1997 Two Centuries of Real Tennis

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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce, With Dustwrapper

First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with photographs and figures throughout. A fascinating account of the game of real tennis over two centuries, the seventeenth and the twentieth, with commentary on the renovation of courts. Includes the first biography of Sir Charles Rose, the builder of three courts in modern times. Written by John Shneerson, an English physician and keen real tennis enthusiast.