THE SATURDAY BOOK, NINTH YEAR. RUSSELL, LEONARD (EDITOR) IN SOUTH AFRICA

1st Edition, Hutchinson, London, 1949. Hard Cover Orange Cloth boards, gilt editor, title and publisher along spine corners are bumped, spine has light fading, otherwise in remarkably good condition. Front paste down has a book dealers sticker, decorative end-papers, some light foxing to preliminary and last few pages, book block has some light foxing around the edges, binding is tight, Not inscribed or price-clipped. The jacket is yellowing with a few closed tears, which a previous owners has repaired with tape from the inside, and the upper and lower front cover has creasing. Very good copy of this 9th Saturday Book, with the usual miscellany of items by the best writers and artists of the age. An interesting piece by John Arlott on 'Cricketing Gadgets', and a piece by Alison Uttley illustrated by C.F Tunnicliffe, Illustrated throughout. Articles include: Murals, Two great bird artists (Edward Lear & Audobon) by Brian Reade - with folding colour plate, Studies of Siamese Cats, George Bernard Shaw etc.