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LAVER, ROD with WRITER, LARRY: : LONDON.ALLEN & UNWIN,2014

LONDON.ALLEN & UNWIN,2014.

ISBN 9781760111243.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.Originally and first published in Australia,2013 by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited.This is the uncommon first UK HB+dw/dj,1st edn.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain dark green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xviipp +1-398pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a foreword by Roger Federer, acknowledgements,acronyms,21 chapters,32pp b/w+colour autobiographical photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,between pp142/3 (all b/w) and pp238/9 (mixture of b/w+ colour) respectively,an index; plus [unpaginated] title page,and a dedication. The 1960s and '70s was an era of Australian tennis giants - Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle,Neale Fraser,Lew Hoad,John Newcombe,Ken Rosewall - but Rod Laver stood head and shoulders above them all. A diminutive,left-handed,red-headed country boy from Rockhampton,Rod Laver is one of Australia's greatest ever sporting champions and arguably the best tennis player the world has ever seen.He is the only male player to have won the Grand Slam - all four major titles in the same calendar year - in the Open era,and he is the only player to have won two Grand Slams.He was the dominant force in world tennis for almost two decades,playing and defeating some of the greatest players of the 20th century.Rod Laver writes vividly of his life,from the early days growing up in a Queensland country town,playing on makeshift backyard courts,to breaking into the amateur circuit and eventually the professional realm.He also writes movingly about the stroke he suffered in 1998,and of his beloved wife of more than 40 years, Mary,who died last year (2013) after a long illness.Rod Laver's memoir is a wonderfully nostalgic journey into Australia's sporting past,filled with anecdotes about the great players and great matches,set against the backdrop of a tennis world changing from rigid amateurism to the professional game we recognise today. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. Available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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