About this title: Corbett, famous for his tales of hunting, created a classic of another kind with these stories of village life in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1962
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine, endpaper maps. Very tidy, just light foxing in edges and faint toning in endpapers. Dust jacket is price clipped, bright, slight tape line along top edge. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1954
Description: Good. This vintage book is very solid and pages are clean. Green cloth cover has a pea-sized stain on spine. Some of the color is faded at top of spine and on back of book. Some edge wear. Gold gilted tiger's head design on front cover. read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. DJ by Biro. Free end papers lightly browned; binding tight; some wear & short tears to dust jacket; dust jacket protected in removable clear film. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Safari Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780940143586ISBN:0940143585
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. 1st thus. Collection of 6 books by Corbett in 5 volumes and in slipcase with artwork by Guy Coheleach. Each book is bound in kelly green with gold gilt lettering and with tiger head on front cover. If you like real life hunting at its most thrilling, Jim Corbett is a writer for you. Suspenseful is an understatement. All 5 volumes (6 books) are New in New slipcase. ISBN: 0940143585 read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Culler & Sons
Date Published: 1995
Description: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. #934 of 1500 copies. Former owner's small writing on ffep.; The Jim Corbett collection; 9.5" tall; 195 pages. read more
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ The book comprises stories of some of the human beings that make up Jim Corbett's poignant rural world, located in the Indian foothills. Jim Corbett's classic stories of man-eaters have made him a legend in India. In the present work he has created a classic of another sort. The book narrates the stories of simple village folk-people residing in the foothills. The sympathy and concern as well as sharp observation of village-India's life, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very Good. PICTORIAL DUST JACKET with mylar cover, 190 PAGES, green cloth over boards, gilt lettering on binding, gilt tiger head on cover, end-paper maps, COVER AND TEXT VERY GOOD, DJ has tear across front and worn around edges but in protective mylar cover, in stock. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London
Date Published: 1952
Description: 190 pp, map on end-papers, map at rear, previous owner's name on front end-paper, else very fine copy in fine, illustrated, price-clipped d/j. First edition. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Full Leather
Publisher: Safari Press, Long Beach, CA
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780940143623ISBN:0940143623
Description: Sheppard, Raymond. Fine. No Jacket. First Safari Press edition. Five volumes octavo (5" x 8"), green leather w/gilt lettering & ornamentation, b/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, 1, 032 pp. in toto. Preserved in publisher's sturdy pictorial pasteboard slipcase (art by Guy Coheleach). Slipcase in fine condition. A handsome set: "My India" (0-940143-62-3), b/w map, 190 pp. + [2]. "Leopard of Rudrapryag" (0-940143-58-5), 191 pp. "Temple Tiger" & "Tree Tops" (0-940143-60-7), 197 pp. + [2] + ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OXFORD U. P
Date Published: 1952
Description: Published by OXFORD U. P in 1952. Hardback with Dust jacket. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY #7813866 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: Second printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Univeristy Press, Lodnon
Date Published: 1952
Description: 8vo, 190pp. A very good hardback copy with some offsetting. In a good price-clipped dust jacket, which is scuffed and torn at edges. read more
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