MAN-EATERS OF KUMAON. By Jim Corbett. Merlin Unwin Books edition - reprint.

(1944) 2023 Merlin Unwin Books reprint. 8vo (138 x 216). Pp256+1 page ads + 1 page note about the illustrator. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, two-page map, orange tiger-stripe end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Jim Corbett's first collection of recollections of his pursuit of man-eating tigers in the Kumaon Hills of Northern India. The book includes one short chapter on mahseer fishing. "These ten thrilling and moving tales are Corbett's first-hand accounts as he expertly tracks and kills the individual tigers and leopards which had become man-eaters." Chapters include: The Champawat Man-eater; Robin; The Chowgarh tigers; The bachelor of Powalgarh; The Mohan man-eater; The fish of my dreams; The Kanda man-eater; The Pipal Pani tiger; The Thak man-eater; Corbett on photographing tigers.