Description: MEMORIES OF SPORTING DAYS “RED HEATHER” LONGMANS, GREEN & CO. 1923 First edition. The author divides his attention in this book between his sporting adventures in India and stag hunting in Scotland. Of Indian interest are his hunts for blackbuck, nilgai, chital, and sambur near the Ganges River and Delhi. In addition, he hunted crocodile on the Ganges and Jumna Rivers, rogue elephant in the hill country of Naini Tal, and bear in Kashmir. (Czech, Bibliography of Asian Big Game Hunting Books.) Illustrated by Lionel Edwards and H. F. Prynne. CONTENTS PART I INDIA BLACK BUCK CROCODILE ON THE GANGES THE JUNGLE BY NIGHT CHETAL, SAMBAR AND BARKING DEER THE ROGUE ELEPHANT CROCODILE ON THE JUMNA BLACK BUCK HUNTING WITH A REVOLVER BLACK BEAR IN KASHMIR PART II AT HOME A FIRST STAG VISIONS OF THE MIST BETWEEN THE FLAGS A GOOD STALK A STAG'S GREAT FALL 23 x 18 cm. 124 pp + 14 plates. Very good condition. Cloth faded on the spine and along the edges of the boards. Light foxing to the page edges. Contents clean and tidy, binding sound, all plates present. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Original/Facsimile: Original
Publisher: Longmans
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Year Printed: 1923