The Dynasty of Abu - A History and Natural History of The Elephants and Their Relatives Past and Present

by Sanderson, Ivan T

First Edition

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Book desription: London: Cassell. Very Good+/Very Good. 1963. First Edition. Hardback. Well illustrated with 35 appealing line drawings and a map showing the world distribution of Abu (the elephants). Xvipp + 376pp + viiipp, including Genealogy of the Abu; Bibliographical Note; Further Reading; Technical Bibliography, and Index. Drawing on his own first-hand experience as a zoologist and animal collector, the author has written a fascinating chronicle of this most impressive and awesome of animals. He begins with their extinct ancestors, and, offers an intriguiing explanation of how the mammoths of Siberia came to be preserved in a frozen state. He tells of man's use of the elephant from the ancient Egyptians and Romans down to the present day. He gives a full account of the physiology and psychology of the elephants and loxodonts. Even readers not planning to buy an elephant (as Sanderson did) cannot help but be enlightened and entertained by this wonderfully diverse account of the world's largest land animals. Dust-jacket has rubbing to extremities, repaired at corners and top of spine with archival tape; jacket is in loose protective cover. A Very Good+ copy in a Very Good dust-jacket. .

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