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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. Seller Inventory # mon0002665495
Title: Hunting & Shooting in Ceylon
Publisher: Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
Publication Date: 1921
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 9781332162543_0
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: Book Aid Charitable Trust, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # ABEE51-HUNTINGJS
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: J. and S. Daft, Lichfield, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Seller Inventory # 006648
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Condition: 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. . Seller Inventory # 20675
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
PF. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-IUK-9781019102367
Quantity: 10 available
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781332162543
Quantity: 15 available
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9781019102367_new
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9781019102367
Quantity: Over 20 available
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # LW-9781332162543
Seller: Chiron Media, Wallingford, United Kingdom
hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 6666-GRD-9781019097427
Quantity: 1 available