Beschreibung:

K C A J ( J BURTON FORSTER )
THE SPORTSMAN'S VADE-MECUM FOR THE HIMALAYAS
Published: Horace Cox, London, 1891
Edition: 1st
120 pp plus 32 pp. of advertising, largely for guns and hunting outfitters. Illustrated with one photo and numerous B&W diagrams. Text is clean and tight, no internal markings except ink stamp of the New Club, Calcutta on the title page. Previous owner's name on the title page and feps. Half leather binding with marbled boards worn at the edges. Scarce. Detailed information on rifles, equipment, hunting black buck, Oorial, deer, Markhor, ibex, Gooral, Barasingh, Thar, musk deer, bear and other game, chapters on skinning and curing hides, bustard shooting, etc. "Whenever the annual shooting season in the glorious Himalaya draws near, many an eager sportsman prepares for a trip. what hurry, bustle and race there is to get into Kashmir or the Ladak.". "The first half of this excellent work details the equipment needed. The second half dwells on the author's experiences hunting. He particularly enjoyed stalking markhor." (Czech). Binding Condition: Very good Overall Condition: Very good Size: Slim 8 vo