J. Locke - The Tigers Of Trengganu. First Edition.

London, The Museum Press, 1954. Original cloth, tiger-head in gilt on front cover, title on spine. (xvi), 191pp., frontispiece, black/white illustrations on 19 field photo plates, 1 full-page drawing of a tiger-head, 2 full-page sketch-maps, decorative endpieces after drawings, some tables in text (of which one a number count of tigers in all Malaysian districts), list of plates, foreword by Malcom MacDonald, index, table of contents. Much more than a collection of reminiscences on Tiger-hunting, it includes author's, a istrict-officer of Trengganu district (Malaysia), general experiences with tigers, their cunningness and ferocity, superstitions of locals, myths and legends and the phenomenon of lycanthropy. Good copy, NO dustjacket. )some minimal spotting to verso of french title).