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Jim Corbett
(1875 - 1955)
My India [Signed Copy by Jim Corbett]



Jim Corbett, My India, London: Oxford University Press, 1952

190 pages; original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine; pictorial dust jacket featuring a tiger illustration and decorative endpaper map of northern India. Housed in a custom-made half blue morocco and marbled paper slipcase with decorative gilt rules and title to spine.
8.4 x 5.6 in (21 x 14 cm)

Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the title page: “Yours very sincerely, Jim Corbett”, with an additional location/date annotation: “Nyeri, 2/8/52”.

A HUNTER’S FAREWELL: JIM CORBETT’S SIGNED COPY OF MY INDIA, 1952

An exceptionally scarce signed copy of Corbett’s fifth book, My India, a deeply personal reflection on his life in the Kumaon hills, written after the success of Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Corbett’s humane and respectful portrayals of rural Indian life, his conservationist voice, and his anti-colonial empathy mark this volume as a unique testament to his legacy. The present copy was signed in Nyeri, Kenya, where Corbett had retired and later died.

Signed copies of My India are uncommon, and those dated in Corbett’s hand from Nyeri—his final place of residence—are particularly desirable among collectors of Indian natural history.







  Lot 89 of 107  

A DISTANT VIEW OF INDIA: BOOKS, MAPS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 17TH TO 20TH CENTURY
6-7 AUGUST 2025
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