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4th edition. Cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, edgewear, and tanning. Minor writing on the front free endpaper, pages are clean. Codice articolo mon0002665495
Titolo: Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon
Casa editrice: Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
Data di pubblicazione: 1921
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good
Da: Forgotten Books, London, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. Go on an adventure into the untamed wilderness of Ceylon with the author on a journey through its many climates, terrains, and ecosystems. This book offers a look at the diverse landscape of the country, from the lush forests to the vast oceans, and everything in between. The author shares their experiences encountering wildlife such as elephants, buffalo, elk, leopards, bears, and pigs while hunting and sharing stories and insights from local experts. This book reveals not only the natural history of Ceylon's wildlife but its cultural significance and the challenges of conserving it in the face of a changing world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781332162543_0
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: Book Aid Charitable Trust, Lincoln, Regno Unito
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. All pages intact, with firm spine. Name to ffep, otherwise text appears unmarked. Text block edge is lightly foxed and bumped. Cover shows some wear with bumping to edges and crinkling to spine. DJ shows some wear with small tears to edges. Codice articolo ABEE51-HUNTINGJS
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: J. and S. Daft, Lichfield, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DW. Rep. pp.366. Facsimile reprint of the 1907 edition published in London in 1907. This edition appears not to have the map of the original edition. Red pictorial cloth. Codice articolo 006648
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, Regno Unito
Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1998). (1907) 1998 facsimile reprint. 8vo (145 x 224mm). Ppii,xxiii,366. B/w photographs. Full dark-red gilt-decorated bonded leather, gilt buffalo head on upper board. Slight shelf-wear but a fine new copy. As with many books published in India, the quality of the binding and materials is of variable quality. A photographic facsimile of the 1907 first edition. A detailed account of Ceylon from a sporting point of view, drawn from the author's experiences between 1891 and 1906. Includes all representative sports of the day, including several usually overlooked as not dramatic or tropical enough. Snipe shooting, pigeons, small game hunting with dogs, tanks and tank shooting (wildfowling), quails, partridges, spur fowl, jungle fowl, pea fowl and others, descriptions of the hunting districts, elephants, buffalo, the Ceylon elk, deer; red, mouse, hog and spotted, the leopard, bears and water-hole shooting, pigs, fishing. Appendices on regulations, firearms, shikar equipment, shikar terms in Sinhalese and Tamil. This edition includes the original introductory note to a map on p366, but no map. Includes contributions from: Thomas Farr, E. Gordon Reeves, F.L. Reeves, M.L. Wilkins, J.J. Robinson, E.L. Boyd Moss, North C. Davidson, H.R. Spence, S. Payne-Gallwey, and R.A.G. Festing. . Codice articolo 20675
Quantità: 5 disponibili
Da: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Regno Unito
PF. Condizione: New. Codice articolo 6666-IUK-9781019102367
Quantità: 10 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo LW-9781332162543
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. In. Codice articolo ria9781019102367_new
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo L0-9781019102367
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo LW-9781332162543
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Da: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Regno Unito
hardcover. Condizione: New. Codice articolo 6666-GRD-9781019097427
Quantità: 1 disponibili