The Saturday Book. 18.

Hadfield, John (Edited)

Published by Hutchinson of London, London, 1958

About this Item

From the Library of Sir John Mills and Mary Mills. Size 9¼" x 6", 288 pages. Yellow cloth covered boards with gilt titles on a black panel on the front cover and the spine, yellow patterned pastedowns and endpapers, front endpaper has section to write gift inscription, this has been filled in "with love from Albert 1958". Black dustjacket with gold titles. Book condition near fine, corners and spine edges slightly rubbed else fine. Dustjacket condition good, small piece missing top left corner of front section, tiny piece missing top of spine, top of spine repaired, repaired tear back top right corner, small nicks bottom of spine and edges, price clipped. This wonderful yearly Miscellany started in 1941 in the middle of the war by Mr. Russell as a bit of nostalgia for small pre-war pleasures. It was taken over in 1952 by Mr. Hadfield. This eighteenth annual issue of The Saturday Book contains over a hundred pages of illustrations in colour and black-and-white, the largest number of illustrations ever presented in this unique miscellany of the beautiful and the bizarre, the companionable and the curious. The book includes an article by John Betjeman, cartoon drawing by Bentley, and also an article by Richard Church. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 010715

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Saturday Book. 18.

Publisher: Hutchinson of London, London

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book