Tennis: Origins and Mysteries
by Malcon D. Whitman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
San Mateo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Derrydale Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. From 1898-1900, author Malcom D. Whitman won "every important tournament, including the National Championship and the first International matches, and retire[d] an undefeated champion" (introduction). "This edition, limited to four hundred and fifty copies, printed upon Van Gelder hand-made paper, is designed by William Dana Orcutt, and made by the Plimpton Press under his personal supervision" (limitation page). 9 ½" x 6 ½". Light brown boards with three-quarter dark brown cloth, gilt titles to front board, paper title to spine. TEG, Rough-cut pages. Half-title, limitation, frontispiece, title page with onion skin intact, copyright, dedication, 7-257. Condition: Many pages uncut from publisher. Clean and unmarked. The slightest touch of shelfwear to fore corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- B Street Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- U1001
- Title
- Tennis: Origins and Mysteries
- Author
- Malcon D. Whitman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Derrydale Press
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
B Street Books, ABAA
We accept returns of any book within 30 days and refund the price, so long as the book is returned in the same condition it was sent.
About the Seller
B Street Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
San Mateo, California
About B Street Books, ABAA
We buy and sell used, rare, collectible and antiquarian books and are conveniently located in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area peninsula. We are San Mateo's only used bookstore and have served the area for over 10 years.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.