The End of the Game: The Old Africa and the New by Peter H Beard. Published by Viking, New York, 1965. Hardcover. First edition. DJ. Tall quarto. The End of the Game, is thoughtful as well. Long taken as a seminal book on wildlife conservation, it is actually an epic visual poem on the subject of loss. The photographer's first book. *Peter Hill Beard (1938 – 2020) was an American artist, photographer, diarist, and writer who lived and worked in New York City, Montauk, and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, the African animals and the journals that often integrated his photographs, have been widely shown and published since the 1960s. 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. 256 pages filled with black and white and color images throughout. Very clean. One small spot on the ffep. Otherwise clean and tight. In a Mylar jacket protector.