tilden bill (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 126 pages. 8.25x10.00x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 271 pages. 10.75x10.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Collectible. FINE. Green cover paperback. A rare original Parker Bros ping-pong game set instructions pamphlet. With introduction by world reknowned tennis players Bill Tilden and Francis Hunter. Parker Bos popularized the in-home game with the invention of the celluloid ball. This is a scarce piece of American indoor games ephemera. In nearly new, as printed, ocndition. [B170].

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of American Tennis player Bill Tilden's guide to his sport. The first edition of this work.A fascinating study of tennis by William Tatem Tilden II, nicknamed 'Big Bill'. Tilden was the world No. 1 amateur player for six consecutive years, from 1920 to 1925, and won 138 of 192 tournaments he contested.In this work Tilden discusses major players of his time, including Smarty Hunter, Bunny Austin, Cilly Aussem and Helen Hull Jacobs, while also providing an account of his own career.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixteen double sided photographic plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with discolouration to back strip, and with a touch of fading to the head of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, but otherwise clean and bright. Very Good. book.

André Dunoyer de Segonzac (illustrator). A superlative, pristine, and complete copy on Imperial Japanese paper with fifteen original etchings and AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF BILL TILDEN BY ANDRE DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC. From a total edition of 225 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 27 COPIES (tête) on Imperial Japanese paper, with 15 etchings by Dunoyer de Segonzac and 50 wood-engravings by Jacques Beltrand after Dunoyer de Segonzac; a second suite of the 15 etchings, printed on antique Japanese paper; a suite of the 10 planches refusées on another kind of antique Japanese paper; a suite of the 50 wood-engravings on fine Rives wove paper; and another suite of the 50 wood-engravings, before champlevage. This copy, exceptionally, includes AN ORIGINAL INDIA INK DRAWING OF BILL TILDEN, generally rgarded as the greatest tennis player of the first half of the 20th century, TITLED AND SIGNED BY ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps, two chemises, and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. It is safe to say that depictions of American sports heroes by great artists of the School of Paris are of the greatest rarity.

Autograph letter signed, 1 1/2 pages (both sides), 5 x 8 inch, "Thursday" (no date), reply letter to "Marion" - concerning wins and tournaments, written and signed in pencil "Bill", with two mild horizontal letter folds - in nearly very fine condition. In parts: "[.] so once more he will hear me say Play one match at a time. Also one good win is fine but it takes more than that to win a tournament. Good luck today [.] Play with everything you have. Be cool, calm, slow but aggressive. Win! [.]".

Signed vintage glossy photograph, shows Bill Tilden posing with his tennis racket, 8 x 10 inch, signed and inscribed in blue ink "To Albert - Here`s Good Luck - Bill - Wm. J. Tilden", with scattered mild creasing, heavier to the lower right corner - in fine condition.