THE END OF THE GAME; the last word from Paradise.

Beard, Peter Hill.

About this Item

A pictorial documentation of the origins, history and prospects of the big game in Africa. featuring, with full perspective, a twenty year illustrated record of the great pachyderm (loxodonta africana) and man.with the extra-ordinary exploits of the late Karen Dinesen von Blixen, Philip Percival, J.A. Hunter, Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen and Ewart S. Grogan.presenting the never-before-published, hand-written diaries of Colonel John Henry Patterson, single-minded pursuer of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo.etc. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1977, revised and updated edition, with a signed presentation inscription from the author and with his ink thumbprint, drawing and decorations on the half-title page. Illustrated with b&w photographs and drawings. 9.5" x 10.75". Approximately 256 pp. Heavily faded grey cloth, pictorial endpapers. 256 pp. This is a striking book, somewhat macabre: ".this book is a chronicle in words and pictures of the gradual remorseless destruction of the central symbol of Africa's life - the animal. It is also the story of a white hunter.". Very good.

Seller Inventory # 42564

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE END OF THE GAME; the last word from Paradise.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good