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Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997. 570 g.; VIII, 168 pages, aknowledgements, introduction by author, selected bibliography and credits. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with coloured photography, black-and-white photography, historical black-and-white and coloured cartoons, illustrations and drawings. Faux " 1/4 boards ", with the back strip area being textured brown in colour with copper metallic titles and the rest of the boards are in ' giraffe ' splotches. A little rubbing to the book edges. Photographic dustwrapper, with a background of giraffe splotches, with brown titles to the front panel and back strip. Author photograph to the rear dustwrapper panel. Some rubbing and creasing to the edges of the dustwrapper. " Finally, a new book devoted entirely to the tallest, most elegant, and probably least understood of the giant creatures that inhabit this planet. With a devotee's passion and reporter's curiosity, Lynn Sherr reveals the extraordinary world of the giraffe, from its soulful eyes to its gloriously spotted rump." -- from the front fold over panel. Digital image available upon request.. First American Edition. 1/4 Board and Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Photographic. 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto. Natural History.