The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise (Special Edition, with Inscribed Print)
by BEARD, Peter
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Spine faded, with small blemish to rear panel; a very good copy in gray boards, without jacket as issued.
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: International Center of Photography, 1977. Spine faded, with small blemish to rear panel; a very good copy in gray boards, without jacket as issued.. First Edition. Quarto. Revised issue of Beard's classic, published to commemorate his support for a 1977 benefit auction for the International Center of Photography. SIGNED by Beard, as issued, in red crayon to front endpaper. Accompanied by programme for the benefit auction; loose. This copy further accompanied by two silver gelatin prints of Beard's iconic image of a rhinoceros with its front leg noosed (9 x 10.75 in.); one of these photographs inscribed by Beard in year of publication to photographer Jill Krementz: "Dear Jill... despite all the drawbacks, many thanks for coming.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29198
- Title
- The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise (Special Edition, with Inscribed Print)
- Author
- BEARD, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine faded, with small blemish to rear panel; a very good copy in gray boards, without jacket as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: International Center of Photography
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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