Blackmore s powell (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. First ed. Re-bound Ex Library book with usual stamps and stickers. Light foxing and tan to page edges. Cracked front endpaper. Good condition book with clear text throughout.…

Hardcover. Scuffed. Bottom of Spine Split. Edge Spotting. Good.

8°, 28 s/w Bildtafeln inkl. Frontispiz, XIX, 233 S., Lwd. Buchblock teilw. etwas stockfl., Vorsatzbl. leimsch., Rücken am Kopf leicht stockfl. sowie oben u. unten etwas bestoss. + + + Achtung: Für unsere Kunden in Deutschland erfolgt der Versand in der Regel verzollt vierzehntäglich ab Deutschland. + Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden. + Bitte fragen Sie uns an. Danke + + +. …

Mainly instructional but includes discussion of notable players, impressions of English tennis by Bill Tilden, the LTA and Davis Cup. 1st edition. Large 8vo. Original green cloth, gilt titles to spine. xix + 233p. Numerous plates from photos. Some very light foxing. Original green cloth, lightly rubbed. Still a very good copy.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to lawn tennis from sportswriter S. Powell Blackmore. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive guide to lawn tennis, with chapters on choosing a racket, grips, service, types of shot, stroke practicing, drives, the value of spin, secrets of the singles game, men's doubles, mixed doubles, tactics, style, and more. Includes a chapter entitled Why Not a Ladies' Davis Cup? by Sophie Florence Lothrop, Lady Wavertree. Written by S. Powell Blackmore, a British sportswriter. With a preface by Francis Marion Bates Fisher, a New Zealand Member of Parliament, veteran of the Boer War, and an internationally successful tennis player becoming the champion, along with his mixed doubles partner, Irene Peacock, of the World Covered Court Championships in 1920. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with light spotting to the title labels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light age toning to the extremities and the odd spot. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, blind stamping to the upper panel, lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo 9'' x 6'' xx, 233 [pp]. Paper guarded monochrome photographic action illustrations throughout. Pencil name to upper paste down, 40 mm repaired fraying of the cloth to the foot of spine, spine and board edges slightly sun faded, foxing to end papers and page edges, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Lawn Tennis]. …