THE END OF THE GAME: THE LAST WORD FROM PARADISE. By Peter Hill Beard.

(1963) reprint of 1988 edition. Folio paperback (247 x 273mm). Pp283. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography. French-fold covers.

"Revised and updated Chronicle Booksedition 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.