FIELD SPORTS IN INDIA: 1800-1947. By Major General J.G. Elliott. With two chapters on pigsticking by Brigadier C.R. Templer and a foreword by Wilson Stephens.
1973 1st edition. Large 8vo (158 x 254mm). Pp223. B/w photograph plates, illustrations, pictorial end-papers, bibliography. Red boards, gilt boar's head to upper board, spine titled in gilt.
An interesting account of the leisure pursuits of British administrators and military men in colonial India. Elephants, tigers, panthers and man-eaters, bufalo, bison, sheep and goats, mahseer, trout, snipe, geese, duck, partridges, pheasants and a lot else besides.
An interesting account of the leisure pursuits of British administrators and military men in colonial India. Elephants, tigers, panthers and man-eaters, bufalo, bison, sheep and goats, mahseer, trout, snipe, geese, duck, partridges, pheasants and a lot else besides.
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34398
| Author | Elliott (James Gordon). (1898-1990). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 34398 |
| ISBN | 0856140236 / 0856140236. |
| Book Description | Slight browning, smells slightly musty. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1973 |
| Publisher | Gentry Books. |
| Place | London. |