Peter Beard - Die letzte Jagd. The End of the Game - 1965

IMPORTANT EARLY TITLE BY PETER BEARD -
mentioned in "Andrew Roth, The Book of the 101 books" as one of the most important photobook ever published:

"...a seminal book on wildlife conservation...and an epic visual poem on the subject of loss".

True first German printing of the most famous book by Peter Beard,
which was published in the same year like the first English and the first American printing ("The end of the game") in the same size, layout and content.

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Bucher, Luzern, Frankfurt/Main. 1965. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover in linen with dustjacket. 205 x 285 mm. 256 pages. Text and photos: Peter Hill Beard. Language: German.

Condition:
Book inside and outside fresh and clean with no marks and with no foxing. Dustjacket quiet fresh and complete with no tears, with no taped tears and with no missing parts and still very impressive; with trace of use. Overall fine condition.

Great, highly impressive early masterpiece of the famous artist (1938-2020) -
with the scarce original dustjacket in quiet fresh and complete condition.

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Peter Hill Beard was an American artist, photographer, diarist and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s.
Beard's photographs of Africa, African animals and journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1970s. Each of his works is unique, a combination of his photography with elements derived from his daily diary-keeping, a practice he continued until his death in 2020. These volumes contain newspaper clippings, dried leaves, insects, old sepia-toned photos, transcribed telephone messages, marginalia in India ink, photographs of women, quotes, found objects, and the like; these become incorporated, with original drawings and collage by Beard. Certain of his works incorporate animal blood, sometimes Beard's own blood (in sparing quantities), a painting medium the artist favored.
He was a photographer for magazines including Vogue and Elle.
On the afternoon of March 31, 2020 Beard, who was suffering from dementia and ill health after a stroke, wandered away from his Montauk, Long Island home. Despite exhaustive searches he was not found. On April 19 Beard's body was found by a hunter in a densely wooded area in Camp Hero State Park in Montauk Point, New York.