Tennis Collectables

Novels and Poetry

This section contains fiction with a tennis theme for both children and adults. Also contains novels with an attractive tennis scene on the cover, plus poetry with a tennis theme. Listed alphabetically by title.

All books are British hardback editions without dustwrapper (D/W) unless otherwise stated. A description of the condition of each book is given using the following terms/abbreviations:
Mint - as new; VG - very good condition; Good - obviously used but complete with no major faults; Ex library - from a public or school library and may contain the occasional stamp or label but in many cases this is the only indication.

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ADVANTAGE MISS JACKSON - MICHAEL HARDCASTLE. Methuen; 1991 1^st Edition; 124 pages. Novel aimed at teenagers. When Catrina’s father loses his job are her hopes of a career as a tennis champion over ?
VG £8.00 (approx $13.60)


BACKHAND - LIZA CODY. Arrow; 1992 1st Paperback Edition; 279 pages. A mystery novel in which Anna Lee, private investigator at Brierly Security, meets an American client for a game of tennis.
VG (spine lightly creased) £3.50 (approx $5.95)

BLACKBALLED - MICHAEL MEWSHAW. Atheneum; 1986 1st US Edition; 308 pages. A riotous novel in which Latif Fluss gets banned from pro tennis and then makes a comeback in disguise!
VG in VG D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

BREAKING POINT - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. Villard; 1996 1st US Edition; 292 pages. Martina's second novel is a murder mystery with the action set at the French Open. Much 'behind the scenes' detail of life on the tour.
VG in VG D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

BREAKPOINT - WILLIAM BRINKLEY. Morrow; 1978 1st US Edition; 324 pages. A novel based around the world of international championship tennis. Robert Catlo helps his son to avenge his Wimbledon defeat at the hands of Jack Tillotston.
VG in edgeworn D/W £15.00 (approx $25.50)

BREAKPOINT - WILLIAM BRINKLEY. Futura; 1979 1st Paperback Edition; 324 pages. A novel based around the world of international championship tennis. Robert Catlo helps his son to avenge his Wimbledon defeat at the hands of Jack Tillotston.
VG £3.50 (approx $5.95) SOLD OUT


BREAK POINT - JEREMY BURNHAM. BBC; 1982 1st Edition; 188 pages. Based on the children's BBC TV series of the same name this novel follows Barry's attempts to become a champion.
VG in VG D/W £7.50 (approx $12.75) SOLD OUT
Paperback Edition; Good (cover creased, spine faded) £4.00 (approx $6.80)

BREAK POINT - ILIE NASTASE. St Martins Press; 1986 1st US Edition; 360 pages. The American edition of Nastase's novel 'Tie Break'.
VG in VG D/W £15.00 (approx $25.50)

BYE-BYE BABY - DAVID DELMAN. Collins Crime Club; 1992 1st Edition; 192 pages. A novel based around Baby Robin Cantrell, the most famous female tennis player in the world, on her farewell tour.
VG in VG D/W £15.00 (approx $25.50) SOLD OUT

CENTRE COURT MURDER - BERNARD NEWMAN. Victor Gollancz; 1951 1^st Edition; 303 pages. When Annie Sharp collapses on the Centre Court at Wimbledon during her match with Gussy Moran is it murder ?
VG in VG edgeworn D/W £30.00 (approx $51.00) SOLD OUT


CHAMPION'S CHOICE - JOHN TUNIS. World Publishing Co; not dated (?1940) US Edition; 215 pages. This children's novel follows the tennis career of Janet Johnson through to her wins at Wimbledon and the US Championships.
This copy has laminated boards which are worn at corners and top and base of spine externally; internally rear end paper removed, otherwise VG £10.00 (approx $17.00)

CHOKE - STUART WOODS. Harper Collins; 1995 1st US Edition; 280 pages. Chuck Chandler has blown a career as a top tennis professional and a series of teaching jobs at plush clubs. At Key West's Olde Island Club he yields to temptation again and finds himself suspected of murder.
Mint in Mint D/W £25.00 (approx $42.50)

CIRCUIT - RALPH M DEMERS. Viking; 1976 1st US Edition; 261 pages. A novel based on the Queen's and Wimbledon tournaments reflecting the lives of the professional players both on and off the court.
VG in edgeworn D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)
VG (slight marks to boards) £12.50 (approx $21.25)

DAVIS CUP CONSPIRACY - JACK BICKHAM; Forge; 1994 1st US Edition; 384 pages. A tennis - based novel involving Brad Smith in his role as a part time agent for the CIA. As Davis Cup Captain Smith becomes involved with revolutionaries, traitors and bombs - as well as tennis!
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

DEADLY DOUBLES - CAROLYN KEENE. Armada; 1988 Paperback Edition; 149pages. Part of the Nancy Drew series for teenagers. Nancy and friends go to watch some of the best tennis players compete and get tangled up in a case of mistaken identity.
VG £3.00 (approx $5.10)
1991 Paperback Edition; VG (cover creased, slight stains to a few pages) £2.50 (approx $4.25)

DE ALFONCE TENNIS - J P DONLEAVY. Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1984 1st Edition; 223 pages. A satirical fantasy covering the 'superlative game of eccentric champions, its history, accoutrements, rules, conduct and regimen'.
VG in VG D/W £12.50 (approx $21.25)


DE ALFONCE TENNIS - J P DONLEAVY. Fontana; 1985 Paperback Edition; 223 pages. A satirical fantasy covering the 'superlative game of eccentric champions, its history, accoutrements, rules, conduct and regimen'.
VG £5.00 (approx $8.50)

DEATH ON THE CENTRE COURT - GEORGE GOODCHILD. Hodder & Stoughton; 1937 Reprint Edition; 311 pages. Novel in the Inspector McLean mystery series in which the Inspector investigates the death of a player at  Wimbledon.
VG (some foxing to page edges) £15.00 (approx $25.50) SOLD OUT

DEATH SERVES AN ACE - HELEN WILLS & ROBERT MURPHY. Scribners; 1939 1st US Edition; 317 pages. A scarce tennis-based novel by Helen Wills.
Although this is an ex-circulating library copy it is in VG condition: the spine is sun darkened and the library ticket holder and ink stamps remain on inside of rear board. The synopsis from the inside of the dust wrapper has been neatly laid in to the inside of the front board. £50.00 (approx $85.00)

DOUBLE FAULT - JACK BICKHAM; Tor; 1993 1st US Edition; 351 pages. A tennis - based novel involving Brad Smith in his role as a part time agent for the CIA.
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

DROPSHOT - JACK BICKHAM. Tor; 1990 1st US Edition; 313 pages. A Brad Smith thriller involving smuggling, espionage and blackmail.
VG in edgeworn D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

ESTHER: A BOOK FOR GIRLS - ROSA NOUCHETTE CAREY. Hurst & Co; not dated (1910s) US Edition; 320 pages. Girls story. No apparent tennis content but front cover has an attractive drawing, in green, red and black, of three young ladies, the one on the left holding a flat-top racket.
VG although pages browning and binding fragile £12.50 (approx $21.25)


THE FINALISTS - RUSSELL BRADDON. Atheneum; 1977 1st US Edition; 224 pages. A thriller set around the hectic days of Wimbledon fortnight - with all the glamour & tensions of that special occasion and where tennis is a matter of life & death.
VG in VG D/W (boards marked/stained) £7.50 (approx $12.75)
1978 BCA Edition; VG in VG D/W £7.50 (approx $12.75)
1978 BCA Edition; VG in edgeworn (some foxing to pages) D/W £5.00 (approx $8.50)

FIRST SERVE - MARY TOWNE. Atheneum; 1976 1st US Edition; 214 pages. A novel for teenagers in which Dulcie discovers tennis but does she have the determination to make professional tennis a practical goal.
VG in VG D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

FIRST TEAM AT TENNIS - SALLY JONES. Dragon; 1986 1st Paperback Edition; 95 pages. This children's novel explains the rules and basics of tennis as the story of the rivalry between two schools unfolds.
VG £3.00 (approx $5.10)

GAME - EMMA DAVISON. Coronet; 1996 1st Paperback Edition; 503 pages. A look at the world of pro tennis through the eyes of wives and girlfriends as Lauren Kendall's husband wins Wimbledon.
VG £7.50 (approx $12.75)

GAME SET AND DANGER - ANNA CLARKE. Crime Club; 1981 1st US Edition; 183 pages. A tennis based murder mystery involving death on the court!
VG in edgeworn D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

GAME SET AND MATCH - WILLIAM R COX. Dodd Mead; 1977 1st US Edition; 182 pages. Can Charlie Heath overcome prejudice and achieve his ambition to make tennis a career.
VG (Ex library copy with usual ink stamps and ticket holder removed, part of jacket stuck to front endpaper. A very nice copy) £15.00 (approx $25.50)

GIRLS AND I - MRS MOLESWORTH. Donohue; not dated (?1910s) US Edition; 254 pages. An American novel. Front board has attractive picture in red and black showing girl in full length dress playing tennis, with flat top racket. Spine has picture of racket and 2 balls.
This copy has front endpaper removed, binding cracked/split at hinges, pages browned; externally edges of boards rubbed £10.00 (approx $17.00)

GLORY'S NET - WILLIAM T TILDEN. Methuen; 1930 1st Edition; 247 pages. One of Tilden's better novels follows the career of David Cooper through to tennis fame and glory. Scarce.
VG but some staining to cover £35.00 (approx $59.50) SOLD OUT

GLORY'S NET - WILLIAM T TILDEN. Doubleday Doran; 1930 1^st US Edition; 296 pages. One of Tilden's better novels follows the career of David Cooper through to tennis fame and glory. Scarce.
VG in most attractive and extremely scarce dustwrapper which is lightly edgeworn with two 3" tears to upper edge and smaller tears to lower edge. £100.00 (approx $170.00) SOLD OUT


GRANDMOTHER DEAR - MRS MOLESWORTH. Donohue; nd (1910s) US Edition; 239 pages. An American  children’s novel. Front board has attractive picture in red and black showing girl in full length dress playing tennis, with flat top racket. Spine has picture of racket and 2 balls.
This copy has the binding cracked/splitting at hinges, pages browned. Inscription on reverse of title page dated 1916 £10.00 (approx $17.00)

GRAND SLAM - DEREK LAMBERT. Michael Joseph; 1971 1^st Edition; 220 pages. Novel based around Wimbledon and Nicky Bracco's attempt to win that one last needle match.
VG in VG D/W £12.50 (approx $21.25) SOLD OUT

HAL TENNIS CHAMP - MIKE NEIGOFF. Albert Whitman; 1991 1st US Edition; 126 pages. The story of how Hal becomes a tennis champion. Written with young readers in mind.
VG (Ex library copy with usual ink stamps and ticket holder) £20.00 (approx $34.00)

HARUM-SCARUM JILL - FREDERICA BENNETT. Wells Gardner Darton & Co; 1950 2^nd Impression; 186 pages. School girl story which involves much action on the tennis court. Spine of dustwrapper features picture of schoolgirl holding tennis racket.
VG in edgeworn and internally repaired dustwrapper £12.50 (approx $21.25) SOLD OUT


HAVEN - JOHN R MAXIM. Avon Books; 1997 1st US Edition. 374 pages. A novel in which 'A teenage girl is about to be kidnapped from an exclusive island tennis club.....'
Mint in Mint D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

HEARTBREAK TENNIS - AMELIA WALDEN. Westminster Press; 1977 1st US Edition; 168 pages. Cindy Banner is determined to become a professional tennis player but finds the pursuit of her goal complicated by romance.
VG in edgeworn D/W £25.00 (approx $42.50) SOLD OUT

IN TENNIS LOVE MEANS NOTHING - LINDA JACOBS. EMC; 19741st US Edition; 39 pages. Laura Morgan has to decide between tennis and boyfriend Craig in this children's novel.
VG (ex library copy with usual ink stamps and ticket holder) £25.00 (approx $42.50)

INTO THE NET - LEILA S MACKINLAY. Ward Lock; 1935 1^st Edition; 320 pages. A tennis-based novel in which Janice plays at Wimbledon.
VG (front endpaper removed) £20.00 (approx $34.00) SOLD OUT

IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - WILLIAM T TILDEN. Methuen; 1922 1st Edition; 245 pages. This collection of short stories is one of the scarcer Tilden titles.
VG (spine faded, cover slightly discoloured) £50.00 (approx $85.00)

JENNIFER TAKES THE LEAD – MARJORIE W NEWMAN. Epworth Press; 1939 1^st Edition; 159 pages. Story set at Seaterton School in which Jennifer thrills the school when she wins the Inter-Schools Tennis Championships.
VG in edgeworn D/W which has internal repairs to 2 tears and minor surface damage £20.00 (approx $34.00) SOLD OUT


KILLER INSTINCT - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. Villard; 1997 1^st US Edition; 290 pages. The third novel by Navratilova in which Jordan Myles is again involved in murderous happenings in the world of tennis.
VG in VG D/W (2^nd Printing) £17.50 (approx $29.75)

LOVE AFFAIRS OF PIXIE - MRS GEORGE DE HORNE VAIZEY. Religious Tract Society; nd (?1915); 384 pages. Another in the series of books about Pixie O’Shaughnessy.
This copy has an attractive picture on the front board of a young lady descending the stairs with a tennis racket in her left hand. The first 142 pages have up to a  2” cut at the lower edge, although there is no loss; there is also a 1” cut to the bottom right corner of the front board £7.50 (approx $12.75)

LOVE MATCH - JANET QUIN-HARKIN. Sweet Dreams; 1988 UK Paperback Edition; 168 pages. A romantic novel based around tennis which is aimed at the teenage reader.
VG £2.50 (approx $4.25)

MATCH POINT - OWENITA SANDERLIN. Golden Press; 1979 1st US Paperback Edition; 213 pages. Children's novel in which Dori has to overcome her temper, impatience, tiredness and herself to win that last final point.
Good (covers creased) £10.00 (approx $17.00)   SOLD OUT

MATCH POINT FOR MURDER - KIN PLATT. Random House; 1975 1st US Edition; 185 pages. A Max Roper mystery in which murder calls set point!
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25) SOLD OUT


MEADOW-BROOK GIRLS ON THE TENNIS COURTS - JANET ALDRIDGE. Saalfield Pub Co; 1914 1st US Edition; 256 pages. An early tennis novel about the Meadow-Brook Girls who spend their summer vacation playing tennis.
VG £30.00 (approx $51.00)
1914 1st US Edition published by Henry Altemus; Covers soiled, cloth fraying to edges of boards/spine, binding cracked/worn at hinges £20.00 (approx $34.00)

MIXED DOUBLES - ANN PURSER. BCA; 1999 Edition; 316 pages. A tennis-based novel set in an English village. However there is a darker core of loneliness and deceit behind the enchanted exterior......
VG in VG D/W £12.50 (approx $21.25)


MIXED SINGLES - DOUGLAS WALLOP. Norton; 1977 1st US Edition; 185 pages. A novel about tennis and the havoc it can spread in middle-class suburbia.
VG in creased D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

MURDER AT THE TOKYO LAWN TENNIS CLUB - ROBERT J COLLINS. Yenbooks; 1994 1st US Paperback Edition; 240 pages. There has been a murder in the locker room of the Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club. Captain Tim Kawamura is sent on the trail of the racket-wielding murderer.
Mint £12.50 (approx $21.25)

NET - ILIE NASTASE. W H Allen; 1987 1st UK Edition; 254 pages. Nastase's second novel provides another thrilling glimpse into the real world of pro tennis.
VG in VG D/W (jacket faded at spine) £15.00 (approx $25.50)

OVERHEAD - JACK BICKHAM. Tor; 1991 1st US Edition; 344 pages. A tennis based thriller featuring ex pro Brad Smith the CIA and KGB and murder!
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

PAM PLAYS DOUBLES - JEAN MACGIBBON. Constable; 1962 1^st Edition; 144 pages. Pam Marsh goes to a large new school and finds that she is not the first-class tennis player she imagined herself to be.
VG in VG D/W (1.5" tear to lower front edge of D/W) £25.00 (approx $42.50)


PIGEON WITH THE TENNIS ELBOW - MATT CHRISTOPHER. Little Brown; 1975 1st US Edition; 116 pages. Kevin O'Toole, playing in a tennis tournament, meets a talking pigeon who turns out to be his great uncle and gives him tennis tips.
VG in edgeworn D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

PLAYERS - GARY BRANDNER. Severn House; 1997 1^st Hardback Edition; 272 pages. A novel based on Wimbledon reveals the behind-the-scenes lives of the players and their women. A story of love and sport, jealousy and greed, winners and losers.
Good  in Good D/W (ex library copy with usual inkstamps etc) £7.50 (approx $12.75) SOLD OUT

PLAYERS - JOHN DUIGAN. Headline; 1988 1st Paperback Edition; 447 pages. A novel which follows the Women's Tour to the Centre Court at Wimbledon and the private games which are played out behind the scenes.
VG £12.50 (approx $21.25)

PLAYING FOR LOVE - JILLY JOHNSON. Simon & Schuster; 1997 1^st Edition; 277 pages. A sexy novel set in the worlds of tennis and the theatre.
VG in VG D/W (ex library copy with ticket holder and usual inkstamps) £7.50 (approx $12.75)
Good (ex library copy with usual inkstamps, front endpaper removed, jacket laminated to the boards, bump to base of spine) £6.00 (approx $10.20)


POISON IN PLAY - NANCY SPAIN. Crime Book Society; 1945 1st Edition; 168 pages. A murder story centred around Wimbledon. Scarce.
Good (covers worn, spine faded) £22.50 (approx $38.25) SOLD OUT

PREDATOR - MALCOLM HAMER. Little Brown; 1995 1st Edition; 476 pages. A novel of power, corruption and the ruthless business of sports management - how far will Steven Shaw go? Action takes place at the US Open and Wimbledon and other major sporting events.
VG in edgeworn VG D/W with ink stamp on title page £12.50 (approx $21.25)

SATURDAY GAMES - BROWN MEGGS. Random House; 1974 1st US Edition; 178 pages. 'A sophisticated tale of murder both social and deadly' A tennis-based novel of murder and suspense.
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

SET POINT - MARK PORTER. Simon & Schuster; 1960 1st US Edition; 224 pages. A children's tennis-based novel from the Win Hadley Sport series.
VG (but pages browning at edges) in D/W (3 creases, edgetorn, 2 pieces totalling 2 square inching missing) £20.00 (approx $34.00)

SET TO KILL - ARTHUR MARX. Barricade Books; 1993 1st US Edition; 361 pages. A murder mystery set at a Beverley Hills Tennis club.
VG in VG D/W (spine of jacket faded) £25.00 (approx $42.50)

SPORTING RELATIONS - ROGER MCGOUGH & TERRY GILLIAM. Eyre Methuen; 1974 Softcover Edition; 64 pages. A collection of sporting poetry by Roger McGough, illustrated by Terry Gilliam. Includes the tennis poem Ping Pong.
VG (minor damage to base of spine) £5.00 (approx $8.50)

SPY IN THE DEUCE COURT - FRANK DEFORD. Putnam; 1986 1st US Edition; 284 pages. A thriller set on the women's tour, summed up by Pam Shriver as follows ' How can I get off the Tour in real life and get onto the Tour in Deford's book ?' !
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25) SOLD OUT

SUDDEN DEATH - RITA MAE BROWN. Bantam; 1983 1st US Edition; 241 pages. A novel based around a top lesbian tennis player and life on the women's pro tour. Any resemblance to living people is purely coincidental.
VG in VG D/W £25.00 (approx $42.50)

SUDDEN DEATH - RITA MAE BROWN. Bantam; 1988 US Paperback Edition; 241 pages. A novel based around a top lesbian tennis player and life on the women's pro tour. Any resemblance to living people is purely coincidental.
Mint £12.50 (approx $21.25)

SUDDEN DEATH - DAVID DELMAN. The Crime Club; 1972 1st US Edition; 174 pages. A murder mystery set amid the drama of the US Open at Forest Hills.
VG in VG D/W £25.00 (approx $42.50) SOLD OUT

TENNIS AND THE MEANING OF LIFE: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY OF THE GAME - EDITED BY JAY JENNINGS. Breakaway Books; 1995 1st US Edition; 335 pages. A collection of the best fiction and poetry on tennis. There is a great variety of styles and the stories are hilarious & sad, lyrical & profane, whimsical and philosophical.
VG in VG D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

TENNIS CHAMP - EVELYN LUNEMAN. Benefic Press; 1972 1st US Edition; 71 pages. Children's novel based on Mattie Clark and her tennis exploits and the difficult choice she has to make between pleasing her brother and father and doing what she believes is right.
VG (Ex library copy with usual ink stamps and ticket holder but in very nice condition) £20.00 (approx $34.00)

TENNIS MACHINE - HELEN HULL JACOBS. Scribners; 1972 1^st US Edition; 220 pages. The story of young Vicky Clifton and her bid for tennis stardom.
VG in VG D/W (ex library copy with ticket holder and usual inkstamps obliterated by black pen; spine of jacket faded) £15.00 (approx $25.50)


TENNIS PARTNER - ABRAHAM VERGHESE. Chatto & Windus; 1998 1st Edition; 345 pages. A doctor watches his young friend and student, a brilliant tennis player, destroy his life with cocaine.
Mint in Mint D/W £20.00 (approx $34.00)

TENNIS PARTY - MADELEINE WICKHAM. Black Swan; 1995 1st Softcover Edition; 240 pages. A novel based around a weekend tennis party. As the four couples gather there begins two days of tempers, shocks, revelations and the arrival of an uninvited guest.
Mint £7.50 (approx $12.75)
Good (light creasing to covers) £3.00 (approx $5.10)

TENNIS SHOES - NOEL STREATFEILD. Jane Nissen Books; 2001 Paperback Edition; 215 pages. Charming children's novel (first published in 1937) about an English family and their 4 children’s involvement in tennis.
Mint £10.00 (approx $17.00)


TENNIS TERM AT TREBIZON - ANNE DIGBY. Granada; 1983 Edition; 126 pages. A mystery novel with a tennis theme set in an English boarding school. Aimed at teenagers.
VG in VG D/W £7.50 (approx $12.75)

TENNIS TERM AT TREBIZON - ANNE DIGBY. Granada; 1985 Paperback Edition; 126 pages. A mystery novel with a tennis theme set in an English boarding school. Aimed at teenagers.
VG (rear cover creased) £2.50 (approx $4.25)
1987 Paperback Edition. VG £3.50 (approx $5.95)
1988 Puffin Paperback Edition. VG £3.50 (approx $5.95)

TIDDLING TENNIS THEOREM - ART HOPPE. Viking; 1977 1st US Edition; 182 pages. A humorous story based at an American tennis club which contains many interesting characters and the ploys they use to win.
VG in damaged D/W (small dents to rear board) £12.50 (approx $21.25)


TIE-BREAK - ILIE NASTASE. W H Allen; 1986 1st Edition; 273 pages. Ilie Nastase's first novel is a murder story. Gives an insight into life on the Grand Prix circuit.
VG in VG D/W £15.00 (approx $25.50)
1987 Star Paperback Edition; 384 pages. Good (groove cut into bottom of page edges) £2.50 (approx $4.25)

TIE-BREAK - ILIE NASTASE. Robert Laffont; 1985 1st French Softcover Edition; 307 pages. French language edition of Ilie Nastase's first novel. Gives an insight into life on the Grand Prix circuit.
VG (covers lightly creased) £12.50 (approx $21.25)

TIEBREAKER - JACK M BICKHAM. Tor; 1989 1st US Edition; 314 pages. A Brad Smith thriller set in the world of international tennis.
VG in VG D/W £22.50 (approx $38.25)

TOTAL ZONE - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. Hodder & Stoughton; 1994 1st UK Edition; 246 pages. Martina's first novel is a thriller based in the world of international professional tennis and uncovers a startling story of abuse, suicide and murder.
Mint in D/W but top corners of boards and dustwrapper bumped  SIGNED ‘MARTINA’ BY MARTINA NAVRATILOVA £40.00 (approx $68.00)
VG in lightly edgeworn D/W SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE ‘MARTINA’ BY MARTINA NAVRATILOVA £40.00 (approx $68.00)
   
Mint in Mint D/W £17.00 (approx $28.90)
VG in lightly edgeworn D/W (ex library copy in library binding with usual inkstamps/labels) £7.50 (approx $12.75)

TOTAL ZONE - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. Villard; 1994 1st US Edition (2nd Printing); 303 pages. Martina's first novel is a thriller based in the world of international professional tennis and uncovers a startling story of abuse, suicide and murder.
VG in edgeworn D/W (minor bump to top edge of front board) £10.00 (approx $17.00)

TOTAL ZONE - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. Brilliance Corporation; US Audio Tape. An audio book on 2 cassettes of Martina's first novel, a thriller based in the world of international professional tennis which uncovers a startling story of abuse, suicide and murder. Story is abridged with approximately 3 hours playing time.
Mint in manufacturers original unopened packaging £12.50 (approx $21.25)

TRAIL OF GLORY - LEROY SCOTT. Houghton Mifflin; 1926 (?1^st) US Edition; 206 pages. The story of Jerry MacAllister's rise to the tennis championship of the world. How can he reconcile the need to earn and living and maintain his standing as an amateur? Introduction by William Tilden, who says this is 'the greatest sport novel I have ever read'. Scarce.
VG in edgeworn D/W - small loss at ends of spine and to lower front edge of dustwrapper; minor insect damage to covers at spine £100.00 (approx $170.00)


WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING - ROSEMARY WELLS. Pan; 1986 Paperback Edition; 191 pages. A novel for teenagers in which a tragic chain of events threatens a 14 year old girl's promising tennis career.
VG (cover slightly marked) £5.00 (approx $8.50)

WHISTLING TOILETS - RANDY POWELL. Farrar Straus Geroux; 1996 1st US Edition; 243 pages. A tennis novel aimed at the teenage reader.
Mint in Mint D/W £15.00 (approx $25.50)

WIMBLEDON - RIDER MCDOWELL. Paperjacks; 1987 US Paperback Edition; 390 pages. A tennis-based novel in which James McLaren is tipped to win the Wimbledon tournament. However Russia's Aysop Chekow thinks otherwise and uses blackmail, drugs, torture and murder to further his cause....
VG £12.50 (approx $21.25) SOLD OUT

WIMBLEDON 2000 - IAIN JOHNSTONE. Heinemann; 1992 1st Edition; 405 pages. A novel about international tennis and the lives of twin brothers - can one of them win the 2000 Wimbledon men's singles final?
VG in VG D/W (mark to upper corner of front end paper) £12.50 (approx $21.25)


WIMBLEDON 2000 - IAIN JOHNSTONE. Heinemann; 1993 1^st Paperback Edition; 405 pages. A novel about international tennis and the lives of twin brothers - can one of them win the 2000 Wimbledon men's singles final?
VG (minor creasing upper edge of rear cover) £6.50 (approx $11.05)


WINNING – C S ADLER. Clarion Books; 1999 1^st US Edition; 156 pages. A novel aimed at younger teenagers in which Vicky discovers that she can shine at tennis. However tennis threatens to compromise her relationship with her best friend and she discovers that she my be expected to cheat on court.
Near Mint in Near Mint D/W £25.00 (approx $42.50)


WORLD CLASS - JANE & BURT BOYAR. Hodder & Stoughton; 1976 1^st UK Edition; 402 pages. A novel based around 10 of the best tennis players in the world, a band of brothers who know how to work, how to live and how to enjoy life.
VG in VG D/W £25.00 (approx $42.50) SOLD OUT