Buy this book on-line SPARROW, GERALD: : NO OTHER ELEPHANTLONDON.JARROLD,1961. ISBN No ISBN.
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illustrated dw/dj.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges,miniscule bumping/rubbing to both head+foot of spine/backstrip and upper board's two corners,and a miniscule nick/closed tear to rear board's vertical edge of dw/dj flap,with lightly grubbed rear panel.Top edge lightly dust-soiled and lightly aged with some minimal foxing/
spotting;fore-edge considerably cleaner but also minimally foxed/spotted,contents
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Unblemished,clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and generally clean,plain white endpapers with minimal off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-191pp includes half-title+title pages,contents list,author preface,17 chapters and an epilogue.
Those who are interested in elephants will be captivated by this true story of Pra Chorn,a king among elephants,and his
young English master,Henry Paget,whom the author,Gerald Sparrow,met when on his way to take up his post as Judge in the International Court in Bangkok.
The story of Henry's runaway romance with
a daughter of the Prince of Chiengmai and their terrifying escape with Pra Chorn from the Japanese invaders could only have
been written by a man intimately acquainted with life in North Siam who himself played a part in the Siamese story.The descriptions of the teak forests,
the "other Kingdom" of the big cats,the bear and the barking deer, dominated by the huge,almost primeval figure of Pra Chorn,are taken from life and have the impact of complete authenticity.
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