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Lot 238
Sale 5024 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jan 31, 2019
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[Lawn Tennis] Books on Lawn Tennis in the 19th century (3)
Dwight, James Lawn-Tennis Boston: Wright & Ditson, (1886). First edition. 12mo. Original black-lettered gray cloth. The first book written about tennis by an American Player. Wilberforce, H.W.W. Lawn Tennis. With a Chapter for Ladies by Mrs. Hillyard New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1890. First American edition. Small 8vo. Original pictorial, gilt-lettered green cloth. Whitley, Mary, editor Every Girl's Book of Sport, Occupation and Pastime London, etc.: George Routledge, 1897. 8vo. original black and blue stamped pictorial gilt-lettered green cloth. Includes chapter on Lawn Tennis.