Robert Burns Birthday Book by Jean Howie – Blue Floral Leather, Circa 1956
 
This delicate Robert Burns Birthday Book is a jewel for aficionados of the Bard. Compiled by Jean Howie and part of the charming Windsor Birthday Book series, it presents a unique way to celebrate Burns’s poetic legacy. Each day or month is marked with a personal, literary touch reminiscent of beloved traditions like Burns Suppers, which honour the poet annually on January 25th
 
Its satin-soft blue limp leather binding, adorned with silver, red, white, and black floral motifs, evokes the warmth and artistry of Burns’s own era. Though likely issued in the mid-1950s, this volume continues a line of well-received commemorative works
 
Publication Details
Compiler: Jean Howie
Series: Windsor Birthday Book Series
Publisher: Collins, London and Glasgow
Printer: Collins Clear-Type Press, Great Britain
Date: Circa 1956 (edition undated; based on institutional catalogue)
 
Binding & Cover
Bound in blue limp leather, featuring silver lettering on front and spine, plus silver, red, white, and black floral motifs.
Cover is intact and in very good condition with minor top-board wear and a small bottom-board dent.
 
Interior Condition
Pages very lightly tanned, otherwise clean and unused with no penned entries.
Light foxing on endpapers, pastedowns, and page edges—primarily visible when the book is closed.
Only occasional tiny crease or mark, none affecting legibility. No tears; binding is tight.
 
Pagination & Size
Pages are unnumbered, but all months and dates are in sequence.
Approximate dimensions: 14.4 × 11.2 × 1.5 cm; weight: 185 g.