About this title: From childhood, Jim Corbett, who was born in India in 1875, was at one with the jungles, an expert "shikari" and an excellent shot, killing his first leopard when he was eight. Tigers were his most sought-after prey but, in time, he began to turn towards conservation. From the mid-1920s, he ceased to shoot tigers for sport: instead he photographed ...
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Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford & London, UK
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780192828590ISBN:0192828592
Description: Very Good + 7 3/4" Tall by 5 1/4" Wide. 278 pages incl. index & appendices. Pictroial paperbback covers, slight wear to spine-ends, light wear to corners, page-edges a little yellowed. Foxing to flyleaf, slight foxing to a few margins. Text is otherwise very clean. Nice condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: (1986) 2004 pbk reprint. Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1899-12-30
ISBN-13:9780195624861ISBN:0195624866
Description: Used-Very Good. THIS IS A HARD TO FIND OR RARE TITLE. PLEASE ALLOW 7-21 DAYS FOR DELIVERY, BOOK IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM WAREHOUSE. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR QUERIES. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ Delightful insights into the legend, this biography is written with a deep sense of empathy with Jim Corbett and his life in the Indian jungles and villages. Jim Corbett (1875-1955) is legendary for his classic hair-raising tales of life in the Indian jungles. Corbett was an expert shikari, having shot his first leopard at the age of eight. From the mid-1920s he took up the camera and became a staunch champion of the conservation of India's ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Constable, London
Date Published: 1986
Description: Very Good Plus in Near Fine jacket. VG+/NrF. First edition in protected d/w not price clipped. Illustrated with photographs. A well-researched and authoritative biography of big-game hunter. and later conservatist, Jim Corbett (1875-1955). Corbett was a world famous big-game hunter in India, notably of tigers, who was instrumental in the establishment of the first Indian tiger reserve. With Appendices and Index. Slight bump to one side of base of spine; else a very good plus copy, in a near ... read more
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