ON THE TRAIL OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. By Tony Sanchez-Arino.

1988 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 216mm). Ppxxiv,247. Two colour photograph plates, monochrome photographs, decorative end-papers. Gilt titles to brown cloth. Edition limited to 1,250 copies.

This is one of an limited edition of 1,250 copies, of which the first 50 are fully bound in leather". The author has spent 35 years hunting elephant in Africa as his chosen way of life and abiding passion. In this he is almost certainly unique in this day and age, and, as a result, he has a wealth of fascinating knowledge about elephant and how to hunt them and a wealth of stories about their ivory, and their hunters". Tony Sanchez-Arino discusses the three types of elephant in Africa, and recounts the history of elephant hunting. Chapters include: The African elephant; Ivory; The hunt; The ivory trail; The last frontiers of the ivory hunters; A few experiences; Rifles and cartridges. An appendix gives the word for elephant in a number of African languages.