THE MAN-EATING LEOPARD OF RUDRAPRAYAG. By Jim Corbett.
(1948) 1949 2nd impression (reset). 8vo (132 x 203mm). Ppvi,166,i. B/w photographs, end-paper maps. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. 8s. 6d.
"The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit." "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling." (Times Literary Supplement).
"The present book gives an absorbing account of [Corbett's] prolonged and hard-won campaign against a single leopard, an animal which outdoes tigers in cunning and ferocity. Roaming over an area of 500 square miles, the Rudraprayag leopard brought terror to the inhabitants of Garhwal for eight years, and year after year all efforts to kill it failed. On and off, Jim Corbett stalked it during the last two years of its career, finally destroying it at the end of an uninterrupted ten week pursuit." "It is an intensely exciting story which gains in effect by the simple and unaffected manner of its telling." (Times Literary Supplement).
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Book Code
47640
| Author | Corbett (Edward James). (Jim Corbett). (1875-1955). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 47640 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | Signature to end-paper map. Some spotting to edges, internally clean. Good-plus in slightly chipped dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1949 |
| Publisher | Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press. |
| Place | London. |