BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET. Major Sir Gerald Burrard.

1925 1st edition. Large 8vo (154 x 240mm). Pp320. B/w photograph plates, line illustrations, coloured maps, fold-out maps. Blind-stamped blue cloth.

"With sections by Col. A.G. Arbuthnot, C.M.G., D.S.O., R.A. ; W.B. Cotton, I.C.S. ; Col. G.H. Evans, C.B.E., C.I.E. ; Sir Otway Wheeler-Cuffe Wheeler-Cuffe, Bart., and F.C. Lowis." This is a detailed guide to the Himalayas and Tibet for the big game hunter. It was the first such guide published in twenty years and the only one, to the author's knowledge, which was "likely to help the sportsman in his desire to find game by striking off the beaten track." Chapters include; The geography of the Himalayas; Stalking; Still hunting; Black bear; Burrhel; Gooral; Ibex; Kashmir stag or barasingh; Leopard Markhor; Oorial or shapu; Ovis ammon or nyan; Red bear; Sambhur; Thar; Tibetan antelope; General hints on shooting in the Himalayas; Outfit; Particulars of the principal Himalayan states.