Language: English
Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1977
ISBN 10: 0385131240 ISBN 13: 9780385131247
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 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.
Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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!
Paperback. Condition: Good.
Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 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.
Seller: Resource for Art and Music Books, Ivoryton, CT, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Sound binding, no ownership markings: Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Later Printing. Later printing of the Revised paperback edition. A good copy, text clean and unmarked (has wear; sticker residue to rear cover). Update of the 1977 edition, with the author's new afterword. Prologue by Joseph Murumbi; epilogue by Richard M. Laws; includes bibliography. Over 300 b/w Photographs.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, foxing on back end paper, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
Language: English
Published by Chronicle Books (CA) November 1988, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877015163 ISBN 13: 9780877015161
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Peter Beard lived on land adjoining the farm of Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) in Kenya. There he began a special relationship with Karen and with the people and animals of the continent. Here he documents the history and future of African wildlife, focusing on the widespread destruction of the African elephant. Beard will be the subject of an ABC TV special this spring. Illustrated. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. Later printing of the Revised paperback edition. A very good copy, text clean and unmarked (minor creasing and wear). Update of the 1977 edition, with the author's new afterword. Prologue by Joseph Murumbi; epilogue by Richard M. Laws; includes bibliography. Over 300 b/w Photographs.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Very good, clean, tight condition. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear to covers. Clean pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 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.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday and Dolphin Press, 1977
ISBN 10: 0385131240 ISBN 13: 9780385131247
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Softcover, unpaginated; very good condition; light rubbing and edgewear to covers; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. photographs by Peter Beard (illustrator). BEARD, PETER: The End of the Game Chronicle Books oversize PB 1988 revised edition ISBN 0877015163 NEAR FINE, previous owner's name on front free end paper with date, otherwise no marks, spine is not creased, corners are sharp and square. A tiny bit of scuffing at foot of spine, otherwise appears unread. A later reprint of Beard's 1965 masterpiece about the decline and decimation of the wild game in East Africa. Cited in Andrew Roth's 101 Seminal Photography Books of the Twentieth Century, pp. 170-171. From Roth: "In addition to being singularly beautiful , The End of the Game is thoughtful as well. Long taken as a seminal book on wildlife conservation, it is actually an epic visual poem on the subject of loss, especially the ultimate loss of life.
Published by Doubleday, 1977., 1977
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Very good, minor edgewear. Gift inscription.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 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.
Language: English
Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1988
ISBN 10: 0811828816 ISBN 13: 9780811828819
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: near fine. Text and photos by Beard. More than 300 black-and-white photographs and in-text illustration. 284 pages, square 4to, pictorial wrappers. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1988). First softcover printing of this revised and updated edition. A near fine copy.
Language: English
Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1988
ISBN 10: 0811828816 ISBN 13: 9780811828819
Seller: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: As New. First edition thus (1988) of Beard's first book, originally published in 1965. This edition reproduces the original title page from 1965 with its retro-typography straight from the McCluhan pop-art tool box. Illustrated wrappers with french flaps. Small remainder stripe on lower text block. 4to. [286 pp]. Photos; illustrated bibliography. Ships fast with tracking.
Language: English
Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1988
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
US$ 36.54
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1988, revised and updated edition. 286pp. B&W images. Full 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, Its Divers Peoples, Mountains, Rivers, Railroads, Resources, Reserves & Innumerable Rareities, Featuring, With Full Perspective, a Twenty Year Illustrated Record of The Great Pachyderm (Loxodonta Africana) and Man, Together with a Stirring Narrative of Early Life, Exploration, Discovery, Daring Missionary Feats & Hunting Episodes in Kenya Colony, Tanganyika, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Various Territories Even More Remote. Including a complete, authentic, richly detailed report on human progress and all its manifestations in the hitherto unspoiled wilderness with extra-ordinary exploits of the late Karen Dinesen Von Blixen, Philip Percival, J.A. Hunter, Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen and Ewart S. Grogan. Enlivened with accounts of human despair and endurance, adventure & achievement, triumph and defeat, amongst local inhabitants, wild beasts, and all the raw forces of nature - fully appreciating the general and accelerating courses of events. Slight eneven sunning to edges, otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book and extra postage may be required for non-UK customers.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Near mint condition, light edge wear, unmarked text, Ships from Berlin Bookshop bxn19.
Seller: Friends of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Clean pages, sound binding. Small rips in dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877015163 ISBN 13: 9780877015161
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First edition thus. Softcover. An expanded version of his classic book that documented the grim changes Africa was undergoing with text, drawings and photographs by Beard who was essentially bearing witness to the destruction and carnage that man was imposing on the wildlife in Africa. A close to near fine and tight copy in photo illustrated French style wrappers with some slight soiling and an abrasion to the rear panel. Internally a clean copy.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0385131240 ISBN 13: 9780385131247
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: 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.
Language: English
Published by Collins, London, 1978
US$ 41.36
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1978. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Dust wrapper sellotaped to endpapers. Good. 4to.
Condition: Sehr gut. 4th ed. 230 S. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Die Ausgabe des gelieferten Exemplars kann um bis zu 10 Jahre vom angegebenen Veröffentlichungsjahr abweichen und es kann sich um eine abweichende Auflage handeln. Unser Produktfoto entspricht dem hier angebotenen Artikel, dieser weist folgende Merkmale auf: Helle/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1255 Taschenbuch, Maße: 2.82 cm x 0 cm x 2.82 cm.
Seller: Bucklin Gallery, Thornwood, NY, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Third Edition. Chronicle Books 1988. Softcover in pictorial wrappers. Third edition. BOOK CONDITION Very Good; a solid, tight, clean copy showing rubbing to covers, edges and corners, reading crease along spine.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company. Garden City, New York. 1977, 1977
ISBN 10: 0385131240 ISBN 13: 9780385131247
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 68.94
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketProfusely 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. .