Thinking Back [cover title]. [Author's own compendium of his articles and essays compiled by the author]

Published by [Various places, 1934

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Frontispiece of the author with a trophy boar. Various paginations, some of the versos of the articles are backed. 1 vols. 8vo (9-1/4 x 6 inches). Unique compilation of articles by Al Khanzir from various periodicals, heavily marked, annotated, or revised by him throughout. 1. Many Waters, in Blackwood's Magazine, July 1933, pp. 92-108.* 2. Matilda and Co.: A Tale of Tigers, in Cornhill, Feb. 1933, pp. 210-225.* 3. Poison's Tale, in Blackwood's Magazine, July 1934 pp. 1-20. 4. A Roving Commission in Blackwood's Magazine, June 1931, pp. 809-823.* 5. A Fisherman's Tales, in Cornhill, Jan. 1932, pp. 103-121. 6. The Old Cantonment, in Blackwood's Magazine, May 1934, pp. 622-637. 7. Haphazard Hunts - Antelope and Others, in Blackwood's Magazine, Mar. 1925, 329-345.* 8. Mainly about Tigers, in Blackwood's Magazine, Jan. 1925, pp. 63-78.* 9. Ten Days' Casual Leave, in Blackwood's Magazine, Oct. 1924, 472-488.* 10. Adam-Zad, in Blackwood's Magazine, Aug. 1923, pp. 258-273.* 11. Three Rivers, in Blackwood's Magazine, Feb. 1923, pp. 218-231.* 12. The White Ram, in Blackwood's Magazine, Dec. 1922, pp. 812-824.* 13. Chandragup, in Blackwood's Magazine, July 1920, pp. 39-52. 14. The Gold-Seekers, in Blackwood's Magazine, May 1920, pp. 614-628. 15. Pig Island, in Blackwood's Magazine, Jan. 1920, pp. 105-121.* 16. The Garuda, in Chambers's Journal. Seventh Ser., July 1925, pp. 497-500, 520-2, 531-4, 555-7. 17. Karma, in Chambers's Journal. Seventh Seri., October 1923, pp. 705-8, 733-6, 746-9, 763-5. 18. India in the Next War, Gold Medal Prize Essay, in United Service Institution of India, Oct. 1922, pp. [2], 323-341. 19. A Sideshow in the Days of Waterloo, [in United Service Institution of India?], pp. 462-483. 20. The Might Boary of Iraq by Marlburian. Badminton Magazine, 1919, pp. 264-270. Heavily marked and revised.* 21. Odd Hunts, pp. 86-89. Outer margins folded, some toning. Heavily marked. Lieut.-Gen. Hugh G. Martin (1887-1969) was a frequent contributor to Blackwood's and other magazines in the 1920s and 1930s as "Al Khanzir" (Arabic for Pig). He was a pig-sticker in Iraq (see the last item), with long service in India. In later years he was author of a regimental history, The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939-1945 (1948), and Sunset from the Main (Museum Press, 1951), a fascinating memoir of sport and life in the vanished Raj, which reprints many of these articles (marked above with *). With a presentation copy of the book, inscribed, "With the kindest regards of the author, High Martin". Original green cloth gilt. Very good, some toning, and few margins with minor paper flaws (16 and 17, edges closely trimmed). Sunset from the Main in original black cloth, near fine in very good dust jacket Frontispiece of the author with a trophy boar. Various paginations, some of the versos of the articles are backed. 1 vols. 8vo (9-1/4 x 6 inches). …

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Title
Thinking Back [cover title]. [Author's own compendium of his articles and essays compiled by the author]
Author
[Martin, Hugh G.], writing as Al Khanzir
Publisher
[Various places
Publication year
1934
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