Stanley Doust (21 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition undated paperback. Light wear to covers and spine with tan to pages. Good clean pocket paperback.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A soft cover non-fiction in very good condition. Contains diagrams and black & white illustrations. Pages remain remarkably clean and fresh, with no markings. The cover is well-preserved. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with a noticeable tear to the top right corner on the back.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A soft cover non-fiction in very good condition. Contains diagrams and black & white illustrations. Pages remain remarkably clean and fresh, with no markings. The cover is well-preserved. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with a noticeable tear to the top right corner on the back.…

Condition: Very Good. 1939. Paperback. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing some shelf wear, remains a nice copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1939. Paperback. Good clean copy. Covers and page edges showing some shelf wear, remains a nice copy. . . . .

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Undated (circa 1930s). 96pp. 4 black and white photographic plates. Green light card covers; black titles on front and spine; publisher's adverts to the rear. 16mo. Very light chipping to edges. Text block edges lightly tanned. Pages are lightly age toned, otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has moderate shelf wear with tears at the rear and fore edge. A delightful little book on mastering the game of lawn tennis, including singles and doubles, tactics, footwork and anticipation and rules of the game.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Original Wraps. First (?) Edition. 92 pages, 4 photos and other illustrations, dust jacket has a 2 inch tear on spine and is rubbed on edges.

"Foulsham's Sports Library." Minimally "illustrated from action photographs" with in-text diagrams. Original black lettered and decorated (net and racket vignette) green card wrappers, now severely faded at margins and spine; spine and corners creased; evidence of dampstaining to lower spine, not affecting contents. Text much age-toned, yet clean and tight. Very good. (NB - Based on the Fry and Doust's Lawn Tennis ., but with new Part Two by Mary Hardwick, replacing the Joan Fry section, and with the addition of an appendix.).…

Paperback. Condition: Good (+). Foxing throughout the book. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A clean very tight copy with unmarked boards,tiny nicks to top edge of three adjacent pages and no bumping to corners. 88pp. The book is divided into three sections, Part 1 by Stanley Doust on How to Master the Strokes. Part 2 by Joan Fry covers experience, beginning, strokes, the lob and the volley. Finally there is a detailed section on the Rules of the Game dated 1925. Black & white photos of action shots of tennis stars, Molle Suzanne Lenglen, J Borotra, OGN Turnbull, Miss Helen Wills, Miss EL Colyer, Miss Kitty McKane, Rene Lacoste and ARF Kinscote, all 1920s stars. Undated ca 1920s. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 6.25 x 4 inches. …

Slim Hardcover. Scuffed. Good.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. not dated but probably 1930s, green card wrappers, illustrated, 92 pages plus illustrations and advts, some browning to paper but otherwise sound copy. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: vg+. vg+ W Foulsham & Co Ltd 1939? edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Paperback. Undated. With dust jacket.

Reprint. 'Wartime reprint' on dust jacket spine; slight wear at foot of dj spine. Used - Very Good. VG paperback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG paperback in VG dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition hardcover book. An ex-library copy with the usual amount of stamps. Includes a dust jacket with light wear. Internal contents are lightly and uniformly tanned. A sturdy copy. …

Decorative Boards. No Jacket. First Edition. Book is very good some old price tag marks to front cover, illustrated throughout with action shots of 1930/40's tennis champions. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Good Pc DW. 1st Edition. Pictorial boards, with green cloth spine. Fading / marks along top edge and to spine. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped and is in only good (that is, fair or average) condition with major signs of wear and/or age.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. VG+ DW. Not dated but about 1945. Green card covers with black lettering to spine and front cover. Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

Foulsham Sports Library series. 16cms x 10cms. Pp.89/7(ads), 8 b/w photo plates showing leading tennis players of the day (Suzanne Lenglen; J.Borotra; O.G.N.Turnbull; Helen Wills-Moody; Mrs Hamish Munro; Mrs L.A.Godfree; Rene Lacoste;and A.R.F.Kingscote) demonstrating strokes, some figure illustrations, some spotting mainly to prelims and ads pages but the lower page corners are foxed to the corner tips. Pbk. G+.…

Foulsham's Sports Library series. 15.5cms x 10cms x 1cm. Pp.92/(publishers catalogue), 4 black & white photo plates + 7 figure illustrations. Green stiff card with green and wihite dustwrapper which has chipping to top and tail of spine and 2cm closed tear to top rear edge. VG/G+.

London, (1926) 16mo br. pp. 88 con 8 tav. fot.