An auction of Real and lawn tennis libraries and racquet sports collectibles will be taking place 24 June at WWW.EWBANKAUCTIONS.CO.UK.

Alan Chalmers and John Shneerson, the most recent winners of the USCTA George Plimpton award for excellence in Tennis literature, have consigned their considerable collections to Ewbank Auctions.

The online preview is now available on this click link: 24-06-2025 | Tennis Memorabilia Auction.

The online catalogue will be available in mid-June. Lists and photographs are available from [email protected].

**Library:

275 beautiful condition Lawn Tennis books, autographed by 194 authors, with 47 Wimbledon Champions: Agassi, Ashe, Barty, Becker, Betz, Borg, Borotra, Budge, Cash, Cochet, Connors, Court, Drobny, Edberg, Evert, Fraser, Gibson, Godfree, Goolagong, Hart, Hoad, Jacobs, King, Kodes, Kramer, Lacoste, Laver, Marble, McEnroe, Mortimer, Murray, Nadal, Navratilova, Newcombe, Patty, Perry, Riggs, Sampras, Santana, Sedgman, Seixas, Sharapova, Tilden, Trabert, Wade, S Williams, V Williams, Wills; PLUS: Plus Amritraj, Austin, Barker, Bellamy, Brugnon, Buxton, Casals, Chang, Clerici, Dokic, Drysdale, Forbes, Gonzales, Hewitt, Hopman, Jaeger, Lewis, Mandlikova, Menzel, Mottram, Mulloy, Nastase, Nuthall, Palfrey, Pericoli, Rafter, Ralston, Rosewall, Sangster, Segal, Segura, Seles, Shriver, Stolle, Sukova, Talbert, Tanner, Tauziat, Truman, Vilas; plus many famous tennis journalists & tennis officials.

**Library:

80+ Real Tennis books from 1701 to 2024. These include “Memoires de Monsieur Le Marquis de Montbrun” 1701, “Lettera Intorno Alla Sferistica” by Quadrio 1751, “Art du Paumier Raquetier, et de la Paume” by de Garsault 1767, “Paumier” 1767 by Diderot, “Games and Sports” 1837 by Walker, “The Tiny Lawn Tennis Club” 1883 by Mary Anne Cruse, “Paris Sportif” 1896 by Crafty, “J E Barre” Mezzotint 1903; “Racquet & Tennis Club” 2006 by de St Jorre, plus great books by Aberdare, Best, Bruce, Chapus, Garnett, Howell, Lukin, Morgan, Potter, Ronaldson, Scaino, Shneerson, Strutt, Travers, Wade.

**Unsigned:

Late 19th C. books on Croquet, Archery, Lawn Tennis coaching by Peile & Dwight; great lady players including Hart, Alvarez, Lambert-Chambers, Godfree, Tennant, Wills; early Lawn Tennis books from Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain; 20th C. books on umpiring; books by or about Suzanne Lenglen with early signed photograph. Tilden’s “Me The Handicap” 1929 in rare dustwrapper.

**Rackets:

Including early Boris Becker used tennis racket with photo confirming ownership, a lovely 1950s Gray’s Real Tennis racket with Harrods logo, modern unused strung rackets from RTC (New York) & Chicago; quantity of miniature Lawn Tennis rackets.

**Folios:

Containing signed photos & slips of 41 Wimbledon Champions and Runners-up; 4 Savoy Hotel Wimbledon Championships dinner menus signed by Navratilova/Ashe, Graf/Agassi, Hingis/Sampras, Davenport/Sampras; a San Lorenzo dinner menu beautifully inscribed, dated and signed by Jana Novotna on 4 July 1998, her Championship day; signed handwritten letters to Lady Wavertree in reply to her invitations to her 1920s Tennis gala by Prince Edward (later Edward Vlll), Prince Arthur of Connaught, Princess Alexandra, and original group photo captioned.

**Tennis Theme Objects:

Tall silver-plate goblet on crossed rackets, teaspoons, ceramic plates, 31 Halcyon Days and other manufacturer ceramic lidded pots, tennis cufflinks, rare 19th C. tennis ceramic cups, Barton silver ashtray; framed reproduction of Edith Hayllar’s “A Summer Shower”.

**Wimbledon:

Rare late edition programmes 1925 to 1946, 13 in total; complete run of Wimbledon final edition programmes from 1946 to 2024 and all middle Sunday editions; metal staff badges, Wimbledon glasses & decanter, press bags, 1936 Wimbledon umpire’s medal, 30+ Wimbledon annual dated mugs, 1926 Wimbledon celebration medal; teaspoons, car clock, pens.