Author: VAILE, P.A.,
Title: Le Lawn Tennis moderne. Preface by Max Decugis. Orig. edn.
Description: Paris, Hachette, 1909. sm.thick 8°. orig. white lettered cloth. Hftitle(verso blank)(xiv), 252, [[6]pp.(lists of ills. & plates, list of contents), ills. on 23 plates, num. diagrammes in text and full-p. Plates depict. technical aspects of a variation of grips (Eastern & Western Grip), drives, smashes, &c.., diagrammes depict. technical & tactical aspects of lawn-tennis: singles, doubles and mixed-doubles, incl. rules & regulations, score-sheets explained, mainly at end of volume. An excellent technical manual on how to play lawn-tennis. French text. Good copy. (small stain on outer lower boards, some light shaving to extremities and spine-ends).

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