The End of the Game, The Last Word from Paradise. A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa. [WITH] 4pp manuscript letter

Beard, Peter H.

ISBN 10: 0385131240 / ISBN 13: 9780385131247

Published by Viking Press, 1977

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The End of the Game, The Last Word from Paradise. A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa. [WITH] 4pp manuscript letter
• Publisher: Viking Press
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385131240
• ISBN 13: 9780385131247
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated
• Edition: Revised and Updated.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • AFRICA

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Synopsis

San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1988, 4to (cm. 27,5 x 24,5) brossura con alette, copertina illustrata, pp. (300 circa) completamente illustrato da fotografie e da tavole fotografiche, anche a pagina doppia. In ottimo stato (firma di possesso) .