By James Dwight
Boston; London   Wright & Ditson; "Pastime" Office
8" by 5.5" 2-94 [12]pp
The very scarce first edition of the "Founding Father of American Tennis" James Dwight's guide to lawn-tennis.
By James Dwight

1886 Lawn-Tennis

Boston; London   Wright & Ditson; "Pastime" Office
8" by 5.5" 2-94 [12]pp
The very scarce first edition of the "Founding Father of American Tennis" James Dwight's guide to lawn-tennis.
£340.00
: 0.5kgs / : 905F52

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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

The very scarce first edition, first printing of this work, with the misprint '2885' for '1885' on page. 89.

Considered to be the first book written by an American about lawn tennis - excepting rule books -  Dwight introduced the sport in America after an 1874 trip to Europe. 

Often termed the "Founding Father of American Tennis", Dwight won the first recorded tournament in the U.S. in August 1876 in Nahant, Massachusetts.

Dwight was later among the founders of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association and served as its president for two decades. 

With twelve pages of advertisements to the rear, largely for tennis equipment.

Divided into two parts and seventeen chapters, this work covers topics including cases and decisions, ladies and gentlemen's doubles, the service, and other techniques, alongside a list of winners.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with back strip and board perimeters lightly age toned. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Front free endpaper and title page detached and loosely inserted. Otherwise, internally firmly bound. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type, otherwise clean and bright.

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