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THE ELEPHANT WAR

by Gillian Avery

Illustrated by John Verney

Published by Collins. 1st. 1960

Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper. The fourth story of the Smith family, beginning with a misunderstanding (like many wars before and since). Red boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w text illustrations.

Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to bottom of boards. Bottom edge of text block marked (possibly damp) which also affects bottom corners of some pages. Endpapers browned. Foxing mostly to prelims and page edges. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears. Spine and edges are browned. Rear panel is grubby. Damp staining to bottom - more noticeable on verso which is heavily foxed.

Stock no. 1401947

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Contents

  • The Great Elephant War (February - April 1875) began like many other wars before and since, with a misunderstanding. It is not Dr. Jessop's fault that a particularly large and dirty mongrel dog leaves muddy paw-marks all over the Smith's house in Canterbury Lane. But nothing his daughter Harriet says can convince Thomas, Joshua and James Smith that this is the truth. Then Harriet's Aunt Louisa arrives on the scene with her campaign for saving Jumbo of the London Zoological Gardens from being shipped off to Barnum's Circus in America. Somehow Aunt Louisa's campaign and the misunderstanding about the mongrel become tangled together when Aunt Louise tries to recruit Professor Smith to the Cause. Soon all the pupils at Harriet's school, the Oxford Ladies' College, become enthusiastic supporters of the Elephant Crusade and Aunt Louisa engages a Sergeant-Major to drill them in preparation for their protest march in Regent's Park.

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