THE SATURDAY BOOK

London: Hutchinson, 1974. A complete set of 34 volumes. Totalling over 9,000 pages, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (many full page, a few double page or folding), erratum slip loosely inserted in Volume 33, patterned or pictorial endpapers in most volumes; tall demy 8vo; gilt lettered and (except the first few volumes) decorated cloth of various single colours, sometimes lightly soiled or worn, a couple of the fore-corners bruised, upper joint cracking Volume 13; all but three volumes (I, 2, & 6) with dust wrapper (most price-clipped), the earlier volumes lightly soiled and worn, with varying sized chips or tears at edges, 13 of these with paper repairs on reverse, volumes 5, 7 & 20 tape repaired or marked, the later volumes in better condition; a few free endpapers lightly offset, occasional ownership inscriptions, a few bookseller's stickers on upper endpapers, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Hutchinson, London, 1941-1974. Volume 1 second printing, all others first editions. *Lacking the boxes each volume. The first eleven volumes were edited by Leonard Russell; later volumes by John Hadfield.