Aliya: Stories of the Elephants of Sri Lanka. Foreword by Dr. A.C. Clarke.

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Melbourne: Airavata Press, (1995). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xii, 180pp.). Profusely illust. Light foxing on pp. x/xi, otherwise fine. NOTE: The Sri Lankan elephant, Elephas maximus maximus, is unique, both as a subspecies of the Asian elephant and in its role in the history and culture of Sri Lanka.