The Saturday book
Leonard Russell (b.1906)
Category
Books
Date
1942 - 1975
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3179047
Summary
Bibliographic description
34 v., plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.Vol. [1], 5-6, 8-19. Provenance: first volume has black ink stamp; other volumes given by Christopher St. John (1871-1960); vols. 5 &6 have hand-drawn and handmade plates respectively, with cypher: Christmas greeting to Sissinghurst VHNBN from Christopher 1946 [and 1945] [i.e. to Vita, Harold, Nigel & Ben Nicolson]; thereafter signed "to Vita from Christopher", usually at Christmas until 1959. Binding: publisher's cloth; with dust wrappers, excepting 1, 6 & 10.
Makers and roles
Leonard Russell (b.1906) Laurence Scarfe John Hadfield (1907-1999) Faith Jaques Joan Hassall, OBE (Notting Hill Gate 1906 - Malham 1988)