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A collection of tennis books and ephemera, books comprising: "Lawn Tennis” by J. Parmly Paret, hardback 418-page, New York, 1904; a mint copy of Hein

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A collection of tennis books and ephemera, books comprising: "Lawn Tennis” by J. Parmly Paret, hardback 418-page, New York, 1904; a mint copy of Heiner Gillmeister’s paperback book “Tennis A Cultural History” (2nd. Edition) from 2017; The Wimbledon Compendium for 2000 as complied by the late Alan Little; nice hardback copy of “Off The Racket - Tennis Highlights and Lowdowns” (1937) by Philip B. Hawk, retains the original, large fold-out copy of the fictional “First Open Championship of The World”; a firm 1904 English hardbound copy of “Modern Lawn Tennis” by P.A. Vaile, 224 pages, with staining to back cover; “Behind The Scenes at Wimbledon” by MacAulay & Smyth, 1965, 320-page, no d/j; “Tennis A Cultural History” by Heiner Gillmeister, 1st. Edition Paperback 1998; “The Goddess and The American Girl” by Larry Engelmann, 1988, hardback 464-page, original d/j; “The Oxford Companion to Sports & Games” by John Arlott, 1143-page, 1975; “Game, Set and Glory” Bruce Matthews, 138-page, original d/j, 1985; fine copy of “The International Tennis Federation” by Chris Bowers, 256-page, original very good d/j, 2013; “Lawn Tennis Its Principles & Practice” by A. Wallis Myers, 215-page, original d/j, 1930; and an almost mint copy of “Tennis in Scotland” by George Robertson,317-page, fine d/j, 1995; and F.B. Wilson's "Sporting Pie", 287pp, 1922; ephemera including: The American Cricketer (1887), The Lady’s Companion (1922), Daily Mirror (Copy - 1934), The Illustrated London News (1845), Picture Post (1965), Le Petit Echo de la Mode (1927), etc.; a collection of unusual 22 celluloid annotated negatives from the 1985 French Open Lawn Tennis Championships, featuring players such as McEnroe, Wilander, Borg, Nastase and Chris Evert Lloyd ; and a boxed game of “TIDDLEYTENNIS” by Townsend Croquet Ltd., complete with original court, net, counters and rules (a qty.)

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