Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1955. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. Internally fine. The last of the author's five books dealing with his unique experiences and adventures amongst the people and jungle-folk of India, this volume concludes the narrative of his adventures with tigers begun with the famous Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
The book is illustrated throughout. A First Edition, third Impression in near fine condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards clean and the lettering on the spine bright. The end papers and pages are free from marks, tears or inscriptions. The highly coloured and illustrated unclipped dust jacket is unmarked. Tipped-in are 5 original photos of what are pictures certainly of the Himalayas.
These stories maintain, perhaps even supersede, the high standard of the earlier classic collection. Corbett saves his best story of all for the long concluding chapter in this volume, describing, in The Talla Des Man-Eater, how he embarked on what he feared might be a fatal last test of skill and endurance. As always, he writes with an acute awareness of all jungle sights and sounds, choosing words charged with a great love of humanity, birds, and animals. His calm and straightforward modesty heightens the excitement and suspense of these experiences, in which he continuously risks his life to free the Indian tarai of dangerous man-eaters.
- Jacket Condition: Near Fine
- Binding Condition: Near fine
- Overall Condition: Near Fine
- Size: 8 Vo
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