Author: Leonard Russell [ed.]
Title: The Saturday Book, the Ninth Year
Description: London, Hutchinson, 1949. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the ninth year of Leonard Russell's miscellany 'The Saturday Book', inscribed by Russell's family. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed to the front free endpaper 'To Chris and Nurse with love from The Russells&apos.This work was edited by Leonard Russell, an English journalist known for authoring satirical articles. An annual miscellany, The Saturday Book was published from 1941-1975. It provided literary and artistic commentary about various arts subjects, including paintings, ballet, music and design.Illustrated throughout with monochrome and colour photographs and plates. The dust wrapper and illustrations were designed by Laurence Scarfe. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Inscription to front free endpaper. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to back strip, with two small closed tears to front wrap head, and a further closed tear to rear wrap head. Small mark to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Laurence Scarfe. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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