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Fifteen-Thirty: The Story of a Tennis Player Inscribed -
Helen Wills
1937 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - First Edition
A delightful autobiography by one of Tennis’ all time great female players, once described as ‘the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete’. Illustrated throughout with drawings and sketches of the author.
Inscribed from Helen WIlls ‘For C. Nelson Hackett’ and dated 1937.
Helen Newington Wills [1905-98] transformed the reputation of women’s tennis as a competitive sport, known as the ‘Queen of the Courts’ WIlls dominated the women’s game in the 1920s and 1930s - 31 Grand Slam titles, eight at Wimbledon, seven at the U.S. Championships, two Olympic gold medals. From 1919 through 1938 she produced the amazing statistic of 398 matches won to 35 lost, this included a 158 match winning streak during which she did not lose a set.
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1937 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - First Edition
A delightful autobiography by one of Tennis’ all time great female players, once described as ‘the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete’. Illustrated throughout with drawings and sketches of the author.Inscribed from Helen WIlls ‘For C. Nelson Hackett’ and dated 1937.
Helen Newington Wills [1905-98] transformed the reputation of women’s tennis as a competitive sport, known as the ‘Queen of the Courts’ WIlls dominated the women’s game in the 1920s and 1930s - 31 Grand Slam titles, eight at Wimbledon, seven at the U.S. Championships, two Olympic gold medals. From 1919 through 1938 she produced the amazing statistic of 398 matches won to 35 lost, this included a 158 match winning streak during which she did not lose a set.
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Price HK$ 6,000