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THE BALLAD OF WORPLE ROAD: A POETIC HISTORY OF THE EARLY WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Tennis writer Robertson's poetic history of the Wimbledon Championships when they were at Worple Road before moving to the current Church Road site. With a foreword by Sir Peter Ustinov.

1st edition. 8vo. 128pp. including illustrations in-text throughout. Near fine in very good original wrapper. Signed and dedicated by the author (to the tennis book dealer Alan Chalmers) to the half title-page.

Date: 1997
Publisher: Queen Anne Press
Author: Max ROBERTSON

£18.00 (Code: 99541)

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