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Lawn Tennis, the World-Game of To-day

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Book Description

First edition. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners; gilt decoration and lettering nice and bright. Shadow and faint trace of label removed from fep; old (paper clip?) rust mark at top of prelims. Contains over seventy photographs of champions playing, and “right way” / “wrong way” demonstrations. Contents clean and tight.
Dealer Notes
The author, as a player, then an officer of the Lawn Tennis Association, and referee at Wimbledon and other national tournaments, was experienced on all sides of the sport. His memoirs were recounted in two other books, Centre Court and My Tournaments, but this is his most famous and most collected title.
Author F[rancis] R[ussell] Burrow
Date [1922]
Binding Publisher's original decorated dark green cloth
Publisher London: Hodder and Stoughton
Condition Fine
Pages 271

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