Description
Oxford University Press, Published 1946. Hardcover, xix, 235 pp.; 22 cm; First American Edition (so stated), Book-of-the-Month Club issue, with blind dot on rear board and no price on jacket flap; illustrated with 5 black-and-white photographic plates, including a portrait of the author, sketch map of Kumaon on endpapers, and tiger pug-mark vignettes. With an introduction by Sir Maurice Hallett, Governor of the United Provinces, and a preface by Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of India 1936-43.
Condition & notes
In Good condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with black tiger on front cover and black lettering on spine; mild shelf and edge wear, with some toning and soiling along edges and at head and tail of spine. Binding tight. Previous owner's bookplate on half-title, small nick to top edge of half-title; light spotting to half-title and mild toning to pages, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated black dust jacket with tiger face on front and rear panels and red lettering is in tatters: spine panel split with chips of up to 2 in. and large losses at head and tail, held together and reinforced with clear tape on verso; several chips along front flap fold; some color loss along edges, mild spotting and staining, and a small blue mark on rear panel. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Corbett's account of hunting man-eating tigers and leopards in the Kumaon hills of northern India between the 1900s and the 1930s, first published in India in 1944 and dedicated to servicemen blinded in the Second World War. Includes the Champawat man-eater, the Chowgarh tigers, the Bachelor of Powalgarh, and the Mohan, Kanda, Pipal Pani, Thak, and Muktesar man-eaters, with a chapter on his spaniel Robin. An Author's Note explains why tigers turn to man-eating. Includes a glossary of Hindustani hunting and jungle terms.
