Come to Denmark: Series 606G, 1971

There were just 3 books in the 606G ‘Come to’ series – and this is the last of them.  It was written by Irene Dark and all three were illustrated by John Berry.   They were produced at a time when foreign travel was much less common and so when fairly close European neighbours still held fascinarion ans mystique.  Artist John Berry wasn’t sent abroad to illustrate them; his pictures are based on whatever reference pictures he could find in press-cuttings, travel books and postcards.  As a result, some of his illustrations – though beautiful and as realistic as you’d expect,  look a bit out of date for the 1970s.

This matt copy is in VG condition inside and out.  The head and foot of spine are a bit bumped and beginning to peel but other rubbing is minimal.  Small spot on cover (see photo).  Inside, clean, tight pages.  A very good copy of a hard-to-find book. It dates from the 1970s and has an original price of 15p on the back.  With a tally number of 280, I believe this to be a first edition.