TWENTY-FIVE YEARS BIG GAME HUNTING. By Brigadier General R. Pigot. With sixty-four illustrations.
1928 1st edition. Tall 8vo (158 x 258mm). Ppxi,307. B/w photograph plates. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.
Twenty five years reminiscences of sport and travel across five continents. The author was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served in both World Wars. "This is an excellent work of sporting adventure in many exotic venues". (Czech). Chapters include:- Big game hunting and big game shooting; Transport, clothing and camp kit; Rifles; Taxidermy; Elk shooting in Norway; Sardinia; Suakim; Jungle shooting in India; Hill shooting in India; Burma; The Altai Mountains of Mongolia; Siam; Eastern Siberia; Newfoundland; The Tian Shan Mountains of Chinese Turkestan; The Tarim River; The Pamirs; New Zealand.
Twenty five years reminiscences of sport and travel across five continents. The author was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served in both World Wars. "This is an excellent work of sporting adventure in many exotic venues". (Czech). Chapters include:- Big game hunting and big game shooting; Transport, clothing and camp kit; Rifles; Taxidermy; Elk shooting in Norway; Sardinia; Suakim; Jungle shooting in India; Hill shooting in India; Burma; The Altai Mountains of Mongolia; Siam; Eastern Siberia; Newfoundland; The Tian Shan Mountains of Chinese Turkestan; The Tarim River; The Pamirs; New Zealand.
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Book Code
43211
Author | Pigot (Robert). (1882-1977). |
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Book Code | 43211 |
ISBN | B06X9YQJ9Q. |
Book Description | Foxing to edges, cloth slightly faded and stained but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1928 |
Publisher | Chatto and Windus. |
Place | London. |