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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Isabel Savory

A Sportswoman in India

"Personal Adventures and Experiences of Travel in Known and Unknown India".

Published: Hutchinson & Co, London, 1900

Edition: 1st

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London: Hutchinson & Co. & Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott Company, 1900., 1900. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. ix, 408. with half-title. title in red & black. photogravure frontis. portrait of the author & 48 halftone plates. original gilt-stamped cloth, t.e.g. (no foxing to edges & a few leaves). First English Edition. Clean ex-library with embossed stamps and nos on the spine. Cloth in excellent condition. Gilt bright. A scarce title.

Including accounts of pig-sticking and hunting leopards, bears, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles. Savory travelled to Peshawar, the Khyber Pass, Kashmir, the Himalayas, the Deccan, and Ootacamund.

Savory was English sportswoman who became a best selling author. Savory took advantage of the rare opportunity for a woman to hunt in India. She was invited by a local maharajah to participate in a pig stick, She also successfully hunted for bear, tahr and tiger.

  • Jacket Condition: N/A
  • Binding Condition: Very Good +
  • Overall Condition: Very Good +
  • Size: 8 Vo
  • Sold By: White Eagle Books
  • Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
  • Country: United Kingdom
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