2025, The Year Of Topsy

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Topsy the Elephant, this special edition is limited to 50 copies, each signed and numbered by the author

This benchmark publication by Kim Stallwood was created as part of the fundraising campaign to support the writing and publication of the definitive biography of Topsy the Elephant.

The book explains how Kim works, his history and qualifications to undertake this project - we examine the Topsy story and compare with the many other elephant biographies acoss the last 150 years, and takes a deeper look into the process of writing a biography of this kind, anthromorphism, understanding the history of writing about animals, and our relationship with them.

Written by Kim Stallwood, designed by Richard de Pesando
Full colour throughout, fully illustrated throughout with archive photography and ephemera.

This book is also available directly from Kim via his website, with a Kindle edition available from Amazon

kimstallwood.com

Printed on 130 gsm Munchen White
Royal Format, perfect bound
128 pages