Dwellers in the jungle. . . illustrations in black and white from drawings by Warwick Reynolds.
de [INDIA -- BIG GAME HUNTING]. CASSERLY, Lieut. Col. Gordon
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1927. 8vo. xi, [3], 239, [1] pp. Colour-tinted frontisp., 7 colour-tinted plates. Orange cloth, silver lettering front cover & spine (very minor shelfwear, very slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of stalking Tiger silhouette on front cover by Reynolds in black, silver and orange (slight chipping head of spine, minor creasing, edgewear), still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this anthology of big game stories of the Indian jungle set on the North Eastern frontier near Bhutan. Casserly (1869-1947) joined the 22nd Bombay Infantry in 1892, served in China during the Boxer Rebellion, and later with the 120th Rajputana Infantry with about 200 sepoys in a small fort in Cooch Behar.
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- Título
- Dwellers in the jungle. . . illustrations in black and white from drawings by Warwick Reynolds.
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- [INDIA -- BIG GAME HUNTING]. CASSERLY, Lieut. Col. Gordon
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- Frederick A. Stokes Co.,
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- New York:
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- 1927.
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- Big game Hunting, Tiger Hunting, india, Children’s Literature, Juvenile, Natural History Warwick reynolds, Cover Art, bombay Infantry, Bhutan, Tigers, Leopards, Rajputana Infantry, James Henry Gordon Casserly
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