riessen (signed card "To John, thank you for your kind letter. Best wishes and good luck in the future"), Cliff Drysdale (signed card "To John, very best wishes"), Zejlko Franulovic (signed colour magazine photograph), Charlie Pasarell (signed card), Mark Cox (signed card and colour magazine photograph), Roger Taylor (signed glossy black and white photograph), Martin Mulligan (signed album page), Jan Leschly (signed card, Copenhagen 13 July 1967), Owen Davidson (signed card), Bobby Wilson (signed colour magazine picture) and Butch Buchholz (signed card "To John, wish you the very best of luck", 1969).