Fletcher, F. W. F;. Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad. Macmillan & Co., London, 1911.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 455 pages. Ex-library, with a perforation punch on the title page, all plates, and several other pages. Binding worn, spine torn, folding map seperating at some folds. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9? Tall
Seller: William H. Allen Bookseller, Shillington, PA, U.S.A.
F.W.F. Fletcher. Sport on the Nilgiris and in Wynaad. Macmillan, London-CLOSE OUT, 1911.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: dark blue cloth, gilt titles, light fading to spine,two repaired cloth tears, 1 at top and 1 at bottom of spine 1/8", minor handling and bumping, bookplate laid in on front free end paper,former owners blind stamp on half title, all maps and plates present, 456 pages
Seller: mauna kea books, kurtistown, HI, U.S.A.
Price: US$118.41 + shipping
Description: Map on inside cover is torn but otherwise intact. Page edges show wear and binding is loosening on the inside cover. Otherwise, the contents are fine and the book is perfectly readable. 456 pages
Seller: Berkshire Rare Books, Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Price: US$129.00 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1911). 1911 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 230mm). Ppxx,456. B/w photographs, illustrations, folding map, addenda slip. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Newly rebacked with original spine relaid. A good strong copy but lacks the frontispiece map. Big game hunting - tiger, elephant, leopard, bison, bear, tahr, ibex and deer - in the region of Ootacamund in the North Indian Himalayas. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
FLETCHER, F.W.F.. Sport on Nilgiris and in Wynaad. MacMillan, London, 1911.
Price: US$217.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: pp. xx, 456. Frontispiece folding map & 18 plates. Original cloth. A good complete copy.
Seller: Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, New Zealand
Fletcher, F. W. F.. Sport on the Niligris and in the Wynaad.. Macmillan and Co., London., 1911.
Price: US$257.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: xvii, 456pp, folding map, photos, sketches, appends. Hunters 'bag' and observations on the wildlife in what is now Malabar region. Clean tight and firm in binding, bit of spotting to map. 1.2kg
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Fletcher, F.W.F.. Sport on the Nilgiris and Wynaad. Macmillan, London, 1911.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, big game hunting exclusively in the hills and jungles of Southern India well over a century ago using the best firearms available at the time. Nilgiris or Blue Mountains and Wynaad, now a part of Malabar, Kerala was teaming with all kinds of exotic animals, and the author was successful in bagging tiger, leopard, bear, bison, sambar, Nilgiri Ibex or Tahr, deer and other game. The area was also known for its famous tea and coffee estates, and the forests were famous for its much sought after trees like Rosewood, Teak and Sandalwood. Illustrated with photo plates and sketches and a large folding map, clean and unused, 456 pages, blue binding with spine sunned, tight and clean copy with a short inscription by Tweedie after completing an expedition in that area in Feb.1912.
Seller: SAFARI BOOKS, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nilgiris and Wynaad are still one of the best places in southern India to observe the wildlife. In this book the author relates his big game hunting adventures - mainly the tiger and leopard - there over a 100 years ago when the country was not exploited and tigers were abundant. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author (faded), on the front blank page. Original blue cloth, signs of age, light split inside cover, spine letters in gold, large colored folding map with edges reinforced, 456 pages, appendices, new eps. Illustrated with photographs and sketches, a 108 year old classic. The only signed copy by the author.
Seller: SAFARI BOOKS, Edmonton, AB, Canada