Lot 1309 , Dwight, James - Lawn Tennis, green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, 8vo, ink ownership inscription to title head, 8pp. of adverts at end, floral printed end papers, Wright & Ditson, Boston, [1887].

° Dwight, James - Lawn Tennis, green pictorial cloth with gilt lettering, 8vo, ink ownership inscription to title head, 8pp. of adverts at end, floral printed end papers, Wright & Ditson, Boston, [1887]. Note. James Dwight (1852-1917) is often called the "Founding Father of American Tennis. Dwight won the first recorded tournament in the U.S. in August 1876 on the property of his uncle, William Appleton, at Nahant, MA. Dwight was later among the founders of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association and served as its president for two decades. Scarce.
£100-150