100 YEARS OF WIMBLEDON 1877 - 1977 BY LANCE TINGAY, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

[PERRY, Fred; Written by Lance Tingay]. 100 Hundred Years of Wimbledon. London: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1977.

FIRST SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of this authoritative work on Wimbledon signed by tennis champion Fred Perry. No. 20 of 100 copies hand-signed on the limitation page by Wimbledon champion and tennis legend Fred Perry. Leather-bound; hardcover with slipcase; quarto (31 x 21 x 2.5 cm); pp. 256. English text in double columns. Beautifully bound by Weatherby Woolnough in deluxe full green morocco, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy with the original slipcase. Scarce thus.

Notes: This is the rare and desirable deluxe edition signed by tennis legend Fred Perry and bound in exquisite full green morocco gilt by Weatherby Woolnough; being copy no. 20 of a limited edition of 100. Fred Perry was the first player to win all four Grand Slam championships - of Wimbledon, the United States, France and Australia. He also played a key part in Britain's four Davis Cup triumphs between 1933 and 1936.