Peter Beard, Signed (69 results)

Hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket. Inscribed "To Antonia My Very Best Wishes Richard Weisman 9-22-2003". Richard Weisman was a high profile businessman, philanthropist, and art collector. Weisman's prescient eye allowed him to assemble a remarkable collection of masterworks that depict some of the 20th century's most important Pop icons and iconography. For Weisman, art represented an opportunity to explore the vast scope of human creativity, free from all constraints. Weisman began a lifetime of collecting with the purchase of his first piece of art: Roberto Matta's 1955 oil on canvas Early Urge. In the years that followed, Weisman steadily assembled not only an exceptional grouping of masterworks, but also a remarkable circle of friends. Weisman became renowned for entertaining athletes, actors, and artists at his homes with gatherings that welcomed a coterie of creatives from Peter Beard, Roy Lichtenstein, and Barnett Newman to Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Signed by Significant Other.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine Dj. Peter Beard (illustrator). 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author on a special bookplate the "NRA Foundation Edition". Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Peter Beard (illustrator). 1st. Introduction by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland. Preface by Angie Rosenbruch-Hammer. Foreword by Guy M. Wilson. Photography by Peter Beard, G. Allan Brown and Douglas Sandberg. Presentation to former owner signed by Wilson. Signed by Northumberland. In addition, this copy has been signed twice by Olympic champion Kim Rhodes. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Signed by Author. Signed.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Peter Beard (illustrator). Profusely illustrated (mostly black and white). Unpaginated square 4to, gray cloth (un-lettered spine, lightly faded as usual). New York: Peter H. Beard, (1977). Originally published by Viking in 1965, this is the special revised edition published on occasion of an exhibition of the same name at the International Center of Photography, New York City, November-December 1977. A near fine copy. Inscribed by the author on flyleaf in speech bubble with a heart: "Jessica: more coming soonest P.B.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine Pp 190 Illustrated Throughout, Presentation Inscription By The Author Across The Fep's Dated Xmas 2004. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Near fine- signed by author. Warm Memories and regards, Peter Beard, bubble and thumb print. Email please if you would like images. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed & inscribed by Peter Beard to the previous owner on the front free end page. Hardbound in dust jacket. 1990 reprint edition Minor wear to dust jacker edges, otherwise very good. A rare inscribed copy. Inscribed by Author(s).

BEARD, PETER: Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa Knopf 2004 First Edition ISBN 0679426590 SIGNED with Beard's four fingertips on the front dustjacket, and the note "Special Delivery to the inestimable Sierra XX and Lots of Love from Peter Beard, Hog Ranch, Nairobbery." On the pictorial front free endpaper he signed "Peter Beard Hog Ranch Nbi". He added his print of four fingertips again on the page with the dik-dik photograph. Beard hand-corrected a typo on the last page of the book, changing "best" to "beast". That makes four pages on which Peter Beard left his personal imprint. A color photo of the author signing the book at the 12/08/04 event at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum, in the year of publication, and a brochure of the event is included. "From adventurer, explorer, photographer, writer, pied piper Peter Beard-eleven irresistible tales, told to his daughter Zara in his tented encampment at Hog Ranch, Kenya, about life, about living, about Africa." Peter Beard lived a storied, full life and made his mark early and often. Signed with love to this book collector's young daughter.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. Illus. With Photos (illustrator). First Edition. New York Graphic Society, 1973. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing (stated). 4to. 260 pages. Richly illustrated with photos and drawings by Peter Beard in b/w and colour. SIGNED/INSCRIBED and dated in the year of publication on the half-title page: "To Tony with / all BEST / wishes and / warm regards / and salaams, etc / Peter (B)"; Beard has also created an original tounge-and-cheek drawing for the recipient incorporating the alligator on the half title looking into a mirror asking itself "Which twin has the Tony?"; Beard has also added along the alligaor's back: "His scales are his pride". BOOK CONDITON: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Very Good Plus (VG+) dust jacket showing some overall fading, a few closed tears, some with assiciated creasing and slight loss, a small areas of loss to upper spine head. While copies of the 1990 Chronicle 2nd edition are relatively common, SIGNED copies of the 1973 true 1st edition are quite rare. Overall, a highly collectible, SIGNED and EMBELLISHED copy of the 1973 true first edition.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: As New. 1st Edition Thus. Inscribed and signed by Peter Beard on the fly leaf along with his trademark ink line tracing of his hand (no other marks or inscriptions)Thick, heavy 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, unpaginated, approx. 320pp. . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy (spine just a little sunned) ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by Peter Beard with red hand print to previous owner on the title page. 1st edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket, as issued. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of front free end page. Very minor wear to board edges, otherwise very good. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition as stated, first printing, uniquely signed and multiply embellished by Peter Beard. Oversized gilt decorated red hardcover in illustrated dust jacket. A fine clean tight copy with no markings apart from those of Peter Beard in equally fine unclipped dust jacket, also embellished by Beard. Following are Beard's unique enhancements to this copy: 1) Beard's red fingerprints to top of front panel of dust jacket with his name lined at the base of the panel where he has added "from" Peter Beard (printed) "Hog-Ranch / Nairobbery". 2) signed and inscribed "Peter Beard Hog Ranch Nbi" to front free endpage, with Nbi being his abbreviation of Nairobi where his Hog Ranch is located. 3) Beard's purple fingerprints to bottom of first leaf initialed "P.B." next to them. 4) Under half title stating Zara's Tales Beard has written "from Hog Ranch Nbi". Bookseller's "autographed copy" sticker to front panel of dust jacket (easily removable). While I have seen personalized Beard's books before, this copy is particularly interesting as it is embellished without any personalization to both the dust jacket and the book itself. Rarely have I seen a copy with Beard's markings to the dust jacket, and most signed copies are generally signed to an individual unlike this copy. Rare. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED COPY Boston, MA: Bullfinch Press/Little Brown & Co., 1993. Hardcover in pictorial dust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. An illustrated biography of photographer Peter Beard. Includes numerous images by Beard.BOOK CONDITION: Near Fine; a tight, clean, bright copy with a light remainder mark to the bottom edge; in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Beard on the fep and additionally embellished by Beard with 2 tree leaves glued onto the fep. Nice copy of a book seldom seen SIGNED by Beard.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Peter Beard (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Signed on the half-title by Peter Beard. He has added a hand print in red paint. Additionally inscribed: Greetings 2 Carol @ Xmas X X X X Peter Beard NYC X 12 . 25 . 1999 Brown Leatherette. 205 pages. About fine, with a crease to the gatefold page. Gift Bookplate on the page facing the half-title with the text: Happy Holidays and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year Enjoy the Millenium! Richard Weisman and Richard Weisman Jr. Weisman was a major Banker, collector, benefactor and he was a friend of Andy Warhol. Signed by Author(s).

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Revised and Updated. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. 'Special Edition Commemorating the Exhibition at the International Center of Photography, New York City, November/December 1977.' Peter Beard [1938 - 2020] was an American artist, photographer and writer who lived in Kenya and New York. The Epilogue is by Dr. Richard M. Laws, Former Director of Tsavo Research Project, Kenya, who comments that 'In Africa today, animal populations are being increasingly confined within limited and unnatural boundaries. more political than ecological. [and] that the increasing concentration of any species in arbitrarily restricted areas will result in overpopulation, habitat destruction, and local. extinction of that species.' Inscription reads, "Dear Gordon, Warmest Greeting and elephantine memories and please stay in touch with those "reports" 2000 a.d. and others. I hope this 20 year accumulation on "STARVO" National Park gives you an idea of my position. Meanwhile many congrats on your work and your awareness! With admiration, Peter (B.)" WITH a 4pp letter written in green ink by Beard addressed to Gordon Stewart, asking for updated information on receipt of the book copies he is sending out (some to the White House), and commentary on the loosely inserted copy of July 31, 1980 NY Times article, "Dead as the Proverbial Dodo." He also has made edits in the margins of the epilogue in green ink, regarding conservation efforts. Title continued: "Its Divers Peoples, Mountains, Rivers, Railroads, Resources, Reserves & Innumerable Rarities, Featuring With Full Perspective, A Twenty Year Illustrated Record of The Great Pachyderm (Loxondonta Africana) and Man together with a Stirring Narrative of Early Life, Exploration, Discover, Daring Missionary Feats & Hunting Episodes in Kenya Colony, Tanganyika, Uganda, Ethopia (sic) and various territories even more remote." 'With the hand-written diaries of Colonel John Henry Patterson, single-minded pursuer of The Man-Easters of Tsavo.' Small 4to, 274pp, gray cloth embossed on front cover, no title at spine. Filled with b&w 'photo engravings and stonetone plates' of big game hunters, natives, elephants, rhinos, lions, *trigger warning* dead animals, famous travelers (Karen Dinesen Von Blixen, Philip Percival etc.), with journal like captions. Spine is sunned, otherwise very good condition, with disturbing imagery.

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 206 pages. Published to accompany a show at the Fahey/Klein Gallery. Features texts by Peter T. Tunney, Anthony Haden Guest, and David Fahey. Includes 175 four-color illustrations of Beard's collages, photographs and drawings. A very near fine copy with a self-portrait of Beard affixed to the front board No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Beard on the title page and with his footprint there as well. A very nice copy of what is still one of the best books on Beard. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first and only printing. A rare association copy, boldly signed, dated ("1999," the year of publication) and inscribed by Beard to American actress Suzanne Pleshette and her husband Thomas J. "Tommy" Gallagher, III, "Greetings to Tommy and Suzanne, @ Xmas '99, X X X Peter (Beard), NYC, NBI, etc." in black ink, with his left handprint pressed with red acrylic paint across the half-title page. Hardcover. Brown 'leatherette' covered boards with tipped-in plate on the front cover and debossed title; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs, photomontages and collages with hand-written texts, photographs, paintings and drawings by Peter Beard. Preface by Peter T. Tunney. Introduction by David Fahey. Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest. 206 pp. (including one 2-page gatefold) with numerous four-color plates, beautifully printed by EBS, Verona, Italy. 10-1/4 x 8-1/4 inches. Includes five additional postcard invitations and announcements for Peter Beard exhibitions. Published on the occasion of the 1999 exhibition Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits, curated by Peter T. Tunney, at the Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles. Out of print. Very scarce. Fine. A Near Mint copy. From the publisher: "Throughout his remarkable life, photographer, naturalist, and raconteur Peter Beard has befriended and photographed some of the most prominent figures of our times. Portraiture is woven into the fabric of all of Beard's work, yet to date this relationship has never been carved out and explored. From his earliest attempts at expression as a child to the mania for travel and adventure that overtook Beard as a young man, and onward to Beard's most recent work on assignment, portraiture is a central thread of Beard's career. Beard's 'portraits,' however, rarely conform to the traditional format of this genre. Instead, they embody spontaneity, the moments shared with intimate friends, and the adventurous lives and experiences to which he has long been attracted. A vital chronicler of our times, he has created memorable images of such icons as Picasso, Francis Bacon, Karen Blixen, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Salvador Dali, and Mick Jagger, along with the last great safari hunters, such as J.A. Hunter, Phillip Percival, and Cape-to-Cairo Grogan." Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Inscribed copy -- with decorations and an interesting association -- of Peter Beard's famous portrait of the Nile crocodiles and the people who live in their midst in the Lake Rudolph Region of Kenya. Peter Beard was a notable and Dionysian jetsetter who also created an extraordinary photographic portrait of the natural environments in Africa in the late 20th Century. This copy is inscribed -- with numerous flourishes -- by Peter Beard to his socialite friends actress Dina Merrill and film producer Ted Hartley on the half title page and the facing page. Beard's handiwork on the two-page spread includes an inscription to "Deenie & Ted", footprints, doodles, drawings, and a postcard. Cloth, 260 pages. First Printing of the 1990 Chronicle Books edition. The book itself shows minimal sign of previous use. The dust jacket has edge wear including creases. Due to the weight of this volume, shipping outside the U.S. will require additional funds for postage. Signed by Author(s).

paperback. Condition: fine copy, uncreased. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First Revised Edition. glossy, stiff covers w/ wrap-around sepia photo Elephant image; 280 pgs w/ bibliography; front endpapers show author's handprint at upper hinge; a 'horizon line' extends at bottom, over the date (6/20/1979), w/ elephant drawing on ffep, "warmest memories." arising from trunk. quotes by Dr,Norman E.Borlaug, Isak Dinesen, Mary Hemingway and Dr.R.M.Watson on back cover. designed by Ruth Ansel.

soft cover. Condition: very good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Revised and updated version. Oversize paperback. Light wear at top of spine. Inscription in red marker "greetings, best wishes, and warmest (elephant) memories." SIGNED Peter Beard and dated November 19, '77. "Peter Beard's book belongs among the classics on East Africa, if not in a class by itself":. Mary Hemingway.,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to, the paperback issue, a very good copy of the revised edition.INSCRIBED on the the reverse of the front cover to the literary agent Rodney Pelter.with a drawing of a deer (for dear) and a large elephant which contains inside itself much of the inscription done in red ink, with a letter from the publisher presenting the book to which Beard has added two lines in ink.hoping for Pelter's recovery from an illness.(VVbckrm). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 260p. Publishers cloth with a crisp clean dust jacket. Richly illustrated. SIGNED DEDICATION BY PETER BEARD. Includes his foot prints on the inside front board with the notation 'my foot' and a post card pasted on the inside front end paper. A crisp clean copy of work on a vanishing part of Africa. Beautifully illustrated by Peter Beard. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition. SIGNED and boldly inscribed by Peter Beard, with an an original photograph pasted in on front endpaper, a selfportrait, the same that opens Beard's book, "Fifty Years of Portraits", and is entitled, "Peter Beard Falling". Beard has inscribed, in black ink, the bottom of the photograph, "P. B. @ John Palmer's 1700's Vermont home." ; Tight, clean and crisp. A gently read book in excellent condition. ; 0.9 x 10.8 x 9.6 Inches; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed inside by Peter Beard with ink illustration, very good condition, see photos. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed with drawings of the author. The book was signed by Beard in 2004 at Barnes and Noble Lincoln Center on the day of publication, Beautiful collectable copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition of this collection featured at the Metropolitan Museum in 1975, focuses on themes of loss, grief, and the intense psychological exploration of the human form following the death of his lover, George Dyer. Oblong octavo, original black wrappers with the front wrapper die-cut to reveal color self-portrait, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed twice in red felt tip by Bacon's muse, friend, and collaborator, photographer Peter Beard: On the first page of the introduction, "For Suzan with warmest thoughts and regards as ever, Peter Beard"; and on the first page of the interview section, "for a dead-ele book in the worksâ"like 1984 MOMA Peter Beard 4/13/83 57th 63rd 60th." FrancisÂBaconÂand Peter Beard first met at a gallery opening in 1957. They became fast friends, brought together by their shared personal and artistic motivations.ÂBaconÂwas particularly inspired by Beard's famous aerial photographs depicting decomposing African elephant carcasses. They were massively influential on his meditations on death and decomposition: "For me, the most poignant are the ones of decomposing elephants where, over time, as they disintegrate, the bones form magnificent sculptures, which are not just abstract forms, but have all the memory traces of life's futility and despair."ÂBaconÂpainted nine major portraits of Beard during his career and used his likeness for many other works. Upon his death in 1992, his apartment contained more than 200 of Beard's photographs, signifying their lasting connection and collaboration. In 1972, the Beard conducted a series of interviews withÂBacon in which they discuss how Beard's photographs influenced his painting dubbed, the "Dead Elephant Interviews." Excerpts from these interviews appear in this catalogue for the first time. In very good condition with damp-staining to the top of the front panel, rubbing, and a small tear to cut-out edge. An exceptional association. Francis Bacon was a figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery and fixation on personal motifs. Best known for his depictions of popes, crucifixions and portraits of close friends, his abstracted figures are typically isolated in geometrical cages which give them vague 3D depth, set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bacon said that he saw images "in series", and his work, which numbers c. 590 extant paintings along with many others he destroyed, typically focuses on a single subject for sustained periods, often in triptych or diptych formats. His output can be broadly described as sequences or variations on single motifs; including the 1930s Picasso-influenced bio-morphs and Furies, the 1940s male heads isolated in rooms or geometric structures, the 1950s screaming popes, the mid-to-late 1950s animals and lone figures, the early 1960s crucifixions, the mid to late 1960s portraits of friends, the 1970s self-portraits, and the cooler more technical 1980s paintings. Bacon took up painting in his twenties, having drifted in the late 1920s and early 1930s as an interior decorator, bon vivant and gambler. He said that his artistic career was delayed because he spent too long looking for subject matter that could sustain his interest. His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, which sealed his reputation as a uniquely bleak chronicler of the human condition. From the mid-1960s he mainly produced portraits of friends and drinking companions, either as single or triptych panels. Following the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971 his art became more sombre, inward-looking and preoccupied with the passage of time and death. The climax of this later period is marked by masterpieces, including his 1982's "Study for Self-Portrait" and Study for a Self-Portraitâ"Triptych, 1985â"86.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Folio (345 x 500 mm). Original half brown calf with burgundy cloth boards, photographic illustration to front board, titles to spine gilt, Japanese silk cotton endpapers. Housed in a matching cloth solander box lined with Japanese silk cotton with gilt vignette of an elephant on front. Limited to 2,500 individually numbered copies, each signed by Peter Beard. This copy number 510. Fine copy in fine box. Complete with the companion catalogue raisonne volume: 'PB/2'. Very heavy, circa 15 kilos. 616 pages (200 pages of diaries and 294 of collages) and 5 foldouts. Delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain because of weight. Fine. Signedes.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Peter Beard Art Edition, one of 2,500 copies signed by the artist, photographic illustrations throughout, original half calf with pictorial onlay to upper cover, light fading to head, original drop-back box and fine wooden stand as issued. Sumo folio, Cologne, Taschen, 2006. Signed by Author.

First edition, second printing of this classic work. Quarto, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author and with an original painting and cutouts done by Beard across two pages, "To Renny from the compiler in Lake Rudolf Rue Balzac (+ Rue Berryer), Les Bains Douches (Helsinki) + Morton's etc Stay in touch! all best as ever Peter Beard Box 603 Montauk Long Island NY 11954 'Pettiness and Futility' the mingled destinies of crocodiles and men." Very good in a very good dust jacket.

First edition of this classic photobook. Octavo, original boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed and with his writing and handprint on the front jacket panel, his writing on the front free endpaper, pre-title page and title page. "Xtra Special Delivery to the wonderful.Jo "May Heavens Choices Blessing be showers upon you (found in Voi Duka 1964) Karen Langeta Box 4191 Nairobery" on the front free endpaper, "To Joe Aug 28 in and from Hog Ranch xv" and on the pre-title page, "+ many happy returns of the day." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson. From adventurer, explorer, photographer, writer, pied piper Peter Beardâ"eleven irresistible tales, told to his daughter in his tented encampment at Hog Ranch, Kenya, about life, about living, about Africa. He writes of the East African hills he came to know so well over four decades, where time slows to infinity in a great bottomless, bottle green underwater world . . . about Nairobi in the 1950s, still a quaint, eccentric pioneer town, full of characters of all stripes and tribes, where rhinoceros roamed the streets and local residents went to the movies in pajamas. He writes of the camp he built twelve miles outside of Nairobi so that he would never be off safari, a forty-acre patch of bush called Hog Ranch (abutting Karen Blixenâs plantation), named for the families of warthogs who wandered into camp, a camp populated with waterbuck, suni, dik-diks, leopard, giraffe, and occasionally lion and buffalo.