AFRICA'S GREATEST TUSKERS: STORIES, HISTORY, AND LORE ON THE LARGEST TUSKERS EVER TO COME FROM THE DARK CONTINENT. By Tony Sanchez-Arino. Classics in African Hunting series volume 84. Trade edition.

(2016) 2106 1st trade edition (states 2nd edition). 4to (220 x 285mm). Ppxii,308. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations throughout, maps, patterned end-papers. Orange boards, spine titled in gilt.

This book lists every known elephant with at least one tusk of 130 pounds or more and tells the stories of who hunted them, who owns them, or how they were found. It is based upon three years of research, utilizing information unearthed from the archives of countless libraries, museums, professional hunting organizations, and private collections. Amazingly, Sanchez-Arino uncovered dozens of elephants not listed in Rowland Ward, some on public display, some hidden in private collections, and all of them massive.