A tight, complete copy of Edmund Selous' foundational 1901 natural history text, Bird Watching (True First Edition, J.M. Dent & Co.). Features the highly collectible olive-green gilt boards and hunting-scene endpapers designed by Arthur Rackham. Complete with all 6 photogravure plates by J. Smit.
Condition: Good. The Rackham endpapers are exceptionally clean with no hinge splitting. The text block is tight. There is some minor bumping to the spine ends, light localized staining to the front cloth board, and an old liquid stain to the upper corner margin of the first 20 pages (restricted entirely to the blank margins; text and plates are unaffected). Housed in a protective library jacket. Excellent value for a landmark edition.