Physical description

There is no dust cover. Front cover shows the series name, the title of the book, the author's name and the publisher's name.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Bruce Thompson
Stamp of the Marysville & District/ Historical Society Inc/ P.O. Box 22/ Marysville 3779
OLD BOB'S BIRDS
By C. K. Thomson/ (Author of "King of the Ranges," etc)
Illustrated by RON MADDEN
SYDNEY/ DYMOCK'S BOOK ARCADE LTD./ 1950
Registered at the G.P.O. Sydney for/ Transmission throught the Post as a Book.
Wholly Set Up and Printed by/ E. S. Perry & Sons, 182 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.
DEDICATION/ To my revered friend, Mrs. BERTHA LAWSON, in/ appreciation of the assistance she gave me by relating personal/ experiences with her feathered friends./ Like her husband, the immortal Henry Lawson was, this graci-/ ous lady is a passionate lover of the bush and its creatures and she/ has honored me by developing a special affection for Old Bob's/ Birds.

Summary

This is a delightful book that will appeal to children of all ages, and especially those of the tenderer years.
Old Bob the sundowner is a character who will endear himself to young readers. So will his two small friends, Roddy and Susan, to whom he imparts all the vast lore of the bush he has gained during a lifetime of wandering.