DeAlfonce Tennis: The Superlative Game of Eccentric Champions; Its History, Accoutrements, Rules, Conduct and Regimen

by J. P Donleavy

$20 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1984 . 8vo, xxi, 223 pp. Light blue boards, crimson dust-jacket, portrait of the author on the lower cover, as new. § First UK edition, a better printed book than the smaller US edition. The dust-jacket portrait is not present on the US d/j.James Patrick Donleavy born April 23, 1926 New York City is an Irish American author, born to Irish immigrants. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II after which he

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