Ten hardcover volumes, each 9.25x11". Spines have title and date. Bi-monthly magazine. Full years w/26 issues per year are: 1957-1960 and 1966. Full year for 1965 is 27 issues. Near full year for 1964 (25 issues) and 1968 (24 issues) as bound. 1961 is half year (13 issues Jan. to June). Cover photos include Tommy Dorsey, Stan Getz, Harry Belafonte, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Erroll Garner, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Dizzy Gillespie Max Roach, Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Satchmo, Lionel Hampton, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Ray Charles, Eric Dolphy, Miles Davis, Ahmad Jamal, J.J. Johnson, Dave Brubeck, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Illinois Jacquet, Elvin Jones, James Brown and many other legends. Several David Stone Martin art covers. Six issues from 1960 contain a complete set of "Down Beat Star File" insert cards of Jazz greats (including Coltrane), two cards per insert for a total of 12 numbered cards in the set. Cover wear varies, some issues have a mailing fold, mailing label, lt. creases and/or general wear. Many covers show minimal wear as do the contents. Overall issues VG to Exc. Hardcovers have some wear/aging. Fine to VF. An invaluable library for the jazz enthusiast and an incredible instant collection of jazz history as it was being made.