Archive from the collection of Nicolas Ducrot (artistic director of Viking Press from 1964 to 1976) dedicated to his relationship with Peter Beard during and after the publication of The End of the Game. Peter Beard (1938-2020) The End of the Game. The Old Africa and the New. The Viking Press, New York, 1965. Personal archive and working copy offered by Peter Beard to Nicolas Ducrot, his publisher, compiling their exchanges and reflections on present, past and future projects. In-4 (28 x 20 cm). First American edition, 256 pp. Publisher's binding with illustrated dust jacket. A unique copy with some 30 silver, chromogenic and polaroids prints, some taped to the pages and most annotated by Peter Beard. The work also features numerous handwritten annotations, marks (fingerprints), additions of graphic or animal elements (press clippings, postcards, greeting cards, feathers) or drawings by the artist on the leaves. Numerous letters and notes from Peter Beard to Nicolas Ducrot have been arranged throughout the pages. Collection of prints and unpublished documents in the archive - Around the publication of The End of the Game: Peter Beard (1938-2020) Elui with world record cow elephant tusk. Kenya, Marsabit Forest, 1962 (see p. 89) Vintage silver print. Stamp "Photograph by - Peter Beard", stamps of his agent Peter H. Schub and Stern magazine on verso. Image: 34 x 22 cm / Sheet: 34.5 x 23 cm Elephant reaching for the last branch on a tree. Kenya, 1965. Vintage silver print. Stamped "Photograph by - Peter Beard" on verso. Photographer's copyright and handwritten annotations in ink in lower margin. Image: 32.5 x 22 cm / Sheet: 35.5 x 28 cm Elephant reaching for the last branch on a tree. Kenya, 1965. Vintage silver print (broken) with ink drawing on verso. 24.5 x 16 cm Rhinoceros carcass. Kenya, c. 1965. Vintage silver print. Stamped "Photograph by - Peter Beard" and his agent Peter H. Schub on verso. 24 x 34.5 cm Elephant embryo. Uganda, 1968. Silver print (c. 1970). Stamped "Photograph by - Peter Beard" on verso. Image: 16 x 24 cm / Sheet: 20.5 x 25.5 cm Hog Ranch (giraffe, lambs and sheep). Kenya, c. 1965. Vintage silver print, titled by Peter Beard in ink at bottom. 16.5 x 24 cm Mountain gorilla. Congo, c. 1970. Silver print (c. 1980). Handwritten captions with stamp "©Peter Beard" on verso. 15 x 22 cm Elephant carcasses and skulls. Kenya, c. 1970. Two (2) vintage silver prints. Images: 29.5 x 43.5 cm / Sheets: 31 x 45.5 cm Lake Rudolf and Naomi Simms. Kenya, 1972. Silver print, signed and dedicated in ink by Peter Beard to Nicolas Ducrot. 12.3 x 17.8 cm Baboons, impalas and elephants under Kilimanjaro (variant), 1984. Vintage silver print. Stamped "Photograph by - Peter Beard" on verso. Image: 31.7 x 47 cm / Sheet: 40.5 x 50.5 cm Kenya. Marsabit, c. 1960-1970. Elephant herd at Buffalo Springs. Elephants from behind. Elephants face to face. Elephant carcasses. Cheetah Cub. Deer. Monkeys and warthogs. Nine (9) vintage silver prints, some stamped by the photographer or his agent Peter H. Schub and annotated on the images or versos. Two (2) prints of Masai hunts (1919) by Charles Cotter, printed and stamped by Peter Beard, are included. Sizes: 13 x 17 to 20 x 25 cm Warthogs and giraffes. Kenya, c. 1965. Three vintage silver prints, one annotated by Peter Beard, in a blue envelope addressed to Nicolas Ducrot. 8.5 x 12.5 cm Buffalo. Caiman. Butterfly. Africa, USA, c. 1970. Five (5) chromogenic reading prints on Kodak paper. Medium format: 7.5 x 11 cm - Around the Diaries : Reproductions of Peter Beard's Diaries as part of a forthcoming project (Scrap Book Diary Project), 1965-1980. 34 vintage silver prints (1971 Diary). 28 x 35.5 cm 92 vintage contact sheets, some annotated in red pencil on the images. 22 x 28 cm [...] For the complete card, consult the pdf.