Peter Beard Collector's Edition of 2,250 - Peter Beard (1938-2020)

This is number 1910 from a signed edition in as new condition, contained in publisher's maroon cloth clamshell case; this work is no. 1197 from an edition of 2500. (50.8 x 35.6 cm.) Taschen, New York, numbered 1702 from a limited edition of 2500. Hardcover, signed in ink and edition stamp on the title page, contained within a maroon clamshell box, accompanied by a second Taschen volume, housed in a wooden box, with wooden book stand, in original cardboard box. Book 34.6 x 50.8 x 7.4 cm - stand 25 x 54.3 x 7.4 cm .Comes with a specially fabricated wood bookstand XXL-Format: 34.5 x 50 cm (13.4 x 19.7 in.) Main book: 200 pages of diaries and 294 pages of collages + 5 fold-outs Original essay by photo critic Owen Edwards All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequaled intensity and color range This enormous leather-bound opus presents Peter Beard?s life and work in Kenya in all its passion, adventure, and its forthright account of ecological crisis. It includes his expansive collages, reproduced as a group for the first time, as well as smaller-scale work and revelatory spreads from his diaries, magnified to show every detail of Beard?s meticulous script and drawings, as well as stones, bones, and other ephemera pasted into its pages. Limited Collector?s Edition of 2,250 copies, each numbered and signed by Peter Beard (1938-2020)