Tennis Collectables

Autographed Books

The following books have all been signed by players or authors. This section has been subdivided into Books Signed By Players (listed in alphabetic order of player surname) and Books Signed By Author (listed in alphabetic order of title). For other autographed items see Autographed Items and Autographed Pictures within the Collectables section.

All books are British hardback editions without dustwrapper (D/W) unless otherwise stated. A description of the condition of each book is given using the following terms/abbreviations:
Mint - as new; VG - very good condition; Good - obviously used but complete with no major faults; Ex library - from a public or school library and may contain the occasional stamp or label but in many cases this is the only indication.

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BOOKS SIGNED BY PLAYERS
MANSOUR BAHRAMI
THE COURT JESTER: MY STORY – MANSOUR BAHRAMI. TennisMania Trust; 2009 1^st English Edition; 185 pages. The story of Mansour Bahrami’s extraordinary life from childhood in Tehran to leading player (and showman) on the Seniors Circuit. B&W photos.
Mint SIGNED BY MANSOUR BAHRAMI ON HALF-TITLE PAGE £35.00 (approx $59.50)
   

BJORN BORG
BJORN BORG MY LIFE AND GAME - GENE SCOTT. Sidgwick & Jackson; 1980 1^st Edition; 171 pages. Borg's story of his life in tennis with some chapters on instruction and strategy. B&W photographs throughout.
VG in VG D/W MAGAZINE PHOTO OF BORG HOLDING WIMBLEDON TROPHY PASTED ONTO TITLE PAGE – PICTURE SIGNED BY BJORN BORG £45.00 (approx $76.50)
   

PAT CASH
UNCOVERED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAT CASH - PAT CASH. Greenwater; 2002 1^st Edition; 333 pages. Pat Cash's controversial autobiography. 16 pages of photos.
Mint in Mint D/W SIGNED BY PAT CASH £35.00 (approx $59.50)
   

JIMMY CONNORS
DON'T COUNT YOURSELF OUT: STAYING FIT AFTER 35 - JIMMY CONNORS & NEIL GORDON.  Hyperion; 1992 1^st US Edition; 246 pages. Jimmy Connors reveals the daily exercise programme that kept him at the top for so long. Suitable for everyone from the professional athlete to the average over-30.
Near Mint in lightly edgeworn D/W INSCRIBED 'MATT, BEST ALWAYS, JIMMY CONNORS' £40.00 (approx $68.00)
       

KITTY GODFREE
KITTY GODFREE: LADY OF A GOLDEN AGE - GEOFFREY GREEN. Kingswood; 1987 1st Edition; 129 pages. Biography of Britains Wimbledon Ladies Champion of 1924 and 1926.
VG in VG D/W SIGNED 'KITTY GODFREE 1991' £50.00 (approx $85.00)
   

JOHN MCENROE
SERIOUS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY - JOHN MCENROE. Little Brown; 2002 Reprint Edition; 346 pages. John McEnroe's revealing autobiography. 16 pages of photographs.
Mint in Mint D/W SIGNED BY JOHN MCENROE £45.00 (approx $76.50)
   

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
TOTAL ZONE - MARTINA NAVRATILOVA & LIZ NICKLES. Hodder & Stoughton; 1994 1st UK Edition; 246 pages. Martina's first novel is a thriller based in the world of international professional tennis and uncovers a startling story of abuse, suicide and murder.
Mint in D/W but top corners of boards and dustwrapper bumped  SIGNED ‘MARTINA’ BY MARTINA NAVRATILOVA £40.00 (approx $68.00)
VG in lightly edgeworn D/W SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE ‘MARTINA’ BY MARTINA NAVRATILOVA £40.00 (approx $68.00)
   

PAM SHRIVER
PASSING SHOTS: PAM SHRIVER ON TOUR - PAM SHRIVER, FRANK DEFORD & SUSAN ADAMS.  McGraw Hill; 1987 1st US Edition; 211 pages. Pam Shriver's candid record of her life on and off the court in 1985.
VG in VG D/W      SIGNED BY PAM SHRIVER £30.00 (approx $51.00)
 

WILLIAM TILDEN
ACES, PLACES AND FAULTS - WILLIAM T TILDEN. Robert Hale; 1938 1st Edition; 304 pages. Biographical details of the early part of Tilden's career together with sections containing his views on women's tennis, the characters of the game and the famous people he met through his tennis. This book is increasingly difficult to obtain.
VG in extremely scarce D/W (small loss & tears to edges of jacket) This copy has been signed on the front endpaper by Bill Tilden - SIGNED ‘TO DICK, WITH THANKS FOR MANY PLEASANT TIMES, SINCERELY BILL, Wm T TILDEN 2^nd, CANNES, AUGUST 27, 38' £300.00 (approx $510.00)
   

MY STORY: A CHAMPION'S MEMOIRS - WILLIAM T TILDEN. Hellman Williams; 1948 1^st US Edition; 336 pages. Written at the end of his career, Bill Tilden recalls his lifetime in tennis in this scarce book. 40 photos.
VG (light edgewear to covers) BOOK IS INSCRIBED ‘PROPERTY OF MARY & CHARLES HARE’ who were both top ranked British players of the 1930s and 1940s £75.00 (approx $127.50)
   

CHRISTINE TRUMAN
TENNIS TODAY - CHRISTINE TRUMAN. Arthur Barker; 1961 1st Edition; 119 pages. Autobiography of the British player who went on to be a Wimbledon finalist and is now a well known BBC Radio commentator. Many photographs.
Good in edgeworn D/W (some loss to ends of spine) PASTED TO TITLE PAGE IS WHITE CARD SIGNED 'BEST WISHES CHRISTINE TRUMAN' £20.00 (approx $34.00)
   

VIRGINIA WADE
LADIES OF THE COURT - VIRGINIA WADE WITH JEAN RAFFERTY. Pavilion; 1984 1st Edition; 192 pages. Celebration of a century of women at Wimbledon with a look at all the characters of the womens game. Lavishly illustrated.
VG in VG D/W (upper edge of boards lightly faded) WHITE CARD SIGNED ‘BEST WISHES, VIRGINIA WADE’ PASTED TO HALF TITLE PAGE £30.00
   

BOOKS SIGNED BY AUTHORS

Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack 1950. 336 pages (cover creased) signed on title page ‘With best wishes Pat Hughes) £25.00 (approx $42.50)

GALLERY OF CHAMPIONS - HELEN HULL JACOBS. Alvin Redman; 1951 1st UK Edition; 224 pages. 15 chapters on the greats of the women's game - Lenglen, Wills, Sperling, Marble, Round, Mallory, Betz, Mathieu, Aussem. Palfrey, Lizana, Brough, Osborne, Nuthall, Scriven.
Good in very worn/torn/repaired D/W (front flap of D/W missing) BOOK SIGNED ON FRONT ENDPAPER BY VETERAN BBC COMMENTATOR MAX ROBERTSON;  MAX ROBERTSON’S BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN £20.00
       

GOLDEN BOY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LEW HOAD A TENNIS LEGEND - LARRY HODGSON & DUDLEY JONES. DSM; 2001 1^st Softcover Edition; 242 pages. Excellent biography of Australian tennis legend Lew Hoad. Looks at his incredible on-court feats plus the colourful and dramatic events off-court. 32 pages of b&w photographs.
VG  INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY LARRY HODGSON & DUDLEY JONES £20.00 (approx S34.00)


GREATEST TENNIS MATCHES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY - STEVE FLINK WITH FOREWORD BY CHRIS EVERT. Rutledge; 1999 1^st US Edition; 277 pages. The author presents his selection of 30 greatest tennis matches from Lenglen v Wills at Cannes in 1926 to Hingis v Graf at French Open in 1999. Includes matches featuring Tilden, Perry, Budge, Connolly, Hoad, Gonzales, Bueno, King, Laver, Nastase, Evert, Navratilova, McEnroe, Lendl, Edberg, Seles, Becker and Sampras. Each match is analysed with a prologue and epilogue. Many photos.
Near Mint in Near Mint D/W SIGNED ‘BEST WISHES STEVE FLINK’ £30.00 (approx $51.00)
 

IVAN LENDL'S POWER TENNIS - IVAN LENDL & EUGENE SCOTT. Stanley Paul; 1983 1^st Softcover Edition; 120 pages. Lendl reveals the techniques that made him World Number 1. Many photos of Lendl.
VG SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY VETERAN BBC COMMENTATOR MAX ROBERTSON £15.00 (approx $25.50)
   

MCENROE: TAMING THE TALENT - RICHARD EVANS. Bloomsbury; 1990 1^st Edition;  216 pages. An update of the authorised biography of John McEnroe.
VG in VG D/W SIGNED BY RICHARD EVANS  ‘TO DUDLEY, WITH VERY BEST REGARDS, RICHARD, ROLAND GARROS 1990’ £30.00 (approx $51.00)

MY LIFE WITH THE PROS - BUD COLLINS. Dutton; 1990 1st US Softcover Edition; 368 pages. Anecdote filled history of the professional game and its players past and present by one of America's most popular sportscasters and writers.
VG (crease to corner of cover) CONTAINS LETTER INSCRIBED 'TO HELEN, THANKS FOR READING AND LISTENING. BEST WISHES BUD COLLINS, 23-6-98' £20.00 (approx $34.00)

OFF THE RACKET: TENNIS HIGHLIGHTS & LOWDOWNS - PHILIP B HAWK. American Lawn Tennis; 1937 1^st US Edition; 391 pages. A highly readable and entertaining book. It is the author's personal recollections of tennis from its early days through to the 1930s, containing numerous anecdotes on the leading personalities of the time. Many illustrations both photographic and cartoons. Scarce.
VG (some wrinkling to cloth of rear cover probably caused by water; there is some very minor wrinkling to the last 50 pages; otherwise book is in lovely clean condition) SIGNED ON FRONT ENDPAPER BY PHILIP B HAWK £125.00 (approx $212.50)
   

SHORT HISTORY OF COLSTON LAWN TENNIS CLUB, BROADWELL OXFORDSHIRE – DAVID OAKEY. David Oakey; 1982 1^st Softcover Edition; 74 pages. A history of the Colston Lawn Tennis Club in Oxfordshire from 1896 to 1980. A fascinating glimpse into the history of tennis from the early sedate game to more recent times when Tim Henman played matches at Colston as a junior. Many b&w photos.
VG SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY DAVID OAKEY £12.50 (approx $21.25)


TENNIS A CUT ABOVE THE REST - CHRIS RONALDSON. Ronaldson Pubs; 1985 1^st Edition; 175 pages. A coaching book on real tennis aimed at both the beginner and experienced player. The final section of the book includes the author’s reminiscences of tournaments that he has played throughout the world.
VG in VG D/W (previous owner bookplate) SIGNED ON FRONT ENDPAPER ‘WITH VERY BEST WISHES FROM CHRIS RONALDSON, 14/4/85’ £40.00 (approx $68.00)

TOUGH DRAW: THE PATH TO TENNIS GLORY - ELIOT BERRY. Henry Holt; 1992 1st US Edition; 320 pages. Berry follows the pro circuit during 1990 & 1991 and records his impressions of the top players - Agassi, Graf, Becker, Connors, Capriati, Edberg, Navratilova etc.
VG in VG D/W INSCRIBED 'FOR LARRY WHOSE GOOD SPIRIT WAS SO NICE TO BE AROUND ELIOT BERRY' £35.00 (approx $59.50)