Orlando: Harcourt, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. WAS $38. Revered in Indian religion and culture, yet coveted by poachers for its ivory tusks, the Asian elephant has lived, worked, and even fought side by side with humans for 4,000 years. Stephen Alter first encountered Elephas..... More
Gland: IUCN, 2003. Quarto, paperback, tables, maps. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides..... More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
Gland: IUCN, 1997. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. More
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper. More
Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2002. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. This is an account of what it takes to save endangered large mammals. Dinerstein outlines the multifaceted recovery program - structured around targeted fieldwork and scientific research, effective protective measures, habitat planning and management, public-awareness campaigns, economic incentives to..... More
IUCN, Quarto, softcover. More
London: Poyser, 1999. Octavo, illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. This detailed book includes chapters on anatomy and physiology; origins; social life; reproduction; diet and feeding; ecology; diseases, parasites and commensals; hippos and man; distribution and numbers; and references. More
[London]: Harper Collins, 1993. Octavo, , fine copy in dustwrapper. The story of the African elephant and its fight for survival. More
London: New Holland, 1986. Oblong format, colour plates by Paul Bosman, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Country Life Books, 1979. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. In this popularly written book, three long-time observers of the okapi present a complete, contemporary natural history of this appealing relative of the giraffe. A hardcover is also available. More
London: Printed by order of the trustees, 1916. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth, bookplate, small library stamp on blank endpaper, a very good copy. Volume five: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinoceroses), Hyracoidea (huraxes), Proboscidae (elephants). More
New York: PublicAffairs, 2001. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. An illuminating history of one of the earth's most magnificent creatures-and a passionate plea to save it from extinction. For thousands of years, the majestic elephant has roamed the African continent, as beloved by man as it has been preyed upon..... More
London: J. A. Allen and Co., 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Free Press, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations, maps. One day, while observing elephants at a waterhole in Namibia, the author saw the matriarch suddenly turn, flatten her ears, and lift a leg off the ground. Several other females then turned to face the same direction, and..... More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Gland: IUCN, 1995. Quarto, graphs, maps, softcover. More
Gland: IUCN, 1990. Quarto, photographs, softcover. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides continent-wide..... More
Surry Hills: RD Press, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, pale foxing first and last leaves, good in dustwrapper. Contributors include Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Dr Anthony Hall-Martin, Dr Philip J. Viljoen, Dr Richard Leakey and Cynthia Moss. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Poyser, 1994. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Gland: IUCN, 1994. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. More
Gland: IUCN, 1983. Quarto, paperback, unpaginated. More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2009. Octavo, fine copies black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Ivory came to be prized in every culture of the world for its beauty and rarity and ability to be finely carved. Starting in the Ice Age, when ivory was first imbued with..... More