A group of ten volumes of lawn tennis, croquet and badminton magazines, large, heavy 4to (almost folio size) volumes of magazines, each volume is comp
£500 - £1,000
A group of ten volumes of lawn tennis, croquet and badminton magazines, large, heavy 4to (almost folio size) volumes of magazines, each volume is complete and in good condition, there are no pages missing, all are in hard boards, with a small number where the spine is present though a bit loose, the magazines contain a vast quantity of early results, match reports, national and international tournament reports, player profiles, racket sports orientated advertisements, rules updates and explanations, and much more, very well illustrated with many black and white photographs, the lot comprising: LAWN TENNIS & CROQUET: 1) volume V from April 25 1900 to April 3 1901, 520 pages 2 volume Vl no. 145 from Wednesday August 28 1901 to volume Vll no. 178 Wednesday September 17 1902, 476 pages 3) volume Vlll from November 4 1903 to April 5 1905, 516 pages 4) volume lX from April 20 1904 to April 5 1905, 518 pages; 5 & 6) bound as one large volume: AMATEUR SPORT ILLUSTRATED from February 20 1908 to October 1 1908, this volume containing a large range of sport reports featuring not only lawn tennis, but also hockey, rugby, football, badminton, lacrosse, motoring, golf, swimming, croquet, etc., 516 pages; and LAWN TENNIS & BADMINTON, volume 1 from February 20 1908 to October 1 1908, 796 pages; LAWN TENNIS & BADMINTON 6) volume 3 from November 4 1909 to October 6 1910, 608 pages 7) volume 4 from November 3 1910 to October 26 1911, 672 pages 8) volume 5 from November 2 1911 to October 31 1912, 844 pages, both boards are loose but present 9) volume no.1 from November 5 1914 to no.50 October 14 1915, 622 pages 10) volume from April 24 1919 to April 22 1920, 646 pages