Elephant Bill by Lt.-Col. J. H. Williams - 1952

Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY: (1950)., 1950 250p. + numerous photographs. Very XLib. 8vo. Rebound. Hardbound. Reading copy only. INDIA BOX 1 0.0. Hardcover.

NY: Doubleday. VG. (1950). From Elephant Bill's experiences in Burma where elephants helped with work. Sl edge wear, owner name ft endpaper. .

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. 319 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The clipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.

Doubleday, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good . Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J. H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as “Elephant Bill.” That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them to haul teak logs out of the isolated jungles. Yet this is also a story of great courage, because when the Second World War struck it also came to Burma. The Japanese Imperial Army planned to confiscate the Burmese elephants, drafting them to make the bridges and railways they needed to invade India. When he learned of these plans to put his beloved animals to a war-like purpose, Elephant Bill knew what had to be done. The mighty kings of the jungle had to be evacuated to safety. This is thus the story not only of the peaceful days in the jungle, starting in 1921, but also the story of the largest elephant rescue in history. It tells the amazing account of how Elephant Bill, along… Read More

The Long Riders' Guild Press. New. 2001. Paperback. 1590480775 . This specific paperback book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "A book comes along like this once in a lifetime. You read it as a small child, or even an adult, and never forget the images it conjures up of a wonderful Englishman who lives in the mysterious forests of faraway Burma and of the kind native people who teach him about their lovely country. But most of all, you never forget the elephants! For this is a story about those magnificent creatures. Though he was officially known as Lt. Colonel J. H. Williams, the author was known to the world at large as “Elephant Bill.” That is because he spent 25 years living with the elephants in the mountains and forests of Burma. There he trained them… Read More

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Impression.. 321pp. + fold-out map. HARDCOVER Sgn. to fep., o/w clean throughout. External cloth is also bright & clean. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. Book. Illus. by Photographs. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/G, used, map end papers, 250pp. Interior clean no marks, binding tight. There is a 1 1/8 X 1 1/2 inch area cut out of the top edge of the ffep near the gutter by a previous owner for reasons not known to me. Shelf rubbing to dust jacket, spine sunned, small tear and small chip to the head of the spine, small tear to top edge of the upper at fore-corner, small tears and chip to tail of the spine, corners rubbed..

London: Rupert Hart Davis, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1950. 250pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Some fading to spine, short tear at base of spine, small chips at head and foot of spine. The Asian elephant with much on the use made of it during WWII by one of the most famous Elephant Officers in Burma.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.