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    By E. P. Stebbing
    London   John Lane the Bodley Head
    9" by 6" [6], vii-xxviii, [2], 3-321, [19pp]
    The first edition of Edward Percy Stebbing's descriptive account of his time spent hunting in the Himalayas, illustrated throughout.
    By E. P. Stebbing

    1912 Stalks in the Himalaya

    London   John Lane the Bodley Head
    9" by 6" [6], vii-xxviii, [2], 3-321, [19pp]
    The first edition of Edward Percy Stebbing's descriptive account of his time spent hunting in the Himalayas, illustrated throughout.
    £125.00
    : 1kgs / : 786P50
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    The first edition of this work.

    An extensive and vivid hunting work on the sport in the Himalayas, recording the author's hunts of goral, bear, serow, and more.

    Illustrated with a frontispiece, five plates, and in-text illustrations.

    Collated, complete.

    Written and illustrated by Edward Percy Stebbing, a pioneering forester and forest entomologist in India. He was one of the first to warn of desertification and desiccation.

    Prior owner's stamp to the recto to the front endpaper, 'Brain Ashley'.

    Eighteen pages of adverts to the rear.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Small puncture marks to the spine. Some indentations to the rear board. Stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some occasional light spots. A few pages unopened to the fore edge.

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