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You are invited to bid for publication Beautiful Birds by Edmund Selous, illustrated by Hubert D. Astley, published London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1901.

Title: Beautiful Birds

Author: Edmund Selous

Illustrator: Hubert D. Astley

Publisher: J. M. Dent & Co., London

Year: 1901 (first edition)

Printer: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., The Ballantyne Press

Format: Hardback, 8vo

Pagination: x, 224 pp.

Illustrations:

Frontispiece (Lyre-Bird)

12 further illustrations (11 full‑page) including Birds of Paradise, Hummingbirds, Cock‑of‑the‑Rock, Resplendent Trogon, Argus Pheasant, White Egret, etc.

 

Original binding: Green cloth, blocked in brown and gilt

Top edge gilt (T.E.G.)

Other edges uncut

Illustration plates on coated stock

No later reprint statement — 1901 is the true first edition

Illustration Significance

Hubert D. Astley’s illustrations are a major part of the book’s appeal. They include:

Birds of Paradise (multiple species)

Hummingbirds (several species)

Lyre-Bird (frontispiece)

Cock‑of‑the‑Rock

Resplendent Trogon

Argus Pheasant

White Egret

Will be packaged with care