HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976 * Publisher: Octopus Books.* Binding and cover condition: Illustrated cloth, monochrome photo on light orange ground, white title to spine. No bumps, minimal rubs, very slightly faded. VG++* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. Price clipped. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Spine lightly faded. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slightly aged & top edge dusty, otherwise no major faults. VG* Illustrations: Colour photos and plates throughout.* Pages: 94pp. text. ii pp. index at rear.* Description: A detailed description of African and Asian elephants, plus a chapter on the ivory trade. Illustrated with superb colour photographs & prints taking the reader from prehistoric origins to the gentle giant we know today. This is a heavy item weighing just over 1 Kilo, a small additional charge is included to cover the extra cost of carriage.* A VG copy of the 1st. thus with NO MAJOR FAULTS.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2026
Title: LOVE OF ELEPHANTS, THE
Author: MURRAY, NEIL
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0706405153
ISBN 13: 9780706405156
Publisher: OCTOPUS BKS.
Place of Publication: UK 94
Date Published: 1976-01-01

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Tail: The heel of the spine.
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...