BANGKOK: ITS LIFE AND SPORT. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF SIAM'S COASTAL AND ISLAND GAME AREAS. By Lieut.-Col. C.H. Forty (Late Royal Siamese Gendarmerie). With photographs.

1929 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 226mm). Pp206 + 1pp ads. B/w photograph plates. Orange cloth, blind-ruled border to upper board, spine titled in gilt. 10/6 net.

Mostly snipe shooting with brief mentions of big game such as rhinoceros and elephant". This very short account of the social habits and sporting possibilities of the modern capital of Siam, was written in the hope and belief that it might be of practical value to men going out to the tropical East, or already in residence there. Few persons who leave other countries for this part of Asia have any idea what to take with them, of the conditions of life awaiting them, or of the best manner of not only of living but of enjoying life". Chapters include:- Bangkok; Rural suburbs; Starting life; Guns and appurtenances; Kit and ammunition; Snipe-shooting; Snipe-shots; Records; Mishaps; Week-end parties and how not to shoot snipe; Other game; The islands.