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NY: Basic Books. VG. 1959. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Stated second printing bound in yellow cloth and boards. A Very Good c opy in a Good dust jacket. The book has some mild shelf wear and a few dust spots. The dust jacket has rubs/frays to its corners and along t he head and heel of its spine. Rubs to the folds. Dust soiling to the rear panel. Illustrated. .

Basic Books, 1959. Ex-Library. Acceptable+. Hb. some separation from spine; edgewear; damage to back hinge..

Chatto & Windus, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. 272 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges.

Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. No edition remarks. 285 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages remain bright and clear. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to first page. Large water staining to reverse of covers. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild tanning to spine. Light rubbing all over. Large water stains to covers.

Chatto & Windus, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Full title: Elephants: A Short Account Of Their Natural History, Evolution And Influence On Mankind. Black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

New York: Basic Books, 1959. Hardcover. Illustrations by Maurice Wilson and others. 8vo. Yellow cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 272pp. Line drawings, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn; ownership name/address neatly inkstamped on front pastedown. Later printing, tight and attractive.

Pelican / Penguin Books, 1962-01-01. paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

New York, NY: Basic Books, Inc.. Good plus condition/G. 1959. ........ Cloth/Boards w/DJ. 2nd Printing . 8vo., 272 pp., Endpapers foxed, front inside hinge cracked; dj frayed .

New York: Basic, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson and others from black and white photographs, plates, drawings, and maps. 272pp. Contemporary gift inscription with name canceled in ink, small spots on front board, spine moderately foxed and tanned, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn, good only, lacking the dust jacket. "A simple but comprehensive survey of elephant science and elephant lore.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Maruice Williams and others. Topics covered include kinds of elephants, the elephant body, love among elephants, elephants as fossils, hunting, elephants as servants, elephants for show and entertainment, magic and folklore, preservation and control. Includes dozens of illustrations and photographs. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped with some surface rubbing and edgewear; most significant being a 1" chip on rear panel. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 272 pp.

Chatto & Windus, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 272 pages (complete). Dust jacket worn, a bit insect damaged and marked.Boards shelf rubbed and marked. Light tanning, foxing. Still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Great Britain: Penguin/Pelican. Paperback. Elephants. A Short Account of Their Natural History, Evolution, and Influence on Mankind. Slight wear to top and bottom edge of spine. Slight browning to spine. No other wild beast and only perhaps two domesticated animals are held in such universal affection as the elephant. In this delightful ' popular monograph' you will find almost everything that is known about the two surviving species of elephants, and much about some 300 extinct members of the same order. Illustrated. 285 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Paperback. 1st Penguin Edition. 1962.

New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1959. 272 pp. Original brown paper covered boards w/ yellow cloth spine. Small gilt elephant on front cover near foredge. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers w/ small brown stains to foredge of text block. DJ moderately soiled. Light edge wear w/ mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Maurice Wilson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harmondsworth : Penguin Books in association with Chatto & Windus, 1962. First Edition in this form. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Pelican Books ; no. A539. Physical description: 285 pages, 32 plates ; 19cm. Notes: Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. Includes bibliography and index. Subjects: Elephants. Fossils. Natural history.

New York: Basic Books. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good clipped dust jacket. All four corners of front and rear flaps clipped. Shelfwear and closed tears on spine crown and heel, front panel top and bottom corner, and front panel top edge. Light foxing on top text block edge. Light shelfwear on rear panel. .

New York : White Lotus Press, 1959. Paperback. Good/no dj. 0.58. Elephants: A Short Account of their Natural History Evolution and Influence on Mankind