1989 The Royal Game

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Illustrated throughout. Published to celebrate the four-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the oldest surviving tennis court in the world, this work offers a collection of writings on tennis and historical commentary on the sport. Edited by Lance St. John Butler, a British literary academic, and P. J. Wordie, a British writer and historian. With a foreword by His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, a member of the British royal family and the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II.