Collection of tennis memorabilia relating to Phyllis Covell, circa 1920s, comprising white/cream Great Britain Wightman Cup captain's blazer, 1929, w
£500 - £600
Collection of tennis memorabilia relating to Phyllis Covell, circa 1920s, comprising white/cream Great Britain Wightman Cup captain's blazer, 1929, wool three button blazer embroidered with Great Britain flag and 1929 on the breast pocket, bears hand written in black ink name badge inside MRS. COVELL, no size or inner label, slightly discoloured not brilliant white, bears minor stitch repair under right armpit, with few minor holes; sold together with books and magazine which related to Mrs Phyllis Covell including Wimbledon Who's Who and tennis celebrities, by Ed. J Burrow & Co. Ltd, published for Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd, 154-page with cover; Better Tennis, by Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss, 1933, hardback with d/j, 128-page, damage to d/j with pencil annotations; The Encyclopaedia of Lawn Tennis complied by Brady Maurice, introduction by Seixas, Vic, 1958, hardback with d/j, 179-page, damage to d/j, foxing apparent on pages; Learning Lawn Tennis by Nuthall, Betty, blue hardback, first printing 1928, 240-page, bears foxing to pages; Mid-Week Pictorial, vol.xxx, no.1, August 24th 1929, features Miss Betty Nuthall and Miss Helen Wills on the front cover, bears wear and damage to spine and page edges, (6)