R. F. & H. L. Doherty on lawn tennis 1903 [Hardcover] by R. F. Doherty, H. L. Doherty - 2016

Baker & Taylor, New York, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. R.F. & H.L. DOHERTY. On Lawn Tennis, New York: Baker & Taylor, 1903.12mo, first American edition, pp. xvi, 17-233, 4 (ads), green cloth boards with gilt lettering and tennis racket to spine, gilt lettering and tennis player on front, halftone illustration, former owner's name on free front endpaper. Two great English players, both Wimbledon champs, hold forth on the game's details, including how to set up your own court.Condition of this book:Covers darkened with a few marks, showing wear at corners and spine ends. Inside near fine, a few leaves over-opened. This is the first USA edition. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Read More

London: Lawn Tennis,, 1903. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original blue cloth with some rubbing to edges, inner front hinge starting, light foxing to prelims otherwise very good. Name to pastedown.

New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1903 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A smart, first edition of this illustrated work by tennis champion siblings, Reginald and Laurence Doherty. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Written by famed tennis siblings, Reginald and Laurence Doherty. Reginald, or "R. F", was a four-time Wimbledon singles champion and a triple gold Olympic medal-winner, while his brother was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic gold medalist. This work contains different information and tips on lawn tennis, including hints of grass courts, the best strokes to use, and how to play mixed doubles, among many others. With illustrations throughout, including photographs of different stances to take while playing. With an ink inscription of W. J. Burnett. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of the spine.… Read More

New York: Baker & Taylor Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 233, [4]pp. Green cloth gilt. Hinges cracked with new endpapers, institutional stamp on frontispiece verso, gutter cracked, dampstain on top corners of pages 85-144, modest edgewear, very good. An uncommon title.