THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS OF BIG GAME SHOOTING IN COOCH BEHAR, THE DUARS AND ASSAM: A ROUGH DIARY. By The Maharajah of Cooch Behar.
(1908) 1993 new edition. 4to (192 x 245mm). Ppxxviii,461. B/w photographs and illustrations, marbled end-papers. Armorial gilt bonded-leather binding, silk marker ribbon, all edges gilt.
Hunting with the maharajahs: bison, tiger, bear, rhino, buffalo, leopard, and sambhur using a line of forty elephants. Diary excerpts describing seriously well-appointed shooting expeditions taking place between 1881 to 1907. Two viceroys, Curzon and Minto, put in appearances at intervals, but no actual history or current affairs is allowed to obtrude into the narrative. A section of plates to the rear presents photographs of notable elephants, including the Nepalese fighting elephants, Jung Pershad, Bijli Pershad, and one other, unnamed.
Hunting with the maharajahs: bison, tiger, bear, rhino, buffalo, leopard, and sambhur using a line of forty elephants. Diary excerpts describing seriously well-appointed shooting expeditions taking place between 1881 to 1907. Two viceroys, Curzon and Minto, put in appearances at intervals, but no actual history or current affairs is allowed to obtrude into the narrative. A section of plates to the rear presents photographs of notable elephants, including the Nepalese fighting elephants, Jung Pershad, Bijli Pershad, and one other, unnamed.
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37190
| Author | Cooch Behar (The Maharaja of). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 37190 |
| ISBN | 1879356236 / 1879356236. |
| Book Description | A couple of small marks to edges else fine copy. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1993 |
| Publisher | Wolfe Publishing Co. |
| Place | Prescott, Arizona. |