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Published by Stanley Paul, 1980
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London: Stanley Paul, 1980. First edition. Quarto. (10 7/8"x 8 1/2"x 275mm x 215). With 8 color illustrations and extensive photographs and illustrations throught. Bound in blue cloth with dustjacket both in good condition. This is the complete history of two sports with long, rich histories that are the precursors to Lawn Tennis and Squash. Lord Aberdare wrote widely and visited clubs around the world. He describes the origins and developments of both games over the centuries, as well as the great champions past and present.
Published by Stanley Paul, London, UK, 1980
ISBN 10: 009142710XISBN 13: 9780091427108
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 368pp, copiously illustrated in colour and black and white. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Large 4to. Boards very slightly rubbed at corners, a little rubbed and rounded at spine tips. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, laminated dust jacket, lightly bumped on edges, moderately sunned over spine. Newspaper obituary of Julian Faber, the Chairman of Willis Faber (and Cornhill Insurance), loosely laid in. The complete story of two sports with long and rich histories, never before so well documented or so entertainingly told. Tennis and Rackets are the forerunners of the modern games of Lawn Tennis and Squash; the origins of tennis - now known as Royal Tennis, Real Tennis or Court Tennis - lie in the cloisters of medieval monastries; those of Rackets in the 18th century debtors' prisons.
Published by Stanley Paul, 1980
ISBN 10: 009142710XISBN 13: 9780091427108
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some creasing. Moderate wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 3.34.
Published by Stanley Paul, 1980
ISBN 10: 009142710XISBN 13: 9780091427108
Seller: Spike706, Poughkeepsie, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Some read/shelf wear and aging.
Published by Stanley Paul, 1980
ISBN 10: 009142710XISBN 13: 9780091427108
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Large format illustrated hardcover in jacket with ownership ink to flyleaf. Tight binding text unmarked. B67 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by Stanley Paul, 1980
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Signed Presentation from the author to Former England, MCC, and Hampshire cricket captain, Colin Ingelby-MacKenzie. Additionally inscribed to same recipient by David Norman, of the Old Etonian Real Tennis Club, Nov. 1984. First Edition. Large hardback with the excellent dust-jacket. A fine copy. The complete story of tennis and rackets, two sports with a long and rich history, and the for runners of the modern sports of lawn tennis and squash. Book.
Published by Stanley Paul, 1980
ISBN 10: 009142710XISBN 13: 9780091427108
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Book
hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. book.