Tennis
by Helen Wills
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Helen Wills. American tennis star Helen Willis's celebration of her sport, featuring the author's own illustrations. The first edition, as identified by the presence of the publisher's crest to the colophon. The Scribner's 'A' to identify first printings was not used prior to 1930.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates by Willis, and with further vignette illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.Published when Willis was only twenty-three.Willis was the first American woman athlete to become a global celebrity, and had a 180-match win streak from 1927 until 1933. Her record of eight wins at Wimbledon was not surpassed until 1990 when Martina Navratilova won her ninth.With the former owner's inscription of Mary Burnett to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine tail, with discolouration to back strip. Boards bright. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with page perimeters lightly age toned, and the odd light handling mark. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 886F7
- Title
- Tennis
- Author
- Helen Wills
- Illustrator
- Helen Wills
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Helen Wills tennis Helen Wills Moody Helen Wills Roark tennis
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Colophon
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...