peter beard end game, Ancien ou d'occasion (21 résultats)

Profusely Illustrated (illustrateur). 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. .

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Near Fine in Softcover.

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. .

Rilegato. Etat : buono. Book in good condition. Check the pictures. Safe packaging and fast shipping: 1. Books will be carefully packed using protection such as foam cushions and they will be placed in a robust box. (For small books, they will be placed in an envelop with bubble foam wrap and extra strong cardboard) 2. The shipping label will be purchased and the book will be delivered to the shipping courier access point within a day from the purchase (unless is weekend) 3. We ship from Italy. Please contact us in advance if the shipping destination is to an island or to a very remote place (For example, Cyprus, Canary islands, Madeira), we will need to check if there are shipping solutions for those destinations. There is no issue with shipping to EU countries plus Nordics, UK and North America. Tracking code, delivery and purchase guarantee: 1. The book will no take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive within a week from the parcel delivery to the shipping courier (in normal situations in EU countries) 2. You will receive the tracking code and you will be able to check the status of the delivery in every step. The book will not be stolen or get lost which is common when shipping with untraceable packages Feel free to contact us for any questions!

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 5.

Profusely Illustrated (illustrateur). Softcover, unpaginated; very good condition; except light vertical creases to cover at left edge near spine. This copy has a double page blue ink drawing by Peter Beard on the inside front cover and first page of 2 elephants, a figure seen from the backside looking out at a horizon line; dozens of tiny figures along the bottom edge; and the artist s fingerprint (sometimes partially obscured) seems to have been used at least 6 times to make the figure s head; 3 elephant ears; and two other places in the composition; there also seems to be an animal s paw print at the the top left. Around the elephant photograph is the following inscription For Judith Mallin, from Peter Beard, Saturday November 9th 86 @ 983 Park . On the title page, the artist s Montauk Point address is written in the same blue ink next to his printed name at the bottom of the page and in gutter of the book at this page rests an 8-inch long lock of clipped brown hair of unknown origin. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hard Cover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : 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.

Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition first edition hardback with dust jacket. Light wear and loss to jacket with minor wear to boards. Tan to pages with main text in good clean condition.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : good +. First American Edition. 256p quarto, illustrated. A good copy in a good plus copy with some wear to the base of the spine and some clear tape on the insde of the dust jacket. Edwin Kennebeck's copy with his ownership signature on the front fly leaf . Kennebeck worked at Viking Press from 1955 to 1983 and worked with Kerouc, Patricj White, Iris Murdoch, Steinbeck Marianne Moore, Saul Below, Thomas Pynchon and Arthur Miller. Laid in is a manila envelope witha viking press where Kennebeck wrote "P Beard E K" .

Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : 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. Etat : 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.