Great Tuskers of Africa

Pp. xi, (3), 222; 250 fine color photos and color line-drawings, some black-and-white line photos and maps, Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in copper-colored text on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 4to. The first edition was published in 2006 - the copy offered was published one year later in 2007. This lavishly illustrated volume includes information on ivory anatomy, ivory diseases, trade in ivory and conservation of the African elephant. But the central purpose of the volume is to share with the reader the beauty, grace and presence of the great bulls that once walked the earth, as well as the current big bulls that roam free in the few protected areas of Africa. No ownership marks and no signs of use.