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THB[VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. BEVAN, Major H. Thirty Years in India... London: Pelham Richardson, 1839.
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[VOYAGES AND TRAVELS]. BEVAN, Major H. Thirty Years in India: or, a Soldier's Reminiscences of Native and European Life in the Presidencies, from 1808 to 1838. London: Pelham Richardson, 1839. 8vos. Illustrated with hand-colored frontispiece, folding (uncolored) map in volume I, and 2 engraved plates in volume II. 2 volumes. 344; 367 pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, boards decoratively stamped in blind, spines stamped in gilt.
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Spines and board-edges sunned, bindings worn and soiled, endleaves offset, text toned, mildly soiled, foxed, several gutters overopened, both volumes skewed (volume II more skewed than volume I), ownership signatures on both fps. Good. FIRST EDITION. "Sporting experiences are liberally dosed in this recollection of life and military work throughout India. Bevan recalls hunts for sambur, bear, tiger, leopard, and other game. There are also descriptions of hunting elephant and spotted deer in the Wynaad" (Czech, Asia, p. 26).
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