Indian Game. (From Quail to Tiger).

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First edition. Royal octavo (26 x 18cm). Published at 21s. 'An excellent work, beautifully illustrated, recounting the author's hunting trips for a variety of large and small game in India's Bombay Presidency. There are chapters on the pursuit of blackbuck, nilgai, cheetal, panther, sambur, and bison, plus sections on hunting lion in Kathiawar and on pig sticking in the region'- Czech. pp. iv,221,[7]. With a frontis & 11 plates, all tinted lithographs, plus 2 wood-engravings on the letterpress. An excellent clean copy in the publisher's green cloth, gilt, with bevelled boards. A little rubbed at head & tail of spine. VG. [Czech 172; Slater 67; Riling 1155; Wood 536; Pittie 1347]. N° de ref. del artículo 11141

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