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Big Bill Tilden - the Triumphs and the Tragedy

Big Bill Tilden - the Triumphs and the Tragedy

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Big Bill Tilden - the Triumphs and the Tragedy

by Frank Deford

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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ISBN 10
0671222546
ISBN 13
9780671222543
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About This Item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography which grew from a two-part magazine series written for Sports Illustrated in 1975. Story of the American tennis player who was voted the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th century but was later ostracised due to his criminal convictions for homosexuality. 286pp with index. 16 pages of black and white photographs. Some bumping to spine and corners, spine slanted and top edges foxed, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ creased and edgeworn with a few small tears..

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Bookseller
Washburn Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
010226
Title
Big Bill Tilden - the Triumphs and the Tragedy
Author
Frank Deford
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0671222546
ISBN 13
9780671222543
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1976
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs
Biography; Sport;

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