MEERUT TENT CLUB. The Log of the Meerut Tent Club. Vol II. A reprint of the records from 1899 to 1905. Bombay: Thacker & Co. Ltd. 1905.
4to. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to upper board; pp. 127, 18 plates; upper board creased to lower right corner, binding rather rubbed, a little internal browning, otherwise very good. Provenance: front pastedown with presentation inscription to Peter (?Guiser) for winning the HogHunter's Cup, the Club's top prize for pig-sticking.
First edition thus. Very scarce. A fascinating record of meetings of the Meerut Tent Club, a society of British soldiers and civil servants devoted to pig-sticking based in what is now the state of Uttar Pradesh. Each meeting is recorded in minute detail, so there is a wealth of incident and adventure.
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