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The Burgess Bird Book for Children

by Thornton W. Burgess

Catalogued August 25, 2026

The Work

First published
1919

Drew's Copy

Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Copy published
1919
Binding
Blue cloth hardcover
Collection status
On the shelves
Condition
Good; light wear at the spine ends and cover edges
Read-aloud status
Waiting until my daughters are older
BirdsNature StudyChildren's LiteratureScience & NatureThornton W. Burgess

Acquisition & Provenance

Acquired
August 2025
Acquisition type
Purchased
Source
Local antique store
Context
Found while on a weekend antique-store date with my wife
Price paid
Approximately $75 (from memory)

How This Copy Came to the Library

In August 2025, I found this volume together with all three companion volumes during a weekend antique-store trip with my wife. I already owned the Animal Book and Seashore Book, so I purchased the two missing volumes: this Bird Book and the Flower Book. Finding the complete group together “in the wild” completed the four-volume collection I had been assembling one book at a time.

Place in My Physical Library

This copy lives on the top shelf alongside the other three Burgess nature books and other antique children’s literature.
Part of a CollectionBurgess Nature Books

Four companion nature-study volumes by Thornton W. Burgess, gathered as treasure books for Drew's family library.

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Drew's Copy
Front cover of Drew's copy of The Burgess Bird Book for Children
The blue cloth front cover of Drew's copy.
Shelf and spine of Drew's copy of The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Drew's copy on the shelf beside three companion Burgess nature books.
Copyright page of Drew's copy of The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Copyright page recording copyright and publication in October 1919.
Companion Volumes
Cover of Drew's copy of The Burgess Animal Book for Children Animal Book Drew's 1920 copy Cover of Drew's copy of The Burgess Flower Book for Children Flower Book Drew's 1929 copy Cover of Drew's copy of The Burgess Seashore Book for Children Seashore Book Drew's 1929 copy