Sport in the Nepal Terai by an indigo planter

£225.00

Inglis, James  (Maori): In Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier or Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter. Macmillan & Co [London] 1878 1st edition 8vo.

Frontispiece & 8 other illustrations, xiii, list of illustrations, 361pp. Slightly later half leather gilt binding with marbled paper covered boards, green leather faded to light brown on spine, top edges gilt, contents very clean, pictorial bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to front pastedown. Fine binding by Henderson & Bisset, Edinburgh. A very attractive copy with the added interest of the bookplate of the great Scottish – American industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. [1835-1919]. Hunting exploits include rhinoceros and tiger in the Nepal terai. Czech p133.   aug29/3

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