Man – Eaters of Kumaon : Jim Corbett [ First American Edition , Tiger Hunting ]

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Scarce First American Edition of the account by Jim Corbett on Hunting Man-Eating Tiger in Kumaon , India.

 

Corbett, Jim. Man – Eaters of Kumaon. Oxford University Press : New York , London.1946. First American Edition.

 

Published two years after the original 1944 Indian edition, this well-preserved first American Edition of The Man Eaters of Kumaon recounts the experiences of Jim Corbett , man-eating tiger hunter and naturalist from his 30 year career as a hired gun for the British Raj.

Edward James Corbett ( 1875 – 1955 ), a lieutenant colonel in the British Indian Army, began his career hunting man-eating tigers and leopards in the Kumaon region 1907 with his successful hunt of the Champawat Tiger , a female believed to be responsible for over 430 human deaths. This text provides a full first-person overview of his successful hunts through to 1937 with photographs and tiger paw prints provided by the New York Zoological Society.

 

8vo, 235pp, orange cloth boards with stylized tiger printed to front, title, author and publisher to spine. Minor edge wear, corners bumped. Map print pastedowns and endpapers. Contemporary bookplate on second free endpaper with book review excerpt by Christopher Morley pasted in on third. Pages clean. Illustrated with 5 photographs. Very good. Printed non-price clipped dustjacket with wear and minor losses to edges, worst near front spine joint. Good.

 

 

 

 

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