Past Days in India, or Sporting Reminiscences of the Valley of the Soane and the Basin of Singrowlee

A Late Customs' Officer

Verlag: Chapman and Hall, London, 1874

Beschreibung

Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 337. First Edition. In very good condition; original red cloth binding with gilt illustration on the cover; gilt title and decoration on the spine. Slight shelf-wear to the cover, such as bumping and creasing at the corners, and small stains around the top of the spine. Boards have minor scuffs and marks as expected with age and handling. Ex-library copy with library stamp printed blind on front end-paper, which is also inscribed with the name of a previous owner. No library stamps on the pages themselves, which are clean and unmarked except for some light fingerprints and foxing. Small scratches on a handful of pages, without obstructing text. Scarce. The anonymous author (simply credited on the title page as 'A Late Customs' Officer') claims the preeminent sporting area in India to be the Mirzapore district in central India. He describes encounters with tigers and leopards. After crossing the Soane River, the shooting party continued to Ghurwar where tigers were hunted from a machan. While the writer provides his own hunting experiences, he also relates numerous stories from other sportsmen focusing on hunting bear, rogue elephant, and other such animals. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 036613

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Past Days in India, or Sporting ...

Verlag: Chapman and Hall, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1874

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition