NY: Stein and Day, 1983. First edition. 373pp; [16]pp b&w plates at center. Red paper over boards; gray quarter cloth; dust jacket. Toning to jacket, particularly front panel, with related offsetting and sunning to front board; strip of soiling along base of rear board. Very good in like jacket, unclipped. Signed and inscribed by Richards to ffep: "to Bob and Barbara, with love and affection – in first and second serve – Renée."
First edition of this autobiography by American ophthamologist and tennis player Renée Richards (b. 1934). Notable as one of the first professional athletes to transition, Richards underwent gender affirming surgery in 1975. After refusing to be genetically tested to enter the 1976 U.S. Open, she sued the United States Tennis Association, and in a landmark case for trans rights, the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor, deeming Richards female in the eyes of the law. An uncommon signature.
