bangkok life sport de forty (8 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text is free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 206 p. Includes: illustrations, index.

Soft cover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. New, US Edition . Delivery time is 3-5 business days via either UPS, FedEx, DHL. Premium quality books.

Paperback. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dj. This book is a good guide of the late 1920s for newcomers in Thailand when Bangkok had a population of 450 000 inhabitants. The first three chapters deal with all aspects of life in Bangkok and the rural area in central Thailand as perceived by the author, a Lieut.-Col. of the British army who was considered to be worth knowing. He served as governor for two years at Koh Pai, an island that was also used for penal purposes. In the remaining chapters, the author deals with all aspects of hunting, mainly snipe. Several chapters are devoted to guns, loading and handling them, to kit and ammunition, etc. In a humorous tongue in cheek way he deals with mishaps, avoidable and unavoidable, children, buffalos, bulls, snakes, snakebites, antidotes, cobras, criminals, gun robbery and strangers. He describes how he was robbed of his rifle, thrown into a ditch and left for dead. He narrates an incident when a young boy and girl were hidden in the bushes while they were fishing and he accidently shot the boy with some pellets while aiming at snipes. He describes the reaction of the father, "Well Sir", said the father, a burly farmer, "I should not have minded so much if you had only shot the girl, but that other one is a boy and I want him to help me on the farm later on". The last chapter deals with the islands Koh Sichang, Koh Kram, and Koh Pai in all their aspects, including the hunting of monitor lizards. The description of events and people is enjoyable to read even if one is not a hunter. Book.

First edition, 1929. Hardcover with the rare original dust jacket. Book condition: Good-. Cloth boards clean with fading; spine toned; corners rubbed. Inner hinges show browning and light cracking but remain intact. Endpapers heavily toned with foxing. Pages age-toned with scattered foxing but overall clean and complete. No loose pages. Dust jacket condition: Poor. Significant chipping to edges and spine, small tears and losses, surface wear; still present and uncommon for this title. Illustrated with photographic plates. A classic early travel and sporting account of Bangkok and Siam. Scarce in jacket.

Paperback. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: no dj. Bangkok: Its Life and Sport. book.

First edition. Octavo. pp 206, [1] adverts. Photographs. A large part of the book is devoted to accounts of hunting. The front panel of the dustwrapper is laid in.Small ownership signature on front free endpaper. Very near fine.

London [1929], Witherby. Original orange cloth, very good,10 b.w. photos, 206p., index. S C A R C E.