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William Rice
Tiger-Shooting in India



WILLIAM RICE, Tiger-Shooting in India: Being an Account of Hunting Experiences on Foot in Rajpotana, During the Hot Seasons from 1850 to 1854, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857

xviii; 219 pages including 1 frontispiece and 11 colour chromolithograph plates from the sketches by the author
Contemporary binding with top edge gilt along with gilt text at the spine with 5 raised bands
26.5 x 18.5 x 2.7 cm

It is the tiger hunting stories that make this book a cornerstone title for tiger hunting book collectors.

LIST OF PLATES

1. Our Camp
2. Tiger killed by a Chance Shot near 'Maidah'
3. Bringing Home the Jaat Man-Eater in Triumph.br.4. Jaat Panther Charging
5. Order of Procession following up a wounded Tiger
6. Panic at 'Deypoora'.
7. Slaughtering a Gigantic Bear
8. Booj Tiger
9. Elliot being seized
10. Finding the 'Oomlrchee' Tiger
11. Murdering the 'Lohareea' Tigress
12. Last Tiger seen

Reference: J R Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, 484







  Lot 48 of 101  

ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AUCTION
15-16 JANUARY 2020

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Rs 1,32,600
$1,894

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Category: Books


 









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