The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise
Hardcover, 24.5 x 27.2 cm (9.6 x 10.7 in.), 288 pages
Editions:
ISBN 978-3-8365-0530-7 (04/2008 English)
ISBN 978-3-8365-0533-8 (04/2008 French)
ISBN 978-3-8365-0531-4 (04/2008 German)
ISBN 978-3-8365-0532-1 (04/2008 Spanish) 15 May 2008 available in Europe in French, Italian and German
15 June 2008 available in the United States and Asia
Researched, photographed, and compiled over 20 years, Peter Beard's End of the Game tells the tale of the explorers, missionaries, and big-game hunters whose quests for adventure and "progress" were to change the face of Africa in the 19th and 20th century. This landmark volume is assembled from hundreds of historical photographs and writings, starting with the building of the Mombasa Railroad ("The Lunatic Line") and the opening-up of darkest Africa. The stories behind the heroic figures in Beard's work—Theodore Roosevelt, Frederick Courtney Selous, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Denys Finch-Hatton (the romantic hero of Out of Africa), Philip Percival, J. A. Hunter, Ernest Hemingway, and J. H. Patterson (famous for hunting down "Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo")—are all contextualized by Beard's own photographs of the enormous region. Shot in the 1960s and '70s in the Tsavo lowlands during the elephant-habitat crisis and then in Uganda parks, Beard’s studies of elephant and hippo population dynamics document the inevitable overpopulation and starvation of tens of thousands of elephants and rhinos in a wasteland of eaten trees.
Originally published in 1965 and updated in 1977, this classic is resurrected by TASCHEN with rich duotone reproduction and a new foreword by internationally renowned travel writer Paul Theroux.
Limited to 250 individually numbered copies, each signed by Peter Beard
Accompanied by one of two gelatin-silver prints, each in a numbered edition of 125, signed by the artist,
and authenticated with a stamp on the back of the photograph from the Peter Beard Studio
Sumptuous leather cover
Each Collector’s Edition copy is packed in a custom-built art shipping crate.
Copies No. 1-125 are accompanied by the signed gelatin-silver print, “Fayel Tall” (1987/2006), edition of 125, 16x20 in
Copies No. 126-250 are accompanied by the signed gelatin-silver print, “965 Elephants” (1978/2006), edition of 125, 20x16 in.
2006
Art Edition
No. 251-2,500
ISBN: 978-3-8228-2606-5
Limited to 2,250 individually numbered copies, each signed by Peter Beard
Finished in Regina book cloth, with a leather spine and corners
Comes in a clamshell box
Spilling out over the pages of this massive tome, Peter Beard's collages are reproduced as a group for the first time at the size they have always meant to be seen, many of them as foldouts. Hundreds of smaller-scale works and diaries fill the remaining spreads—magnified to show every detail, from Beard’s meticulous handwriting and Old-Master-inspired drawings to stones and bones and bits of animals pasted to the page. Available in both Art and Collector’s editions, this opulent and beautifully crafted limited edition—complete with wooden stand—is a work of art in itself.
-Taschen press release
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Zara's Tales is an intricately woven series of eleven irresistible stories told to Peter Beard's daughter, Zara, about his adventures in Kenya.
His tales capture the essence of East Africa, bringing to life a cast of characters, including a 300-pound warthog named Thaka, who lived near his
encampment. Man-eating lions and fifteen-foot crocodiles are part of every day life for Peter Beard, as he draws on the richness and diversity of
East Africa to seduce the reader into a world of exploration, creativity, and excitement.
A 2005 New York Public Library ‘Book for the Teen Age’
The Adventures and MisAdventures of Peter Beard in Africa is part biography, part social history. Beard's dramatic life has been matched lockstep by the drama that have been transforming East Africa since his arrival.
Eyelids of Morning remains a standard for natural history reporting, stunning wildlife photography, cutting-edge ecological ideas, and hard-core realism.
Spilling out over the pages of this massive tome, Peter Beard's collages are reproduced as a group for the first time at the size they have always meant to be seen, many of them as foldouts. Hundreds of smaller-scale works and diaries fill the remaining spreads—magnified to show every detail, from Beard’s meticulous handwriting and Old-Master-inspired drawings to stones and bones and bits of animals pasted to the page. Available in both Art and Collector’s editions, this opulent and beautifully crafted limited edition—complete with wooden stand—is a work of art in itself.
