{"product_id":"birds-and-beasts-africa-observations-of-a-wildlife-artist-bryan-hanlon-1997","title":"Birds \u0026 Beasts Africa by Bryan Hanlon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBirds \u0026amp; Beasts Africa (Illustrated Wildlife Art Book in Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Wildlife Artist's Paintings and Field Sketches of African Birds and Mammals, Gathered in One Handsome Volume\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Birds \u0026amp; Beasts Africa: Observations of a Wildlife Artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bryan Hanlon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Swan Hill Press, an imprint of Airlife Publishing Ltd, Shrewsbury, England\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1997\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781853103636\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1853103632\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in the UK in 1997.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark blue cloth hardcover with a colour-illustrated dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large quarto-size illustrated art book, 128 pages. With full-page colour plates, double-page spreads and pencil sketches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark blue cloth boards, with a small dent or crease to the front board near the fore-edge and a few tiny light specks. The spine cloth is clean and square, and the corners are sharp. The top edge is mostly clean; the fore-edge or lower edge shows a few small dark specks and light marks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages seen are clean and bright, with colour plates and sketches. No foxing, tears or writing seen. The binding is tight and the book opens flat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The colour-illustrated jacket (a bateleur on a buffalo skull to the front, a painted collage of parrots and lemurs to the back) shows light surface scuffing and shelf wear across the front panel and spine, with no large tears. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1997 by Swan Hill Press, Birds \u0026amp; Beasts Africa: Observations of a Wildlife Artist is a gallery of African wildlife paintings by Bryan Hanlon. Every major painting is reproduced in colour, with the artist's initial working sketches printed alongside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subjects range from a lioness bringing down prey to a female eland with her calf, and include many African birds. Hanlon adds his own notes on where and how each subject was observed and painted, which makes the book as much a record of fieldwork as a portfolio of finished pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA large, heavy, generously illustrated volume, it will appeal to collectors of Africana wildlife art and to anyone who enjoys seeing how a painting develops from sketch to finished work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Bryan Hanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBryan Hanlon was born in 1956 and is a self-taught artist. 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