Lawn Tennis : British Sports - Past & Present
Rare and modern books
Smyth, J. G.
B T Batsford Ltd,
1953
Lawn Tennis : British Sports - Past & Present
Rare and modern books
Smyth, J. G.
B T Batsford Ltd,
1953
4.50 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1953
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Smyth, J. G.
- Publishers
- B T Batsford Ltd
- Size
- 8.75 x 5.75 inches
- Edition
- First Edition
- Keyword
- Sports, Tennis, History
- Cover description
- Very Good
- Binding description
- Hard Cover
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- True
Description
Previous owner's neat name on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with slight rubbing to spine and nicks to upper and lower edges. 240pp. Describes how the game changed from the later 19th century when the concept of perspiring female players would have caused general horror. Attractive d/w from a painting by Henry Sandham (1842 - 1912). With 54 b/w illustrations/photos.
