THE FACE OF THE TIGER. By Charles McDougal.

(1977) 1979 reprint. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppx,182. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations, maps, bibliography. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Several thousand hours of observation and tracking are captured in a single volume that examines the life of the world's most powerful predator". A study of tigers in the Indian subcontinent, with special reference to the Nepalese terai. McDougal began by hunting tigers and ended up as Director of Operations and Chief Naturalist at Tiger Tops Jungle Lodge in the Royal Chitawan National Park.