Angel Pavement, Priestley, JB., signed and dedicated to American tennis legend Helen Wills Moody, first edition 1931, William Heinemann Ltd, blue har
£100 - £150
Angel Pavement, Priestley, JB., signed and dedicated to American tennis legend Helen Wills Moody, first edition 1931, William Heinemann Ltd, blue hardcover, 613-page, signed in black ink on by the author JB Priestley with dedication to TO HELEN WILLS MOODY WITH J.B. PRIESTLEY'S BEST WISHES, JUNE 1933; sold together with a Christie's Tennis catalogue which included Helen Wills Moody collection, at South Kensington on 15th June 1999 and a selection of books and programmes relating to tennis and cricket, including The Queen's Club story 1886-1986, 50 years of Wimbledon 1877 to 1926 by Wallis Myers, Wimbledon Singles Draws 1877-2012 and Wimbledon Official history signed by John Barrett, a signed copy of Serious by John McEnroe, The West Side tennis club, A Terrible Splender by MJ Fisher, Daily Telegraph The Davis Cup Story, Lawn Tennis for club players by William T. Tilden, The Wimbledon final that never was by Sidney Wood, Wimbledon Ladies a centenary record 1884-1984 by A. Little and L. Tingay, Racket Sports Collectibles by Robert Everitt, 300 years of Mitcham Cricket by T. Higgs, The complete Who's Who of test cricketers by C. Martin-Jenkins, The best XI by Geoffrey Boycott, Surrey Association of Cricket Club handbook 1949; sold together with a selection of early rugby union match programmes and images, dating from 1950, comprising Royal Navy v The Army at Twickenham on 4th March 1950, four-page, bears vertical fold and annotation in ink; England v The Rest at Twickenham on 3rd January 1953, four-page; Semi-final County Championship Middlesex v Gloucestershire at Twickenham on 13th March 1954, four-page; Australia The Lions at Stadium Australia on 14th July 2001, 108-page, bears slight creasing; two 8 by 10in. b & w press photographs from the rugby fixture commemorating 75 years at Twickenham between England v RFU President's XV, featuring England's John Carleton tackling the RFU President's Avril Williams on the try line at Twickenham on 29th September 1984, each with with press stamp and annotation on reverse, (qty)