Stigand, Chauncey Hugh

FIRST EDITION, small 8vo (165 x 100mm.), x, 144pp., [48 blank square ruled pages], [48 blank ledger ruled pages], 3 folding linen-backed charts [chart of the Equatorial Stars in the front cover pocket, charts of the Northern Equatorial Constellations, and the Southern Equatorial Constellations, in the rear cover pocket], 1 folding diagram, 9 diagrams in the text [1 full-page], original oatmeal waxed linen folding pocket book binding, with press and snap fasteners, upper cover with printed title and two printed rulers [6 inches and 15 centimetres], cloth pencil holder inside upper cover with the original eraser-tipped pencil, slipcase

Humphrey Winterton, book label

RARE. Stigand's combined skills in hunting, natural history and soldiering were best expressed in his Scouting and Reconnaissance in Savage Countries. Designed as a portable manual, it provided instruction on the strategy and tactics involved in tracking, stalking and marking down both animals and humans.