Sale 21JJ01 | Lot 135

[ASIA-HUNTING] BURTON, R. G. The Tiger Hunters.

Catalogue: Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson
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[ASIA-HUNTING] BURTON, R. G. The Tiger Hunters.

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Lot 135
[ASIA-HUNTING] BURTON, R. G. The Tiger Hunters.
London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd., [1936]. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (21.5 x 14 cm); 256 pp.; frontispiece, plates, half-title, publisher's advertisements. Jacket quite creased and a bit soiled, some restorations and losses, though overall in good condition, text lightly toned throughout.
"Semi-autobiographical in nature, this work provides glimpses of Burton's early life and military service in addition to his hunting exploits in India. He describes hunts for tiger near the Chichcora River and shooting from machans in the hill country of the Gonds. There is additional sport after panther and several deer species." (Czech). Czech Asia, p. 38.


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Sporting Books from the Library of Arnold "Jake" Johnson

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