9780385131247 - THE END OF THE GAME The Last Word from Paradise de BEARD Peter H. - (28 resultados)

Condición: Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Sound binding, no ownership markings: Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Very good, clean, tight condition. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear to covers. Clean pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are clear from notations. Creases and scratches visible across cover of paperback. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Softcover, unpaginated; very good condition; light rubbing and edgewear to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Revised edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Cover has scuffing and edgewear with minor chipping and tearing. Some interior pages have light staining but text and images are overall clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. Revised and updated edition. Quarto. Profusely illustrated by the author. Pictorial wrappers. A few small creases on front cover, light wear at the spine ends, tiny publisher's price sticker on rear wrap, very good or better.

Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 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. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 4to. 1977 edition. Nice copy issued in oversized wraps. Tight, crisp, clean copy. Book chronicles the African Elephant's demise. A very nice copy with a couple of creases. Selling quality books for over 35 years.

Trade paperback. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Rev and Updated ed. 50 p. Audience: General/trade. Good. Some wear around edges of cover. Pages appear clean and unmarked.

paperback. Condición: New. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good -. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. First Thus. 282 pp. Book: Back cover bottom rear: a crease of the cardboard, otherwise, Very Good Plus Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. frontis, photos (black and white), (280)p. Original grey cloth. 28cm. No jacket. Fading on backstrip and cover edges.faded. GIft inscription on half-title. No jacket.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st Edition.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Dust jacket missing. Limited edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is a hardcover edition from 1977. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.

hardcover. Condición: near fine. Peter Beard Ilustrador. 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. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 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).

Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 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.

Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 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.

paperback. Condición: fine copy, uncreased. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 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. Condición: very good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 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. Condición: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated Ilustrador. 1st Edition. 4to, the paperback issue, a very good copy of the revised edition. SIGNED by Beard.7 FURTHER INSCRIBED on 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, and with an ink note by Beard on a coat he was wearing on a small pic on the back 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).