LENGLEN (SUZANNE) -- An autograph in pencil (6in. across the page) on one sheet of an autograph album, sm. oblong 4to, also including 'The American Davis Cup Team Wimbledon, July 16th 1920', 5 autographs (W.W. Johnston, Charles Garland, R.N. Williams, Samuel Hardy, W.J. Tilden) all on one page with a small mounted photograph of the team; 'The English Davis Cup Team', 5 autographs on one page with a small mounted photograph; individual autographs of Tilden, A.W. Gore with post-card, Mabel Parton with post-card and other tennis stars, contemporary green straight-grained morocco (spine worn).

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LENGLEN (SUZANNE) -- An autograph in pencil (6in. across the page) on one sheet of an autograph album, sm. oblong 4to, also including 'The American Davis Cup Team Wimbledon, July 16th 1920', 5 autographs (W.W. Johnston, Charles Garland, R.N. Williams, Samuel Hardy, W.J. Tilden) all on one page with a small mounted photograph of the team; 'The English Davis Cup Team', 5 autographs on one page with a small mounted photograph; individual autographs of Tilden, A.W. Gore with post-card, Mabel Parton with post-card and other tennis stars, contemporary green straight-grained morocco (spine worn).

Lot Essay

Most though not all the autographs appear to have been obtained in 1920-21. The album also includes some non-tennis personalities: Harold J. Laski, Walter de la Mare, Hugh Walpole, J. Forbes-Robertson and others.

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