Big Bill Tilden - the Triumphs and the Tragedy
by Frank Deford
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671222546
- ISBN 13
- 9780671222543
- Seller
-
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$12.11CA$9.69
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976 Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Biography which grew from a two-part magazine series written for Sports Illustrated in 1975. Story of the American tennis player who was voted the most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th century but was later ostracised due to his criminal convictions for homosexuality. 286pp with index. 16 pages of black and white photographs. Some bumping to spine and corners, spine slanted and top edges foxed, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ creased and edgeworn with a few small tears..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Washburn Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010226
- Title
- Big Bill Tilden - the Triumphs and the Tragedy
- Author
- Frank Deford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671222546
- ISBN 13
- 9780671222543
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Sport;
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
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- Edges
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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