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THE BOOK OF THE HARD COURT

THE BOOK OF THE HARD COURT

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Guide to tennis as played on hard courts, comprehensive analysis and history of varying hard court types, from cinder ashes to brick. A valuable reference of technical and construction tips and anecdotes of players experiences and their preferences.

Paperback, 1st edition. 88pp. plus adverts front and rear and in text. Internally very good, clean and bright, in the original pictorial stiff card wraps, lightly rubbed else very cood copy of this scarce title [Phelps & Sabine - Page 111, entry 1]

Date
1926
Publisher
Lawn Tennis & Badminton
Author
"Lawn Tennis & Badminton"

£25.00 (Code: 28644)

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