1893 Reminiscences of Twenty Years' Pigsticking in Bengal

Description

Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, Very Scarce

A very scarce first edition.

Inscribed by the author to a front blank 'To Wallis with Raoul's best wishes'.

The author, R. Dubus, or 'Raoul', provides a detailed account of pigsticking - a form of wild boar hunting on horseback with spears - practiced by British colonial officers in Bengal during the late 19th century.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five further plates of portraits. Collated, complete.

With a publisher's catalogue to the rear dated August 1893.

With the stamp of W. C. Lydiard to the half title.

Raoul recounts his two decades of experiences, offering vivid descriptions of the hunts, the techniques employed, and the challenges faced. The work serves as both a sporting narrative and a historical document reflecting the attitudes and practices of British colonials in India.