230 A rare film of the Davis Cup Challenge Round USA v Australia, Kooying, Melbourne, 28th to 30th December 1953,
original can of 16mm black and white cine reel with commentary by Harp McGuire and Lloyd Berell at the 1953 final, 49 minutes, 44 seconds, footage also includes a short history of the competition, concentrating on early players who represented Australasia, produced by Peter Whitchurch Productions, Birchgrove, NSW, Australia; sold together with a DVD copy (2) £300 - 500
231 A pair of Bill Tilden 227
instructional tennis films: two 16mm reels of black and white films with sound published by The New Official Films Inc. circa 1940,
the first titled BILL TILDEN’S TENNIS FOR BEGINNERS, the other BILL TILDEN’S ADVANCED TENNIS, both films with a running time of 10mins. 24secs., both films in original cans
226 A collection of racquet sports programmes,
comprising a good selection of lawn tennis mostly dating from the late 1940s to the 1970s including a fine selection of Wimbledon programmes as well as other tournaments held in England, Davis Cup, Queens etc.; also a good quantity of badminton including All England Championships in the 1960s and 70s; the lot also including small amounts of squash circa 1959-1966 and table tennis in the 1960s including copies of Table Tennis Review (a qty.) £200 - 300
227 A rare and long unbroken run of programmes for the English Open Table Tennis Championships 1936 to 1980, there were no Championships during the wartime period and there was no event held in 1966, plus later programmes form 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999 & 2001, many programmes have results written in, albeit very neatly, and are in the hand of the England international Ron Crayden, many years have full or part printed results, several have autographs, notably the 1947 issue which has over 30 signatures £60 - 90
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In the first film Tilden guides a young protege through the rudiments of the forehand, backhand and service strokes, giving demonstrations (often in slow motion) and sound verbal advice. The film appears to have been made at a club either on the West or Florida coasts of the USA, evident by the abundance of palm trees. In the second film Tilden relates advice on the net game, volley, smash and American twist serve. £300 - 500
228 A near-complete run of programmes for the World Table Tennis Championships for the period 1935 to 1969,
lacking only Prague in 1936, Paris in 1947 & Tokyo in 1956, some examples have been autographed, many years have full or part printed results
The core of this collection was assembled by Ron Crayden, the English international table tennis player and later non-playing captain, and have full or part printed results £60 - 80
229 Two Royal Box editions of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships programmes, for 2003 and 2006 £40 - 60
232 1981 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships 16mm Original Celluloid Film, (58mins) a production of Trans World International, brought to you with the compliments of Black and White Scotch Whiskey from the famous house of Buchanan. Commentator - Dan Maskell, Introduction and Observations - James Hunt
£100 - 150
233 Scaino (Antonio) Trattato Del Giuoco Della Palla,
the 1968 Italian facsimile edition of the first book on tennis, this copy numbered 17 of 500, half leather, marbled boards, slip case £80 - 120
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