Tennis Lawn Tennis Rackets Fives Badminton Library 1890
- Badminton Library
- Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives
- 1890 1st ed
Description
The Badminton Library Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives 1890
This deluxe version with gold crest to front board and navy trim to corners and spine is in reasonable condition. 1890 first edition with numerous illustrations, published by Longman, Green and Co of London. The 484 pages are bright, tight, and complete. The front board shows signs of wear, the back board has some surface worming. The spine is complete, there is wear top and bottom, also to lettering.
Sections on Tennis are profusely illustrated include history, the laws, and the modern game. Lawn Tennis takes the greater numbers of chapters including origin, development, implements, tactics and ladies’ tennis. The volume finishes with smaller sections on Rackets and Fives.
This item is offered at a very good price, considering it is an 1890 deluxe first edition.