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ALLISON DANZIG

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ALLISON DANZIG
The Racquet Game. New York: Macmillan, 1930. 8vo., plates, one folding, original brown cloth (spine split). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY from the author (front free endpaper inscribed "To Fred (what a man) Hawthorne, From your squash friend, Al"); a proof copy of The Racquet Game presented to the author by Macmillan publishers, unbound, edges uncut; a letter of authenticity; and a collection of thirty-nine signed letters, addressed to Allison Danzig between 1929 and 1930, from prominent racquet sport players and clubs, used by Danzig in his research for The Racquet Game. (4)
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Lot Essay

The above copy of The Racquet Game was presented to Fred Hawthorne of The New York Herald Tribune. The collection of signed letters include those from Charles Williams (World Racquets Champion, 1911-13 and 1929), Clarence Pell (American National Racquets Champion, 1915-28, excluding 1916, 1923 and 1926), Quincy A. Shaw, Stanley Gafton Mortimer, John W. Prentiss (first President of the National Squash Tennis Association), George Standing and Henry Clarke (Chairman, Tennis and Racquets Club of Boston).

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