Book: 'Lawn Tennis'. 270 pages. Hardcover. Edition uncertain (copyrighted 1925). Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'The Annals of Tennis'. 226 pages. Hardcover. Edition uncertain. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'Lawn Tennis'. 94 pages. Hardcover. Edition uncertain (Copyrighted 1885). Inscription on front endpaper states: 'M.WHITNEY 1886'. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'Lawn Tennis'. 92 pages. Hardcover. Edition uncertain (Copyrighted 1886) Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'Bedside Tennis'. 89 pages. Hardcover. Edition uncertain. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'Home! The Evonne Goolagong Story'. 400 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Edition uncertain (first published 1993). Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'Lawn Tennis'. 105 pages. Hardcover. 1887 Edition. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboardtennis

Book: 'Lawn Tennis'. 86 pages. Softcover. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Book: 'The Playing Rules of Lawn Tennis'. 51 pages. Softcover. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Book: 'The History and Rules of Lawn Tennis'. 12 pages. Booklet with stapled spine. Materials: Paper, Inktennis

Book: 'The games of Lawn Tennis and Badminton'. 29 pages. Hardcover. Edition uncertain. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Clothtennis

A vellum battledore or paddle, wood framed with lacquered wood handle. Leather with scalloped edging around head and tan leather collar tacked around throat. Paper Sotheby's labelled attached to handle stating: (Lot) '246' and '18 July 2001'. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Leather, Paper, Vellum, Stringtennis

A vellum battledore, wood framed with lacquered wood handle. Gilt writing on throat states 'Hamley' and on reverse '6' (indicating a size 6, the largest of battledore sizes). Label on vellum states :'WARRANTED BEST VELLUM'. Has a metal ring attached to butt. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Leather, Vellumtennis

A wood fretwork paddle. Handle reinforced on both sides with fretwork panels attached with small screws. Materials: Wood, Metaltennis

An early strung table or indoor tennis racquet, with handle covered with brown velvet and green fringed trim. Materials: Wood, Metal, Gut, Velvet, Cloth, Threadtennis

An early strung table tennis racquet, with handle covered with blue velvet and gold trim. Materials: Wood, Metal, Gut, Velvet, Cloth, Threadtennis

A vellum paddle, wood framed with lacquered wood handle. Leather around edge of head and string whipping around throat. Stamp on vellum features bulldog trademark. Impressed into wood handle are words: 'THE CLUB' and an illegible brand name. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Leather, Vellum, Stringtennis

An F.H. Ayres vellum drum paddle, wood frame and handle. Gilt printing on throat states 'F.H. AYRES / LONDON'. Handwritten on vellum: ''LEWIS MURRAY - R'GLEN' and on reverse: 'LEWIS MURRAY/ COMMERAINE BANK HOUSE R'GLEN'. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Leather, Vellum, Inktennis

Large shuttlecock with natural feathers and weight covered with hide, velvet and cloth tape. Materials: Velvet, Bird feather, Leather, Cloth tape, Gluetennis

Two part object. Two identical shuttlecocks, one used (.1) , one unused (.2). Both have natural white feathers, and orange rubber weight with cloth tape strip. Materials: Rubber, Bird feather, Cloth tape, Gluetennis

A Slazenger (UK) 'Lawn Tennis Ball' box. Printed on lid: 'MADE ENTIRELY IN ENGLAND / OFFICIALLY AUTHORISED BY THE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION'. On lid, front and rear of box is printed: '1938'. Colour advertisement adhered to underside of lid. Contains six unbranded white balls, probably original. Inscribed in pencil 'Dudley Howard Pratt' and 'WHP Adams'. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Paper, Rubber, Wooltennis

A box of Dunlop (U.K.) 'Fort' tennis balls, containing all six original balls. Printed on box ' LTA OFFICIAL TENNIS BALL'. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Rubber, Synthetic material, Wooltennis

An empty Wright & Ditson (USA) 'Championship' lawn tennis balls box. Patents listed on box: pat No 1146523 (1915); Pat No 1566974 (1925) and Pat No 1593211 (1926). Materials: Cardboard, Inktennis

A box of Dunlop (U.K.) 'Warwick' tennis balls, containing four of six original balls and two unbranded but similar balls. Seal label states '1967'. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Rubber, Synthetic material, Wooltennis

A brown unbranded box of six tennis balls. Each ball is cream and stencilled with 'DEAC'. Materials: Cardboard, Felt, Rubbertennis

A Slazenger (UK) 'Permacore Pressureless Yellow' tennis balls box. Contains all three original balls. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Rubber, Synthetic materialtennis

A Spalding-branded box containing twelve Spalding 'Davis Cup Standard' tennis balls. All ball are unbranded. Materials: Ink, Rubber, Cardboard, Felttennis

A brown unbranded box of six tennis balls. Each ball is white, printed with an 'R' logo and wrapped in piece of waxed paper. Adhesive label on base of box states: 'HARRODS/ Z6 65/ 6/6DZ'. Materials: Cardboard, Felt, Rubber, Adhesive label, Ink, Paper, Waxtennis

A Slazenger (UK) 'Nylon-Armoured Tennis Balls' box. Printing on lid in French refers to '1962'. Contains all four original balls. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Paper, Rubber, Wool, Synthetic materialtennis

An empty Slazenger (UK) 'Permacore' tennis balls box. Materials: Ink, Cardboardtennis