TIGER MAN, An Odyssey of Freedom

DUGUID, Julian

Verlag: The Century Co. U.S.A., 1932

Beschreibung

* AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES * FIRST EDITION, First Printing, as stated. 1932. Large 8vo, robust green buckram boards, gilt. Some wear commensurate with age and use, but predominantly tidy, with no significant damage. Very slight gapping between ffep verso and adjacent blank. Green eps; neat ink inscription to ffep dated Xmas 1932. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown : 'SPORTBOOKS, Rare, Out of Print, New. 42 Church Street, New Haven 10. Conn.' Contents tight, bright and clean, no other markings and mercifully - no foxing. pp : xiii + 287. Frontis + 15 additional full-page photo reproductions, each blank verso. B/W map adjacent to Chapter One. ILLUSTRATIONS : A Male "Tigre" of about three hundred pounds (frontis); Ernst; Strangler; Apparicio, Tiger-skin and Snake; Rio Araguaya as far as the fish can swim; Cattle Ranch in the "Pantanal", Xarayes Marches; "Valente", who gave me sixty-four tigers, and "Pardo", his helper; The first diving apparatus in the Rio Das Garcas; Sunset at the "Sao Lourenco"; Tupi the brave; Tiger-Man; "Jose Aba " and family in my camp "Occulto"; Tiger-Man with spear, bow -and Tiger; Young Tigers Ready For Shipment; Aventureira on the Upper Paraguay River, a place called "Morro do Castello"; View of the "Pantanal" in front of our last Hunting Camp. This list of illustrations should give a good indication of the context and content of the text. FREE P&P IN UK. Non-UK buyers quoted Shipping cost before commitment. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1487

Bibliografische Details

Titel: TIGER MAN, An Odyssey of Freedom

Verlag: The Century Co. U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1932

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition