J. Locke - The Tigers Of Trengganu. Reprinted And Edited By Tan Sri Dato Dr. Mubin Sheppard.

Kuala Lumpur, MBRAS, 19541993. Originalcoloured and illustrated limp wrappers. (xvi), 191pp., frontispiece, black/white illustrations on 16 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 stating numbers of tigers in Malaysian districts), list of plates, foreword by Malcom MacDonald, index, table of contents. [MBRAS, Monograph No. 23]. 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. Paperback reprint edition. y. Very fine copy.