AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
sales@rookebooks.com
2025 A Training School for Elephants
What Our Customers Say...
Description
First Edition, Illustrated, With Dustwrapper
The first edition of the work.
In the original white cloth binding. In the original unclipped wrapper.
The author's second book.
In 1879 King Leopold II of Belgium launched an ambitious plan to plunder Africa’s resources by controlling elephants, so he had four tamed Asian elephants shipped from India to the East African coast, where they were marched inland towards Congo. The aim was to establish a training school for African elephants.
Following the route of this long-forgotten expedition, Roberts travels to Belgium, Iraq, India, Tanzania and Congo digging deep into the records to bring to life a compelling cast of historic characters and modern voices, from ivory dealers and powerful chiefs to birders and Catholic nuns.
With in text illustrations.
Condition
In publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper is excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean.
Fine
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details