CORBETT, Jim.: The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag. , Madras: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press (Indian Branch), 1948.

"When Jim Corbett first went on its trail, the Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag was already credited with more than 120 human kills. For six years it had held absolute sway over an area of 500 square miles in Garhwal....The leopard operated from 1918 to 1926 and killed a total of 125 men, women and children before it was shot by the author in Golabrai on 26 May 1926. Pp.157, black & white photo frontispiece + 10 further black & white photos + maps to endpapers, copyright page states: "Printed in India at the Wesley Press and Publishing House, Mysore City on paper manufactured at the Mysore Paper Mills, and published by Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press, Madras(Paper Issue Card No. M.S. Dated 31-3-1948)", gift message to front free endpaper. Cream boards with red illustration to lower front corner. Dustwrapper has wear to edges and losses affecting title to spine, but is now contained in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/Fair . (Book ref. 37664)  £125.00

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