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Tent Life in Tigerland, with which is incorporated Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier, Being Twelve Years' Sporting Reminiscences of a Pioneer Planter in an Indian Frontier District
by Inglis, James
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Sydney and Brisbane: A. Hutchison & Son, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10" x 6.25", pp xxiv, 690, with 22 tissue-guarded chromilithograph plates. Original cloth binding, Moderate rubbing to edges and corners of boards; binding tight, a few pages with finger smudges, but generally clean. Inglis (1845 -1908) ran an Indigo Plantation on the borderlands between India and Nepal in the years 1863-1875. He later moved to Australia and became a politician in colonial New South Wales. An avid big game hunter, he writes here about both plantation life and hunting for tiger, buffalo, bear, rhinoceros, and leopard.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23376
- Title
- Tent Life in Tigerland, with which is incorporated Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier, Being Twelve Years' Sporting Reminiscences of a Pioneer Planter in an Indian Frontier District
- Author
- Inglis, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. Hutchison & Son
- Place of Publication
- Sydney and Brisbane
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Narratives;
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Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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