The Saturday Book Vol. 31 edited by John Hadfield

The Saturday Book was an annual miscellany, published from 1941 to 1975, reaching 34 volumes. It was edited initially by Leonard Russell and from 1952 by John Hadfield. A final compilation, The Best of the Saturday Book, was published in 1981. The Saturday Book provided literary and artistic commentary about life in Britain during the Second World War and the ensuing decades. It covered a range of arts, including ballet and music. Many writers contributed poems as well as essays." From the dust cover inside flap, the contributors to this Volume 31 "Simon Whistler, Colin Thubron, George Speaight, Edwin Smith, Lord Rossmore, J. B. Priestley, Monica Poole, Roger Pinkham, Anna Motson, Jeremy Maas, John Lewis, Phil Kaplan, Paul Jennings, Andrew Grima, Denis Gifford, Charles Gibbs-Smith, Charles Neilson Gattey, Michael Felmingham, Olive Cook, V.C. Chamberlain, Sir John Betjeman, Thomas Haynes Bayly, and Fred Bason. There are also 197 illustrations in colour and monochrome"

Hardcover in original box, very good condition.