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Tennis novel.- Lenglen (Suzanne) The Love Game. Being the Life-Story of Marcelle Penrose, first

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Tennis novel.- Lenglen (Suzanne) The Love Game. Being the Life-Story of Marcelle Penrose, first

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NO RESERVE Tennis novel.- Lenglen (Suzanne) The Love Game. Being the Life-Story of Marcelle Penrose, first edition, foxing, heaviest to first and last few ff., browning to endpapers, pencil ownership inscription, original cloth, very light fading to spine, some light rubbing to extremities but a sharp copy generally, 1925; and Lenglen's book on Lawn Tennis, 8vo (2)

⁂ The second book and only novel by the inaugural women's no.1 tennis campion. Lenglen won 8 Grand Slam titles, 6 of which were at Wimbledon. The novel is a romance set in the world of professional tennis.

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Tennis novel.- Lenglen (Suzanne) The Love Game. Being the Life-Story of Marcelle Penrose, first

Name: Tennis novel.- Lenglen (Suzanne) The Love Game. Being the Life-Story of Marcelle Penrose, first
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