TENNIS by Wills, Helen - 1928

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Instruction book by perhaps the greatest women's tennis player in history. With illustrations by the author. Ex-library with spine markings and internal indications. Bumped and rubbed, boards a bit soiled. Front hinge cracked, rear a bit loose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Scribners, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. very good/good-. octavo. 8 1/2" x 6". 214pp. Photographic frontispiece. and illustrations by the author. Dust jacket is chipped with tears and edge wear and some loss. Early book on Tennis. Scare in dust jacket.

Scribners. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to exterior edge of pages. Yellowing to pages. - Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 214 pp. Green publisher's cloth in clipped pictorial dust jacket. Chipping to dj edges, heaviest at corners and spine ends. Light rubbing to cloth. Musings on tennis, illustrated by the author.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Helen Wills. American tennis star Helen Willis's celebration of her sport, featuring the author's own illustrations. The first edition, as identified by the presence of the publisher's crest to the colophon. The Scribner's 'A' to identify first printings was not used prior to 1930.Illustrated with a frontispiece and eleven plates by Willis, and with further vignette illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.Published when Willis was only twenty-three.Willis was the first American woman athlete to become a global celebrity, and had a 180-match win streak from 1927 until 1933. Her record of eight wins at Wimbledon was not surpassed until 1990 when Martina Navratilova won her ninth.With the former owner's inscription of Mary Burnett to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine tail, with discolouration to back strip. Boards bright. Front hinge strained, but… Read More

New York: Scribner’s, 1928. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.