Peter Beard Et Al (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover, 90pp. Mix of poetry & short fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Because the book is extremely heavy - (printed on glossy stock) , both gutters have been professionally repaired and are even stronger than originally published. Rubbed bottom edges. ; Book is in excellent condition. Tight binding and clean, unmarked text. Profusely illustrated with color photographs in a large format which presents most arms in exquisite close-ups accompanied by details of their history and significance. The central theme of this work is art and craftsmanship since the Renaissance. Glossary, Bibliography and Index. Usual library stamps. ; Ex-Library; Color & B&W Photos.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 384 pages. Illustrated by Peter Beard, Douglas Sandberg Et Al (illustrator).…

Imitation Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oblong quarto, xii + 384 pp., color photo end papers, extensive color photos & illus., extensive b/w photos & illus., glossary, appendix, bib., index. The Art of American Arms. Engraving, decorative arts, carving of weapons. Random House 1st edn. has the # system 2 thru 9 & the words"First Edition." (The words first edition stand for the absent #1 in the number line.) Blue colored imitation leather hard cover book in near fine cond. The d/w is near fine cond., not price-clipped. Peter Beard, et al. (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1100grams, ISBN:9780702049583.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 384 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. First edition. Small Folio. Unpaginated. Original photo-illustrated boards with white lettering on red bands on cover, white lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Black title page with white lettering. Designed by Doug Lloyd. Collection of b/w photographs of 'reluctant' celebrities, including Sean Penn, Priscilla Presley, Sonny Bono, Barbara Streisand, among others. Contains catalog with thumbnail photographs at rear. Lightly starting at various places but holding together. Minor wear along edges of binding.…

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, 706 pages. Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by Francis Bacon and painted on by Salvador Dalí, he made diaries with Andy Warhol and toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones?all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took Vogue stars like Veruschka to Africa and brought new ones?most notably Iman?back to the U.S. with him. After spending time in Kenya and striking up a friendship with the author Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) in the early 1960s, Beard bought a piece of land near hers. He witnessed the dawn of Kenya?s population explosion, which challenged finite resources and stressed animal populations?including the starving elephants of Tsavo dying by the tens of thousands in a wasteland of eaten trees. So he documented what he saw?with diaries, photographs, and collages. He went against the wind in publishing unique and sometimes shocking books of these works. The corpses were laid bare; the facts carefully recorded, sometimes in type and often by hand. Beard uses his photographs as a canvas onto which he superimposes multi-layered contact sheets, ephemera, found objects, newspaper clippings that are elaborately embellished with meticulous handwriting, old-master inspired drawings and often swaths of animal blood used as paint. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing. Record # 362172.…