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Lot 451
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A volume containing two of the earliest known advertisements for lawn tennis equipment, being James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1875, adverts

Winning Bid:
£110

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A volume containing two of the earliest known advertisements for lawn tennis equipment, being James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual for 1875, adverts for James Lillywhite, Cheltenham, and James Lillywhite Frowd & Co., London, both stores carrying a range of lawn tennis equipment, published in 1874, ownership signature dated 1st January 1875

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