FOR BIRD LOVERS! Songbirds in Your Garden by John K. Terres | 1953 First Edition | Vintage Gardening Book | Bixley Shop

Songbirds in Your Garden was written by John K. Torres in 1953. This first edition copy is in great condition. It features chapters on how to attract, care for, feed and house birds in your own garden for years of enjoyment.

A great gift for bird lovers and naturalists alike!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
John Kenneth Terres (1905-2006), was an American naturalist and author. Among his 50+ works, is his 1980 Audubon Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Songbirds in Your Garden appears to be the first of his many books on the subject. In 1986, he received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina. He received the John Burroughs Medal (1971) for From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog, which detailed his explorations of Mason Farm Biological Reserve, part of the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Terres served as Editor of Audubon Magazine for twelve years (1948-1960).

BIXLEY NOTES
• Songbirds in Your Garden
• Written by John K. Terres
• Black & White Illustrations throughout
• 274 page hardcover with dust jacket
• Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Publishing, 1953
• FIRST EDITION
• Measures 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In great condition
• Very little wear on the covers
• Dust jacket is tattered along the edges as expected with age.
• One page houses an article on the author cut from a local newspaper. Those pages have yellowed along with the newspaper clip
• Otherwise, pages are in excellent condition

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