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E. B. Noel; J. O. M. Clark. A History of Tennis. Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, London, 1924.

Price: US$2339.18 + shipping

Description: The two volume first edition of this beautifully and richly illustrated study of the history of tennis. The two volume first edition of this work. While eight-hundred copies of this work were produced, it is thought that between three and four hundred copies were destroyed, and only around four hundred sets put in general circulation.Illustrated with one-hundred and sixty illustrations across two volumes, over one hundred and twenty-six plates. Including a colour frontispiece to volume I. Collated, complete.Volume I examines the history of tennis from 1800 onwards, alongside tennis in Australia and America, and the history of amateur and professional champions, while volume II contains sections on the laws and literature of tennis, alongside discussion of the construction of courts, and handicaps. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to spines. Minor light rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Noel, E. B.; Clark, J. O. M.. A HISTORY OF TENNIS. Oxford University Press, London, 1924.

Price: US$2687.56 + shipping

Description: In two volumes. Pp. xvi+282(last blank)+x+[283]-580, coloured frontispiece with tissue guard Volume I, plus 128 black & white plates (including the frontispiece to Volume II), 2 folding tables, appendices, index; impl. 8vo; rebound in later dark green half morocco, the spines lettered and ruled in gilt between raised bands, dark green cloth boards; a.e.g., others uncut, Volume I partly unopened; later endpapers; a few tiny edge splits or chips, occasional minor pencilled marginalia, a little light foxing and soiling; Oxford University Press, London, 1924. First edition, limitation not stated. *Apparently limited to about 800 copies, of which nearly half were subsequently pulped, according to records in the Oxford University Press archive. A comprehensive history of the game, including sections on the Literature of Tennis, Laws of Tennis, Construction of Courts, etc.

Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

NOEL, E.B. and CLARK, J.O.M. A History of Tennis. Oxford: University Press, 1924., 1924.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. 4to., (11 x 7 4/8 inches). Half-titles. Colour frontispiece and illustrated throughout reproducing original artwork and from photographs. Original blue buckram, gilt, fore and lower edges uncut (spines a bit faded, extremities worn with minor loss). Provenance: with the ownership inscription of the Daily Mail Library and shelf marks of same on front free endpapers. First edition. Limited to 800 copies, but see below. Earlier sections of this comprehensive history of tennis are a reworking of Julian Marshall's "Annals of Tennis" (1878), but it also provides a detailed account of court tennis over the fifty years since Marshall's book was published, complete with tournament records and valuable sketches of leading players. The second volume includes a section on the literature of the game. The archive of the Oxford University Press reveals that by 1932 some 380 sets of this cloth-bound edition were pulped. The true limitation is therefore nearer to 420. From the Oxford University Press Archives: "The Entry for Noel & Clark's book in OUP's "day book record" states that 800 copies were printed at £ 6.60 net and 30 (plus 3 "over" copies which were sold at cloth price despite being leather bound) on handmade paper, offered at £4.40 before publication. The book was published on 8 May, 1924. The "terms" section read as follows: "Costs of Production borne by Mr. J.O.M. Clark (Anchor Thread Mills, Paisley). For copies sold on subscription account to him at £4.40 less 25% discount (15% to trade + 10% commission) viz £3.30 per copy. For copies sold after publication, i.e. at £6.60 a/c at 7d to the 1 shilling viz £3.13 6 per copy. For copies sold to America at account at 1) £4.40 less 33 1/3% on subscription; 2) half the published price, viz £3.30 per copy after publication. Rates to New York Branch a) for copies ordered before publication 8 ½ d to 1 shilling of subscription price, viz. 59/6 per copy; b) after publication 6 1/2d to 1 shilling, viz. £3.8.3 per copy. 100 bound copies were pulped in 1929 and 173 copies remaindered to Heffer & Sons in 1933 @ 10 shillings per set. The book went out of print in October 1933".

Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.

NOEL, E. B. And CLARK, J. O. M.. A History of Tennis.. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1924.

Price: US$4000.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes, 4to., xv, 281 pp.; vii, 282-560 pp. (continuous paginated from volume 1). Illustrated with numerous plates and a large folding chart at rear of volume II. Original blind-panelled blue cloth, gilt; preserved in custom cloth chemises and brown morocco backed cloth slipcases. Provenance: with the bookplates of Gerald Walter Erskine on the front free endpaper of each volume. First edition, Limited issue, stated one of 820 copies, the actual limitation is probably much smaller, as it is rumored that 100 were pulped in 1929, and perhaps as many as 380 copies were pulped in 1932.

Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.

NOEL E B AND J O M CLARK. A HISTORY OF TENNIS. Oxford University Press, London, 1924.

Price: US$5847.96 + shipping

Description: A History of Tennis (Oxford: Oxford University Press 1924). First UK Edition. In Two Volumes. Illustrated with numerous plates and a large folding chart at rear of volume II. Bound in blind-panelled navy open weave buckram titled in gilt at the spine. The definitive history of Real Tennis ('La Paume') in two volumes. Both volumes are in fine condition in the VERY RARE ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPERS. Copies in D/W are almost un-heardof and I can find no other examples on sale at this time. The D/W on Volume I is in VG+ condition with a couple of closed tears and some inevitable browning to the spine. It is, though, complete. The D/W on Volume II is in good only condition as it is missing a large piece (approximately half) of the back panel. The back panel has no text on it so archival restoration would not be un-duly difficult. Supposedly limited to 820 copies, the actual limitation is probably much smaller, as it is rumoured that 100 were pulped in 1929, and perhaps as many as 380 copies were pulped in 1932. For the 2 Volumes in their Original Publishers Dust Wrappers

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

NOEL, E.B. and CLARK, J.O.M.. A History of Tennis. Oxford University Press, 1924, 1924.

Price: US$6000.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. 4to., (11 x 7 4/8 inches). Half-titles. Colour frontispiece and illustrated throughout reproducing original artwork and from photographs. Original blue buckram, gilt, fore and lower edges uncut (spines a bit sunned). Provenance: from the Croydon Public Libraries, Central Reference Library, with their bookplate on the front paste-down of each volume, and their ink library stamps on the preliminaries and verso of each plate. First edition. Limited to 800 copies, but see below. Earlier sections of this comprehensive history of tennis are a reworking of Julian Marshall's "Annals of Tennis" (1878), but it also provides a detailed account of court tennis over the fifty years since Marshall's book was published, complete with tournament records and valuable sketches of leading players. The second volume includes a section on the literature of the game. The archive of the Oxford University Press reveals that by 1932 some 380 sets of this cloth-bound edition were pulped. The true limitation is therefore nearer to 420. From the Oxford University Press Archives: "The Entry for Noel & Clark's book in OUP's "day book record" states that 800 copies were printed at £ 6.60 net and 30 (plus 3 "over" copies which were sold at cloth price despite being leather bound) on handmade paper, offered at £4.40 before publication. The book was published on 8 May, 1924. The "terms" section read as follows: "Costs of Production borne by Mr. J.O.M. Clark (Anchor Thread Mills, Paisley). For copies sold on subscription account to him at £4.40 less 25% discount (15% to trade + 10% commission) viz £3.30 per copy. For copies sold after publication, i.e. at £6.60 a/c at 7d to the 1 shilling viz £3.13 6 per copy. For copies sold to America at account at 1) £4.40 less 33 1/3% on subscription; 2) half the published price, viz £3.30 per copy after publication. Rates to New York Branch a) for copies ordered before publication 8 ½ d to 1 shilling of subscription price, viz. 59/6 per copy; b) after publication 6 1/2d to 1 shilling, viz. £3.8.3 per copy. 100 bound copies were pulped in 1929 and 173 copies remaindered to Heffer & Sons in 1933 @ 10 shillings per set. The book went out of print in October 1933".

Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.

NOEL, E.B. and CLARK, J.O.M. A History of Tennis. Oxford: University Press, 1924, 1924.

Price: US$6000.00 + shipping

Description: 2 volumes. 4to., (11 x 7 4/8 inches). Half-titles. Colour frontispiece and illustrated throughout reproducing original artwork and from photographs. Original blue buckram, gilt, fore and lower edges uncut (spines a bit sunned). First edition. Limited to 800 copies, but see below. Earlier sections of this comprehensive history of tennis are a reworking of Julian Marshall's "Annals of Tennis" (1878), but it also provides a detailed account of court tennis over the fifty years since Marshall's book was published, complete with tournament records and valuable sketches of leading players. The second volume includes a section on the literature of the game. The archive of the Oxford University Press reveals that by 1932 some 380 sets of this cloth-bound edition were pulped. The true limitation is therefore nearer to 420. From the Oxford University Press Archives: "The Entry for Noel & Clark's book in OUP's "day book record" states that 800 copies were printed at £ 6.60 net and 30 (plus 3 "over" copies which were sold at cloth price despite being leather bound) on handmade paper, offered at £4.40 before publication. The book was published on 8 May, 1924. The "terms" section read as follows: "Costs of Production borne by Mr. J.O.M. Clark (Anchor Thread Mills, Paisley). For copies sold on subscription account to him at £4.40 less 25% discount (15% to trade + 10% commission) viz £3.30 per copy. For copies sold after publication, i.e. at £6.60 a/c at 7d to the 1 shilling viz £3.13 6 per copy. For copies sold to America at account at 1) £4.40 less 33 1/3% on subscription; 2) half the published price, viz £3.30 per copy after publication. Rates to New York Branch a) for copies ordered before publication 8 ½ d to 1 shilling of subscription price, viz. 59/6 per copy; b) after publication 6 1/2d to 1 shilling, viz. £3.8.3 per copy. 100 bound copies were pulped in 1929 and 173 copies remaindered to Heffer & Sons in 1933 @ 10 shillings per set. The book went out of print in October 1933".

Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.