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The Elephant in East Central Africa: A Monograph
Hill, W.C.O.; Barker, W.; Stockley, C.H.; Pitman, C.R.S.; Offermann, P.B.; Rushby, G.G.; Gowers, W.
Verlag: Rowland Ward, London, 1953
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Good. 150, [1], double-page plate. . HB. 4to, orig. cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. Withdrawn from an institutional library with a few small neat ink stamps to title page and final text page, otherwise clean and unused. First edition. Rare. An important volume featuring chapters by leading naturalists, game…wardens, and colonial-era hunters with first-hand experience of elephants throughout East Central Africa. Its contents span evolution, anatomy, reproduction, and regional studies of elephants in the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, the Belgian Congo, and Tanganyika, as well as a survey of the African elephant in history. Notably, the work includes the first complete anatomical diagram of an elephant. The book is dedicated to the Maharaja of Mysore, who was known for his great interest in and enthusiasm for the elephant.
