BALTZELL, E. Digby.

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Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. First edition, presentation copy from tennis star and international spy William J. Clothier II, inscribed on the dedication page: "To Anna & Eddie, Hope this furthers your interest in Tennis, warm personal regards, Bill Clothier". William Jr and his father, a former US singles champion, won a national father-son title twice."In his government work, [Clothier] was an FBI special agent in Peru, Cuba and Chile in World War II. He used his 1938 bachelor's degree in anthropology from Harvard as a cover. From 1952 to 1979, [he] was a CIA officer, gathering intelligence and aiding defectors" (New York Times obituary).

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