Garden Birds, 1967

Garden Birds, 1967,  Series 536.

This is the 20th book in the Nature series, 536.  Garden Birds was both written and beautifully illustrated by John Leigh-Pemberton. The first three books in the Ladybird series 536 Natures series were all bird books and were very popular.  They were called ‘British Birds and their Nests, book 1, book 2 and book 3.  However, perhaps Ladybird thought that there was untapped potential in the topic because, in the late 1960s, these early books were removed from sale and in their place were more specific titles – each one looking at particular types of birds.  These later books were all written – and beautifully illustrated by John Leigh-Pemberton.

This copy:

This copy has matt boards and is in very good condition inside and out but for a rather charming inscription to the title page (see photo), otherwise with only light wear, slight age discoloration and very nice, clean pages. It dates to the 1970s and has the original price of 15p on the back.