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Fine in good jacket. First edition (stated). Hardcover in green cloth stamped in white. Generally fine, tight copy, previous owner name and address front free endpaper. In the original pictorial dust jacket, chips at the spine extremities and shallow creasing to the edges. 247 pp. Illustrated with multiple flip-book style "moving" instructional photos on each page. Herein she instructs on the various strokes, tactics and strategy, temprement, and tournament problems. Sharon, Massachusetts born Sarah Palfrey (1912-1996, married name Cooke at the time of this publication ) was a championship American female tennis player whose career spanned two decades from the late 1902s to the late 40s. She competed in four U.S. National women's singles championships, losing to Helen Jacobs in 1934 and 1935 and winning two (1941, 1945). She also won 11 doubles titles (partnering with Helen Jacobs and later Alice Marble), and 5 mixed doubles chamionships in 10 tries. Inn the late 1940s she and Marble strongly lobbied the USLTA to allow Althea Gibson to compete in the 1950 U.S. National tournament thus breaking the color barrier. She was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1963.
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Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Foxing to exterior edge of pages. Yellowing to pages. Great condition for the year. -Good overall condition. General wear. No major blemishes. No writing.; -We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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***Signed and dedicated by author. Vintage 1946 Doubleday, Stated First Edition, Hardcover, Good hardcover copy with jacket, solid binding, mild to moderate reading/age wear, jacket has some mild edge wear, may have ex owner inscription and/or some light markings. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.
