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Man-Eaters of Kumaon
por Corbett, Jim
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/Very Good
- Livreiro
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [6], vii-xix, [1], 3-235, [3] pp. Orange cloth with a tiger in black on the front board, black lettering on the spine. Maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with two plates which contain five black and white photographs. With an introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett. With a preface by Lord Linlithgow. Stated first American edition. Corbett's narrative of his hunting expeditions in the Himalayas. The author writes that he hunted tigers on behalf of villages and rural Indian citizens who were hunted by the big cats. A bookplate on the half-title page; jacket has a few traces of edge wear.
Sinopse
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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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 000012161
- Título
- Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- Autor
- Corbett, Jim
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First American edition
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1946
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