I have here for sale a scarce book entitled THE LARGE AND SMALL GAME OF BENGAL AND THE NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES OF INDIA by Captain J H Baldwin. It is the second edition published in 1877 by Henry S King & Co, London, following the first of 1876. 22 b/w illustrations
Baldwin, a Captain in the British Army stationed in India, recounts his experiences hunting for tiger in the Terai, Assam, and Mirzapore regions, and additional hunts for panther, bear, buffalo and various deer species. He provides in-depth descriptions of animals such as the leopard, red lynx, hyena, wild dog, Indian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, and antelope, among many others. The second part of the work examines India’s sporting bird species. Almost every animal he describes had fallen to his own rifle.
Original dark green cloth hardboards with a gilt image of an antelope's head to the front board with gilt title lettering to the front and spine. Slight damp staining to the front top edge, small tears to the head and tail of the spine and the corners. Both internal hinges are partly cracked but boards still feel pretty firm. Brown endpapers with typewritten description of the book pasted to the front one. Foxing to frontispiece tissue guard and title page. Pages clean but binding pulling a little in a few places, especially towards the middle. Foxing to last few pages also, but this is the publisher's catalogue. Condition: good/very good. 380 pages + 4 page publisher's catalogue. 22 x 17 cm.
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