Various — The Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon: Centenary Year Programmes

Wimbledon, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, 1977. First edition. Leather. A smart complete run of all thirteen official daily souvenir programmes for Wimbledon 1977, the Championships" centenary year and Queen"s Silver Jubilee season, bound as one in full dark morocco. Rebound in a full dark morocco binding with gilt monogram to the lower corner of the front board. Thirteen souvenir programme issues bound into one volume, retaining the original printed wraps to each issue. Comprising the daily official souvenir programmes for the 1977 Wimbledon Championships, from Monday 20th June, First Day, through to the final day, Saturday 2nd July.  First editions, published for Wimbledon"s centenary year, with Queen"s Silver Jubilee motifs to the wrappers.  These issues include official announcements, orders of play, draws, player lists, daily features, historical articles, championship records, and are illustrated throughout.  The 1977 Championships were especially notable for Virginia Wade"s victory in the Ladies" Singles, the last British singles triumph at Wimbledon until Andy Murray"s 2013 title, and for Björn Borg"s second consecutive Gentlemen"s Singles title. Rebound in a full dark morocco binding with gilt monogram to the lower corner of the front board, retaining the original printed wraps to each issue. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to morocco. Small white mark to original wrap of first issue. The odd light scratch mark to boards and spine. Hinges reinforced. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained between one or two bound in issues, but firm. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .