The Kill - Wildlife Encounters - Out of Africa
by Penrith, James M ; Velden, Nélia van ; Davidson, Anthony D ; Skinner, Professor John ; Shepherd, David (Foreword)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 062013285X
- ISBN 13
- 9780620132855
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About This Item
The Directors' Collection Limited, Gaberone, Botswana, 1989. Limited. Hardcover. As New. Various. Signed. 159 pages (complete). Landscape format. Fully bound in leather. Gilt titling on the face and spine. Spine has five ridges. The back face has some light shelving marks. The leathered boards are most handsome and healthy. Numbered 144 of a limited edition of 1250 copies. Signed by John F Richardson, the publisher. This is the first title in a series of four titles. A RAVISHING book of artwork, drawings and sketches and photographs of African wildlife - in this instance concentrating on predators and their kills - by South African artists. End papers from the late Gordon Vorster. These inclusions were the first occasion these paintings by Vorster had been reproduced. Each protective is neat, tidy, immaculate. Other artists: Patricia Vaughan, Pam Guhrs, Paul Augustinus, Leigh Voigt, Richard Smith, Kim Donaldson, Dino Paravano, Keith Joubert, Dylan Lewis, Alan Ainslie, Zakkie Eloff, Ingrid Weiersbye, Paul Wiles, Vic Guhrs, John Meyer, Philip Clancey, Raymond Andrews. EXCEPTIONAL CARE and DEVOTION have been used in producing this EXTRAORDINARILY THRILLING book. Each print is on the facing page. The condition of this copy is FABULOUS. The contents are wonderfully fresh, bright, vivid, visceral, evocative, fine, dramatic. Shiveringly clean, clear - enough to make any wildlife enthusiast and/or booklover tremble with pleasure. Please note that the book is very heavy. Should the book need be posted outside of South Africa, extra postage charge may be made. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Title
- The Kill - Wildlife Encounters - Out of Africa
- Author
- Penrith, James M ; Velden, Nélia van ; Davidson, Anthony D ; Skinner, Professor John ; Shepherd, David (Foreword)
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- ISBN 10
- 062013285X
- ISBN 13
- 9780620132855
- Publisher
- The Directors' Collection Limited, Gaberone, Botswana
- Date Published
- 1989
- X weight
- 0 oz
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