Solomon Charles Frederick PEILE. LAWN TENNIS AS A GAME OF SKILL. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885.

Price: US$130.02 + shipping

Description: First published in 1884 (when Piele was only a Lieutenant!) and considered to be the first mass-produced tennis instructional. It ran to seven editions. A facsimile reprint was issued in 2004. First American edition. Small 8vo. 90pp + adverts. Illustrated blue boards, heavily rubbed to one section. Internal pages are brittle with first few pages either loose or becoming so. A fair/good copy. [Phelps & Sabine, p151]

Seller: Sportspages, Farnham, United Kingdom

PEILE, S. C. F.; R. D. Sears, Ed.. Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill. With Latest Revised Laws as Played by the Best Clubs. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1885.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Description: 12mo., 90, (6) pp. (ads). Original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, with green coated endpapers (a bit rubbed). First American Edition.

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

Lieut S.C.F Peile. Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill With Latest Revised Laws as Played by the Best Clubs. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1885.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pp. 90, [6, ads]. Red pictorial cloth cover. Edited by Richard D. Sears. Tight gutters and hinges. Previous owner's name with compliments of H. L. Taylor. Otherwise a nearly as-new copy.

Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.