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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
de Jim Corbett
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Oxford : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1945. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . A bright second edition of Jim Corbett's popular account of hunting Bengal tigers in Indian leopards, complete with its vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. First-hand account of Jim Corbett's experiences hunting man-eating Bengal tigers and Indian leopards in the Kumaon region of India in the early twentieth century. The best known work by this author, containing ten stories of tracking and shooting man-eating tigers, and incidental information on flora, fauna, and village life. Both first and second editions are rare and the dust wrappers exceptionally so. The second edition of this work, complete with its scarce, unclipped dust wrapper designed by John Butterworth. With frontispiece and five full page photographic plates in black and white. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities of boards. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound with shelf wear, chipping to head and tail of spine, general light soiling. Mary Hunter's ex libris bookplate to dedication leaf, inscribed 'To Mary with many happy returns of the day. From Joan and Elizabeth.' Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Sinopsis
Jim Corbett was every inch a hero, something like a sahib Davy Crockett: expert in the ways of the jungle, fearless in the pursuit of man-eating big cats, and above all a crack shot. Brought up on a hill-station in north-west India, he killed his first leopard before he was nine and went on to achieve a legendary reputation as a hunter. Corbett was also an author of great renown. His books on the man-eating tigers he once tracked are not only established classics, but have by themselves created almost a separate literary genre. Man Eaters of Kumaon is the best known of Corbett's books, one which offers ten fascinating and spine-tingling tales of pursuing and shooting tigers in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of this century. The stories also offer first-hand information about the exotic flora, fauna, and village life in this obscure and treacherous region of India, making it as interesting a travelogue as it is a compelling look at a bygone era of big-game hunting.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 822A53
- Título
- Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- Autor
- Jim Corbett
- Ilustrador
- Not Stated
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Oxford
- Fecha de publicación
- 1945
- Tamaño
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- bengal tigers sporting work hunting illustrated sporting work
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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- The heel of the spine.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Wrappers
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