tilden william t 2nd (28 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth. 1st edition. 177pp. Illustrated. Covers quite edge-worn. End-papers bit foxed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 8vo in green cloth, titles in black. Binding tight and square although the front hinge is cracked, moderate shelf wear, spine sunned, p.o. inscription on the half title.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good-. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Covers have some very slight general wear. ; From the front cover: Presented with Ping-Pong set compliments of Parker Brothers, Inc. ; 96 pages.

Condizione: Good. First edition copy. . Spine ends worn, tail chipped. Boards rubbed, soiled, and edgeworn. Owner's name on front free endpage. Binding started at a few points. (tennis, tennis players, biography).

Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. (Games, Tennis, Sports, Refernce, Manual) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 296 pages; 29 chapters. Pages tight; minor page wear; End pages and page edges slightly foxed; Green hard covers with white lettering on cover and spine. Moderate shelf wear. Story of a simple romance of people in the sporting and artistic world. VINTAGE COPY.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 336pp. Mild wear to spine edges and ends, binding solid and strong, mild stain to upper page edges, toning to endpapers, interior text and images clean. Very Good copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Jacket has some chipping but great period cover art. No marks in text. No inscriptions etc. Not a library book. Ships today in a cardboard enclosure. Tim's Used Books, open shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts, providing good books at reasonable prices on the same spot since 1991. shelf LL/lower right.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Introduction by Gladys M. Heldman. Second edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket. B0032KLHVG.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. Ink name to end paper, else a clean copy in a a mildly rubbed jacket with a small piece of transparent tape to the front cover. Looks quite nice in Mylar! "First Pre-Publication Printing" on the copyright page. Scarce in a jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First Edition. First Edition. Owner inscription. Good to Very Good condition. Some foxing internally.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice copy VG, sunned spine, two lines on blank page, initials f. v. l. on fep, green covers with orange titles, 229pps, photos, revised and enlarged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hellman, Williams & Co, the publisher identifies this as the "first" edition after pre-publication because the copyright page is blank of any printing information. Clear? Right, I didn't think so. Light shelf wear to the edges of the boards. No distortion from improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $2.75 shows light wear, micro edge tears, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First edition stated. Octavo, 296pp, publisher's green cloth lettered in white (rubbing mostly to edges with frays to extremities, minor fading to spine, light dusting, good to very good).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition (stated "First Pre-Publication Printing"). Front bottom corner bumped, and a little spotting on the front board, a sound, very good plus copy lacking the dustwrapper. An uncommon first edition.

1st American Edition. Hardback. Good, no d/w. Spine cocked and worn, edges and corners rubbed and bumped, front hinge cracked, boards lightly marked, pages browned. Heavy book, will require extra postage - please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Octavo, four inserted plates with illustrations by Arthur Schwieder, title page printed in brown and black, original brown cloth stamped in black. First edition. Tennis stories, some based on true incidents according to Tilden. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 T-241. A fine, bright copy. (#133540).

Condizione: Good. First edition. William Tilden's book is in green cloth boards with gilt lettering. The hinge and corners show wear and there is a dent on the front cover edge. Text block is yellowing but clean. Photo pages are intact.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Green cloth boards with white lettering under illustrated dust jacket. White stain to edge of front board & larger triangle to rear board, else very good condition. Dust jacket has rubbing & green stain from cloth on reverse, but presents well. Tilden was one of the greatest tennis players of all time--largely forgotten now because he was jailed for having sex with boys. This is "a tennis romance with all the speed an thrill of his smashing cannon ball serve." Edition not stated, NAP.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition. Rubbing and small splash marks on the spine, a very good copy in slightly spine-faded, very good or better dustwrapper with rubbing and light wear at the extremities. An uncommon first edition.

Condizione sovraccoperta: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. TILDEN, William T. 2nd Edited by Stephen Wallis Merrihew [355] pp. w/ 96 plates American Lawn Tennis 1925 9" x 6 1/4".

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. A superb copy of the 1930 stated 1st edition, with 2 very unusual features: 1) This copy is signed by and from the personal library of Helen Wills Moody (1905-1998), the great American tennis champion of the 1920s and '30s, and the top female player in the world during this stretch; 2) This copy also includes the publisher's very uncommon original wraparound, printed band. Thick 12mo, the book tight and VG to VG+ in its lawn-green boards. And the price-clipped dustjacket bright, very sharp and Near Fine. A wonderful tennis rarity from 1930. Signed.

Early Printing, lacks 'First Edition' statement at copyright page. Scarce Tennis romance novel by the famous professional complete with "the sporting society crowds of Long Island, Newport, Palm Beach, Wimbledon and the Riviera. Here is an enthralling expose of the amateur-professional situation in American tennis, so daring as to be almost unbelievable- yet absolutely authentic in every detail". Lower rear cover bumped, else Near Fine in Good to Very Good dustjacket with inch wide transparent scotch tape to exterior and verso of top and lower edge, spine and flap edges, vertical crease at spine, few inch closed tear at lower front panel.

Unbound. Condizione: Very Good. Oval gold-toned platinum print of the future tennis champion, then eight year old Bill Tilden with his mother. Image size 3.5" x 5" at widest points, on a larger card mount. Some light rubbing on the image, very good or better. Signed by the photographer in lower right margin beneath the image (Kuebler"). Captioned on the verso in pencil in a contemporary but unknown hand (the first word eroded): "[Selina] Tilden & Jr. 1901." Tilden was born into a wealthy family and lived in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. The Kuebler brothers were prominent Philadelphia portrait photographers. Tilden lost both of his parents at a relatively young age, a loss he combatted by devoting himself to tennis, becoming for many years the consensus best tennis player in the world. Largely rejected by his father, he later engaged in several relationships with younger men, that resulted in scandal and some jail time.

No. 147 of 340 copies signed by the author and editor. Frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations. xxiv, 355 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. A classic of American tennis. Publisher?s half brown morocco, t.e.g., others uncut. Text slightly toned opposite illustrations, nice copy, corners bumped. Very good plus Frontispiece portrait, numerous illustrations. xxiv, 355 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo No. 147 of 340 copies signed by the author and editor. Signed.

Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by William T. Tilden, 2nd on the front free endpaper and briefly inscribed. Bound in publisher's dark blue ribbed cloth stamped in gilt on the upper board and spine, upper board ruled in blind. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends, Contents tanned, former owner name and date written to the title page, pencil markings in text throughout. Joint at title page is slightly exposed and the sewing of the page gathering there is slightly slack. A lovely copy. Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 20-year amateur period from 1911 to 1930, won 138 of 192 tournaments he contested. He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements, including the career match-winning record and the career winning percentage at the U.S. Championships.

Unbound. Condizione: Fine. Portrait photograph. 8" x 10". Fine. Small embossed stamp, and rubberstamp on rear, of photographer G. Maillard Kesslere. A formal portrait of Tilden, taken during his short acting career. According to a pencil note on the verso, this photograph was taken for the play *Dracula* in which Tilden played the Count. Inscribed by Tilden: "To Viola Kane with my best and the hope we will play many a show together. William T. Tilden 2nd." Undated but circa late 1920s.