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Man-eaters of Kumaon
de Jim Corbett
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bien
- Librería
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
George Cumberlege; Oxford University Press, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Edition Thus. 252 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild thumb-marking present. Mild droplet staining to text block edges. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water droplets to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.
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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- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1716213072MHA
- Título
- Man-eaters of Kumaon
- Autor
- Jim Corbett
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- George Cumberlege; Oxford University Press
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
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