S. Powell Blackmore; Hon. F. M. B. Fisher — Lawn Tennis Up-to-Date

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to lawn tennis from sportswriter S. Powell Blackmore. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-seven plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive guide to lawn tennis, with chapters on choosing a racket, grips, service, types of shot, stroke practicing, drives, the value of spin, secrets of the singles game, men's doubles, mixed doubles, tactics, style, and more. Includes a chapter entitled Why Not a Ladies' Davis Cup? by Sophie Florence Lothrop, Lady Wavertree. Written by S. Powell Blackmore, a British sportswriter. With a preface by Francis Marion Bates Fisher, a New Zealand Member of Parliament, veteran of the Boer War, and an internationally successful tennis player becoming the champion, along with his mixed doubles partner, Irene Peacock, of the World Covered Court Championships in 1920. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with light spotting to the title labels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light age toning to the extremities and the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .