Author: Captain H. Nugent Head; Captain J. Scott Cockburn
Title: The Hoghunters&Apos; Annual
Description: Bombay, The Times of India Press, 1931 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce copy of this illustrated periodical published in British India. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth with pictorial paper wraps. Edited by Captain H. Nugent Head and Captain J. Scott Cockburn, both of the 4th Q O Hussars.This periodical gives a comprehensive account of the field sports of pigsticking and boar hunting in India. With chapters on hunting in Agra, Ambala, Baroda, Calcutta, Delhi, Muttra, Nagpur, Roorkee and many other locations. Other articles include the Pipal Pani Tiger, folk songs and legends of the Kanjars, the Kadir Cup, extracts from Indian Sporting Review, and many more. Charmingly illustrated with vignettes throughout, and a frontispiece in colour. Advertisements to the front and rear of the work. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper wraps. Externally, very good, with light soiling to the wraps and light edge wear. Bumping causing small closed tears to the head and tail of the spine. Light tidemarks to the endpapers and the first few pages of advertisements. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd mark. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: the hoghunters annual British India periodical first edition British India scarce Not Stated


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