Photograph of a doubles lawn tennis match, with...
n.p: ca. 1880’s. A fine early image of a doubles lawn tennis match, the players wielding flat-topped wooden... Read More
Price: $1,000
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![Rules and Principles of Tennis … (1800). Translated by Sir Richard Hamilton. [Foreword by The Rt. Hon. The Lord Aberdare.]. Pierre Barcellon.](/pictures/thumb/239363.jpg?v=1534805654)
Rules and Principles of Tennis … (1800). Translated by Sir Richard Hamilton. [Foreword by The Rt. Hon. The Lord Aberdare.].
[Oxford]: Ironbark Ronaldson Publications, [1987]. First edition of this translation, Number 41 of 50 copies in the Library edition, signed by the translator. Read More
Price: $500
![“Paulmier” [Extracted from: Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers. Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences, les Arts Libéraux, et les Arts]. Court Tennis, Denis Diderot, , Jean Le Rond d’Alembert.](/pictures/thumb/62448.jpg?v=1534804727)
“Paulmier” [Extracted from: Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers. Recueil de Planches, sur les Sciences...
[Paris; Liege: Panckoucke; Plomteux, 1785]. The complete set of these Beautiful plates relating to Court Tennis (“le Jeu des Paumes”) from the Récueil de Planches, that extraordinary illustrated supplement to the magnificent Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The plates depict the creation of implements and play of tennis and billiards... Read More
Price: $2,500
La Magnifique Histoire du Jeu de Paume.
Bordeaux: Delmas & Paris, Boissard, 1933. Number 574 of 1000 copies. [Printing completed December 20, 1932]. The first edition of this court tennis classic, written by the leading French amateur 1903-07. An authoritative and handsome book. Read More
Price: $375
Lawn Tennis.
Boston: Wright & Ditson and Pastime Office, London, [1886]. First Edition. This is the first book written by an American player about the game. Basically all preceding American books on lawn tennis are rule books. Dwight was American doubles champion with the great R.D. Sears from 1882-84. Dwight introduced the... Read More
Price: $550
A History of Royal Tennis in Australia.
[Victoria, Australia]: Historical Publications, [1983]. First edition, Number 10 of 75 copies, signed by the author. Read More
Price: $450
The Art of the Tennis-Racket-Maker and of Tennis. By M. de Garsault. Originally published in French in 1767, and now...
Baltimore: Racquet Sports Information Service, 1977. One of 750 copies. A reprint of the first English translation (privately printed, 1938) of the French classic of 1767. Read More
Price: $200
![More than a Yard Worse. [Foreword by Prince Edward]. Jonathan Howell.](/pictures/thumb/239352.jpg?v=1534805653)
One of 50
More than a Yard Worse. [Foreword by Prince Edward].
Oxford: (Ironbark) Ronaldson Publications, 1995. Fisdrt edition, Number 11 of 50 Library copies, signed. One of 50. Read More
Price: $400
Other Times and Other Seasons.
New York: Harper & Bros, 1895. First edition. Inscribed: "To Stephen Palmer, My Constant Friend In All Times and All Seasons. Laurence Hutton Dec. 7th 1902". This inscription is the same as the dedication (which is to Thomas Bailey Aldrich). Features chapters on Football, boxing, tennis, golf, boat-races, transportation, tobacco... Read More
Price: $150
Thirty-four Common Tennis Errors of the Million Players and The Remedy; also a Theory of Campaign (never before stated).
New York: American Sports Publishing Co, 1940. No. 484R of Spalding's Athletic Library. Read More
Price: $75
Billhead for James Lillywhite, Frowd & Co., Manufacturers of Bats, Ball, Stumps and all articles connected with British Sports...for lawn...
London: 4 & 6 Newington Causeway, May 31, 1880. Read More
Price: $125
First separate edition
Country Contentments: or, The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning the wholesome Experiences, in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe after the...
London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Unicorne in Pater-noster-row, 1631. "The fourth edition. Newly Corrected, Enlarged, and Adorned with many excellent Additions, as may appeare by this marke [pointing hand]" First separate edition. First separate edition. First published in 1615 (STC 17342), with its companion... Read More
Price: $2,000
Mechanics of the Game of Lawn Tennis.
New York: American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1926. First edition, number 13 of 250 numbered copies of the Deluxe edition, signed by the author. Read More
Price: $600
Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis ... Edited by S. Wallis Merrihew.
New York: American Lawn Tennis, Inc, 1926. First edition, number 7 of 250 numbered copies of the Deluxe edition, signed by the author. Read More
Price: $600
Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis ... with Opinions on Disputed Points of Technique from Many Expert Players.
New York: American Lawn Tennis, Singer Building, 1915. First edition. Read More
Price: $300
Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill. With Latest Revised Laws as Played by the the Best Clubs ... Edited...
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. First American edition. Read More
Price: $900
Tennis in Baltimore.
Baltimore: Dulany-Vernay Company, 1928. First edition. History of tennis in Baltimore from its beginnings in 1879. Read More
Price: $150
Original drawing for a New Yorker magazine cartoon.
[New York]: Ca. 1940s. A tennis player, in playing garb and racket under his arm, pauses for a deep swig from his flask. "William Steig is the doyen of New Yorker artists, having contributed to the magazine since 1930. He is the author of more than forty books, including many beloved... Read More
Price: $1,800
Tennis by J.M. Heathcote; Lawn Tennis by C.G. Heathcote; Rackets by E.O.P. Bouverie & Fives by A.C. Ainger from The...
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890. First edition. Read More
Price: $200
On Lawn Tennis.
London: Published by ‘Lawn Tennis’, Laurence Pountney Hill, Cannon Street, Etc, 1903. First edition. Substantial guide to play, with a chapter on Play and Players in America and a lengthy section listing lawn tennis champions, rules and regulations. Read More
Price: $275
The Strokes and Science of Lawn Tennis. Group IV, No. 279 of Spalding's Athletic Library.
New York: American Sports Publishing Co, 1906. First American Edition. Read More
Price: $100
The Tennis Primer.
New York: American Sports Publishing Co, [1916]. First American Edition. Read More
Price: $100
![[The Earle Camp at Bullòn Woods] Photograph of tennis players (two ladies seated, two men standing) at ease near a tent, the net just visible to the right. Tennis.](/pictures/thumb/246350.jpg?v=1534805953)
[The Earle Camp at Bullòn Woods] Photograph of tennis players (two ladies seated, two men standing) at ease near a....
[Pawtucket, R.I: A.F. Merry], 1885. A very early image of tennis in the United States, captured just four years after the first U.S. Natonal Men's Singles Championships (now the U.S. Open) was held in Newport, Rhode Island. The pastoral image is of unidentified members of the Earle party at Bullon... Read More
Price: $750
How to Play Lawn Tennis. Containing Practical Instruction from an Expert on Making Lawn Tennis Strokes. Brief Description and History...
New York: American Sports Publishing Co. 21 Warren Street, 1909. First edition. Read More
Price: $100
The Lawn Tennis Association's Annual Handbook 1920. The Official Handbook of the L.T.A.
London: Amateur Sports Publishing Co. (1913) Ltd, 1920. First edition. Read More
Price: $145
Le Jeu de Longue Paume: hand-colored etching.
Paris: Chez Jean, rue Jean de Beauvais, No. 32, Ca. late 18th Century. A male foursome in shirtsleeves plays this outdoor racquet game, a precursor of tennis, while spectators look on. Tennis in France evolved from a game played with the bare hand, to one where the hand was protected... Read More
Price: $500