Rod Laver

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Macmillan (Pan Macmillan), 2013. xvii, + 398pp., plus 2 x 16 page, unpaginated b/white and colour photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Signed by Rod Laver on title page, faint tanning to edges, else leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket has a short closed tear… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Triumph Books, 2016. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xviii, 398 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Foreword by Roger Federer. Index (by Sue Jarvis). Signed by the author on the title page. Edge soiling. Minor DJ wear. Rodney George Laver AC MBE (born 9 August 1938) is an Australian former tennis player.… Read more about this item

London: Allen & Unwin, 2013. First edition of Laver's autobiography. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Roger Best wishes Rod Laver 62, 69." The dates 1962 and 1969 denote the two years Laver won all four grand slams. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Mark Thacker. Rod Laver's memoir… Read more about this item

MacMillan, Sydney, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. =. inc. photos, notes, index, previous name on title page, minimal to none shelf-wear, dj not price clipped, in protective cover, a very nice copy. Size: Octavo . 398 pages. SUBTITLE Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Tennis &… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Macmillan, 2013. xvii, + 398pp., plus 2 x 16 page photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards very good+. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edge-creased only. From the jacket flap; "Rod Laver's memoir is the inspiring story of how a diminutive, left-handed, red-headed country boy from Rockhampton became one of Australia's… Read more about this item

Pan Macmillan, Australia, 2013. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. 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… Read more about this item

Chicago: Triumph Books, 2016. Nice copy. Inscribed briefly and signed by Rod Laver on title page. Unmarked, tight and square. Author was the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles. Very shallow dampstain at bottom of last 10 pages through rear pastedown. Crisp, unread copy. Scarce signed. In mylar.… Read more about this item