Birds of Britain
Green, John d. Birds of Britain. First American Edition. 1967. Book is in very good condition; dust jacket is in good plus condition—jacket shows chipping and tearing, which under Mylar have been disguised (one picture (spine view) shows book in Mylar with chip disguised). The jackets for this title rarely wear well, and this is a better-than-average example. Introduction by Anthony Haden-Guest.
Few books capture the spirit of Swinging London more vividly than this exuberant collection of photographs. John d. Green assembled fifty-five women who defined the era—including Pattie Boyd, Charlotte Rampling, Jane Asher, Mary Quant, Marianne Faithfull, and Lulu—and photographed them at the precise moment Britain exchanged postwar restraint for youthful glamour and self-confidence. Anthony Haden-Guest’s witty introduction explains how a nation once associated with tweeds and sensible shoes suddenly found itself setting the cultural pace for the world.
“The concept of Merrie England had a good long run. Why not Swinging London?”
--Anthony Haden-Guest