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Corbett Jim

Man-Eaters of Kumaon. With a Foreword by Lord Linlithgow. [First UK Edition]. FIRST UK EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1946

128.80 €

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Year of publication
1946
Author
Corbett Jim
Publishers
Oxford University Press, Oxford
Keyword
field sports, big game hunting, jim corbett, kumaon, tigers, jim corbett, sports, pastimes, field sports, man-eaters, kumaon
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 3 plates and endpaper maps, long inscription on half-title; orange cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one small marginal nick, and minor loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. This 'wartime economy' version is the first English edition of this big-game classic, first published in India in 1944 with profits devoted to blinded servicemen of WWII. Corbett's collection of true tales from the Raj is an undisputed keystone of big game hunting. THE UK EDITION IS FAR SCARCER THAN THE US EDITION, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
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