ADVERTISEMENT: COURT TENNIS books are few and far between. In some 600 years of the game's existence, there are fewer than 100 titles in English, French, Italian, and Dutch. This compares with some 2500 titles in Lawn Tennis. Court Tennis books are generally hotly collected. Most are in short print runs of a high quality, usually 500 or fewer copies, which fact makes them even more difficult to locate. As so few people play the game, and as meaningful collections take so long to accumulate, libraries of Court Tennis books tend to be passed on from generation to generation, rather than coming onto the open market.  Alan Chalmers (The Tennis Bookshop) has been offering a low profile service for collectors of racket sports for 15 years (Court Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets/Racquets, Squash Rackets, Longue Paume, Pelota, Fives). If you are interested to know more about what is available in this fascinating sector of the book collecting market, Alan has a web site: www.tennisbookshop.com .   Email him at alan@tennisbookshop.com.

Alan Chalmers now has THE TENNIS BOOKSHOP ON E-BAY: "I have opened my own e-Bay store to sell off the many items of low-value ephemera I accumulate when buying collections, items which seem to sell better with a picture for all to see wherever you are in the world, rather than with a description in the newsletters. Many customers collect printed items, so there may be opportunities at prices starting as low as $4.99.  To visit my store, 1: go to www.ebay.com; 2: click on “e-Bay Stores”; 3: at Find a Store, enter “The Tennis Bookshop” in the search field; 4: click on “Search Stores”; 5: click on “The Tennis Bookshop”, and this will open up the list of items I am selling. Why not add this to your favorites list? I will try to keep listing a steady supply of such items."