End Game Last Word Paradise by Beard Peter Hill (6 results)

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1977). (1963) 1977 Doubleday revised and updated edition. Paperback. Large quarto paperback (244 x 273mm). Pp280. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography. Card covers without flaps, sepia photograph of elephant seen from front, title in white, spine untitled, publisher's name in white. Quite used but a good-plus copy. "This is a revised and updated edition of the book published under the same title by Viking Press in 1965." Beard's unique style and startling photographs and illustrations form an exciting and memorable record of the last days of the big game hunters. Includes "A twenty year illustrated record of the great pachyderm (Loxodonta africana) and man"; tales of Karen Dinesen von Blixen, Philip Percival, J A Hunter, Col Richard Meinertzhagen and Ewart S Grogan; "the never-before-published, hand written diaries of Colonel John Henry Patterson, single-minded pursuer of the man-eaters of Tsavo." Chapters include: Introduction; Prologue; The White Mountain; A snake from the coast; In the glare of the game's eye; Game control; Beside the carcass of a beast; Nor dread nor hope attend; Epilogue. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1988). (1963) reprint of 1988 edition. Folio paperback (247 x 273mm). Pp283. B/w photographs & illustrations throughout, bibliography. French-fold covers. Slight fading to spine but very good clean second-hand paperback. "Revised and updated Chronicle Booksedition of the book published under the same title by Viking Press in 1965." Beard's unique style and startling photographs and illustrations form an exciting and memorable record of the last days of the big game hunters. Includes "A twenty year illustrated record of the great pachyderm (Loxodonta africana) and man"; tales of Karen Dinesen von Blixen, Philip Percival, J A Hunter, Col Richard Meinertzhagen and Ewart S Grogan; "the never-before-published, hand written diaries of Colonel John Henry Patterson, single-minded pursuer of the man-eaters of Tsavo." Chapters include: Introduction; Prologue; The White Mountain; A snake from the coast; In the glare of the game's eye; Game control; Beside the carcass of a beast; Nor dread nor hope attend; Epilogue. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 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.

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A most presentable example of the 1977 first Doubleday & Company, Inc. paperbound edition (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") of this classic photobook showing just a bit of light rubbing and creasing to the front cover. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Photography Monograph.

Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A brand new, most handsome example of the third printing of the 1988 Chronicle books hardbound edition of this classic photobook (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION "infinite Salaams Richard! / elephantine memories / and all best / over the last / 4 years * * * * / inestimables / Peter (Beard) / Box 47616 / Nairobi" in red and blue ink to a colleague accompanied by a full watercolor hand and forearm print across the entire half title page and a portion of the verso of the front pastedown. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Elaborately Inscribed and Signed by Peter Beard. Photography Monograph.

Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A brand new, most handsome example of the second printing of the 1988 Chronicle books hardbound edition of this classic photobook (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION "Salaams + regards / and elephantine memories / from Peter Beard" in blue ink WITH A MULTI-COLORED INK HAND PRINT AND WATERCOLOR FLOURISH across the entire half title page showing just a bit of light sunning along the spine. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Elaborately Inscribed and Signed by Peter Beard. Photography Monograph.