The Book Collector: 1952 to 1967 by Ian Fleming, John Hayward and P. H. Muir (Editorial Board). Philip Gaskell (Editor)

The Queen Anne Press. Hardback. Very Good/No Jackets. A complete set of Book Collector quarterly magazine from Vol 1 No. 1, 1952, to Vol. 16 No. 4, 1967. Ex Westminster Public Libraries, this set is library bound in navy blue buckram-covered boards with blind-stamped crest to front and gilt titles to spine (no jackets). In overall very good condition, Volumes 1 is 5 x 7 inches titled Book Collector (Formerly Book Handbook), and the rest are 6 x 9 inches, with Vols 2 and 3 titled Book Collector (Formerly Book Handbook) and Vols. 4 to 16 titled Book Collector only. In all cases the boards are in very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - slight marks and rubbing. Top edges are a little dust-marked. Bindings are tight and appear little used. No annotations or inscriptions throughout. Westminster Public Libraries bookplate to front paste-down in each copy but none of the usual stamps or labels associated with library books. Text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Indexes are bound into each copy. Please contact us for more information and photographs. This set weighs nearly 20 kg and shipping outside the UK will incur additional charges.