Sale 21JJ01 | Lot 180

[INDIA-HUNTING] CORBETT, JIM. Man-Eaters of Kumaon.

Catalogue: Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
[INDIA-HUNTING]  CORBETT, JIM. Man-Eaters of Kumaon.

Lot Details

Lot 180
[INDIA-HUNTING] CORBETT, JIM. Man-Eaters of Kumaon.
[Bombay]: Oxford University Press, [1944]. True first edition. Publisher's beige buckram, map endpapers. 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (21.5 x 13.5 cm); xvi, 228 pp.; plates after photographs. Binding a little soiled, rubbed.
Scarce, this is the true first edition published in Bombay, not seen by Czech, who cites the American edition (p. 51). Sold with a copy of the second Indian (Bombay) edition, in the orange cloth of issue. All the Bombay editions are quite scarce.


C Estate of Arnold 'Jake' Johnson

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $220 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $200 - $300
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Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

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