Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing. 158 pages. Foreword by Dame Daphne Sheldrick Three small scuff marks on back of dust jacket. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.
Seller: BEACON BOOKS, Creston, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 160 pages. Gold lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in Brodart. A fine copy of this pictorial book on African Elephants, with a foreword by Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick. This is a large, heavy book and will require additional shipping charges (at cost).
Published by Merrell, London and New York, 2009
ISBN 10: 1858945054 ISBN 13: 9781858945057
Language: English
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First edition. SIGNED. 158pp. Folio [36 cm] Black paper over boards. The spine slants forward just a bit, and the foot of the spine is gently bumped. In the illustrated dust jacket, with very trivial bumping occasionally along the edges. Will require extra postage due to size and weight. Foreword by Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick. A splendid tribute to the stunning beauty of these remarkable endangered animals, with striking duotone photographs by award-winning photographers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson. Inscribed by both authors on the title page: "To ____, / 'They're the last individuals' / Romain Gary / The Roots / of Heaven 1958 / Cyril Christo. Marie Wilkinson." The inscription references Gary's book "The Roots of Heaven," a book about preserving elephants from extinction.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket.
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: VG/VG. 1st. folio. 157pp. Signed by the authors: Inscribed (see notes). NO INTERNATIONAL or. PRIORITY. Slight cock to spine. Light wear to DJ. In mylar. Inscribed "To Elizabeth, who loves all being great & small, in. friendship.8/10" and signed by both authors. This is Elizabeth Marshall. Thomas, anthropologist (The Harmless People), novelist, and author of The. Secret Life of Dogs.
Published by Merrell, United Kingdom, 2009
ISBN 10: 1858945054 ISBN 13: 9781858945057
Language: English
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Christo, Cyril; Wilkinson, Marie (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. Folio. 160 pp. Hard cover binding. This appropriately elephantine book is a tribute to the remarkable beauty of the African elephant, one of the most majestic creatures on earth and also one of the most imperiled. Photographers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson capture not only the strength and size of the elephants in these large duotone images (up to 22 x 14 inches), but also their gentleness and human-like emotional lives. The 85 photos are accompanied by quotations and stories from folklore, presenting both Western and African perspectives. New in new dust jacket.