Foran william robert b 1882 (2 resultados)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1939). 1939 1st edition. Pp260. 4 Colour & 34 b/w plates & line illustrations by D. Newsome. Pictorial orange cloth. Slight wear but good-plus. An unusual book on the use of elephants and camels as pack animals. Includes chapters on llamas, yaks, water-buffalo, oxen, horses, mules and donkeys, huskies and reindeer. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp192. B/w photograph plates. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Owner's name and small stamp (J.R. Smith, P.O. Nyeri) to fep, spotting to end-papers and edges but text clean, good-plus. Large chip from spine of frayed but non price-clipped dust-wrapper. "Memories of adventures and narrow escapes from disaster when hunting the tiger in India; bear, wapiti, elk and moose in the Rocky Mountains; the mountain sheep in the Mexican Desert; and various .species in Africa". Includes poaching in the Lado Enclave. Chapters include: Shikar in India: Tiger! Tiger!; Tiger hunting de luxe; The next tiger hunt; Some other tigers; The affair of a man-eater; Drama of the Indian jungle; An elephant rodeo in the Himalayas. The Rockies and Mexico desert: Big-horn, elk, wapiti and moose; Grizzly bear; Mountain sheep in Mexico. Some African safaris: My first shooting safari; Pepo, an elephant shamba-raider; Facing elephant stampedes; Adventure with man-eating lions; African buffalo; Some buffalo encounters; Vigil at a salt-lick; Black rhinoceros; Some rhinoceros episodes; Near-tragedies with elephants; Rogue elephant tragedy. Glossary of Kiswahili names for animals. .…