A BIRD IN MY HANDS by G M. GLASKIN 1ST ED 1967

A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE by G. M. GLASKIN  -  A BIRD IN MY HANDS. WITH DECORATIONS by ALEX JARDINE. GM GLASKIN, THE WELL-KNOWN NOVELIST, HERE TELLS THE INTIMATE STORY OF A DEEPLY MOVING PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. IN AMSTERDAM, AWAY FROM MOST OF HIS FRIENDS AND ALL HIS FAMILY, HE WAS STRIKEN WITH A SEVERE AND EXTREMELY DEPRESSING ILLNESS. UNABLE TO MOVE FROM HIS BED FOR LONG, LONELY WEEKS, HE FOUND SOLACE IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF TWO SMALL CAGED BIRDS, WHOSE EVERY TINY GESTURE, WHOSE JOYOUS OR SOMBRE SONG, WHOSE LOVE-MAKING AND EXPRESSIVE CHIRRUPING BECAME AS MEANINGFUL TO HIM AS THEY WERE DIVERTING. AND IT WAS THESE TWO SMALL CANARIES THAT, ALMOST MIRACULOUSLY, SAVED HIM FROM A DESPERATE IMPULSE THAT WOULD HAVE HAD A TRAGIC CONSEQUENCE. THIS IS AN ENCHANTING BOOK WITH A HAPPY ENDING. DELIGHTFULLY ILLUSTRATED FROM VIGNETTES BY ALEX JARDINE.   PUBLISHED by HERBERT JENKINS - LONDON.   IN VGC - NOT PRICE CLIPPED  (18s.) -  NO INSCRIPTIONS - WITH 202 PAGES.   GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BIDDING.  BUYERS OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ENQUIRE REGARDING SHIPPING COSTS.  POSTAGE DISCOUNT FOR TWO OR MORE PURCHASES. UK SITE.