tilden william t 2nd (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. First edition copy. . Spine ends worn, tail chipped. Boards rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn. Owner's name on front free endpage. Binding started at a few points. (tennis, tennis players, biography).

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. (Games, Tennis, Sports, Refernce, Manual) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition (stated "First Pre-Publication Printing"). Front bottom corner bumped, and a little spotting on the front board, a sound, very good plus copy lacking the dustwrapper. An uncommon first edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Rubbing and small splash marks on the spine, a very good copy in slightly spine-faded, very good or better dustwrapper with rubbing and light wear at the extremities. An uncommon first edition.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. A superb copy of the 1930 stated 1st edition, with 2 very unusual features: 1) This copy is signed by and from the personal library of Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998), the great American tennis champion of the 1920s and '30s, and the top female player in the world during this stretch; 2) This copy also includes the publisher's very uncommon original wraparound, printed band. Thick 12mo, the book tight and VG to VG+ in its lawn-green boards. And the price-clipped dustjacket bright, very sharp and Near Fine. A wonderful tennis rarity from 1930. Signed.

Unbound. Zustand: Very Good. Oval gold-toned platinum print of the future tennis champion, then eight year old Bill Tilden with his mother. Image size 3.5" x 5" at widest points, on a larger card mount. Some light rubbing on the image, very good or better. Signed by the photographer in lower right margin beneath the image (Kuebler"). Captioned on the verso in pencil in a contemporary but unknown hand (the first word eroded): "[Selina] Tilden & Jr. 1901." Tilden was born into a wealthy family and lived in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The Kuebler brothers were prominent Philadelphia portrait photographers. Tilden lost both of his parents at a relatively young age, a loss he combatted by devoting himself to tennis, becoming for many years the consensus best tennis player in the world. Largely rejected by his father, he later engaged in several relationships with younger men, that resulted in scandal and some jail time.

No. 147 of 340 copies signed by the author and editor. Frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations. xxiv, 355 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. A classic of American tennis. Publisher?s half brown morocco, t.e.g., others uncut. Text slightly toned opposite illustrations, nice copy, corners bumped. Very good plus Frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations. xxiv, 355 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo No. 147 of 340 copies signed by the author and editor. Signed.

Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by William T. Tilden, 2nd on the front free endpaper and briefly inscribed. Bound in publisher's dark blue ribbed cloth stamped in gilt on the upper board and spine, upper board ruled in blind. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends, Contents tanned, former owner name and date written to the title page, pencil markings in text throughout. Joint at title page is slightly exposed and the sewing of the page gathering there is slightly slack. A lovely copy. Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 20-year amateur period from 1911 to 1930, won 138 of 192 tournaments he contested. He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements, including the career match-winning record and the career winning percentage at the U.S. Championships.

Unbound. Zustand: Fine. Portrait photograph. 8" x 10". Fine. Small embossed stamp, and rubberstamp on rear, of photographer G. Maillard Kesslere. A formal portrait of Tilden, taken during his short acting career. According to a pencil note on the verso, this photograph was taken for the play *Dracula* in which Tilden played the Count. Inscribed by Tilden: "To Viola Kane with my best and the hope we will play many a show together. William T. Tilden 2nd." Undated but circa late 1920s.