Tennis: Origins and Mysteries -- With an Historical Bibliography
by Malcolm D. Whitman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1932. Boards. Very Good +. The 1932 1st edition. Limited to 450 copies, "printed upon Van Gelder hand-made paper, designed by William Dana Orcutt". Solid and VG+, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and lightly-rubbedc paper title label affixed to the spine. One severe example of offsetting (at pg. 59), where a newspaper article had been laid-in. Otherwise, very clean internally. Octavo, gilt top-edge, deckled fore and bottom-edges. With an Historical Bibliography by Robert W. Henderson. ALSO INCLUDES DERRYDALE'S UNCOMMON ORIGINAL 8-PG ANNOUNCEMENT BOOKLET AND ORDER FORM, which have been laid-into this copy.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22937
- Title
- Tennis: Origins and Mysteries -- With an Historical Bibliography
- Author
- Malcolm D. Whitman
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- rare sports books, rare tennis books, rare bibliographies, rare tennis bibliographies, rare Derrydale Press, rare Derrydales, rare bibliographies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports;
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Laid-in
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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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....