Wild Heritage by Philip van den Berg & Ingrid van den Berg & Heinrich van den Berg

Wild Heritage (Signed & Inscribed Subscribers' Edition in Dust Jacket)

A Photographic Celebration of KwaZulu-Natal's Wildlife and Landscapes, Signed by All Three Van den Berg Authors

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Wild Heritage: KwaZulu-Natal
• Authors: Philip van den Berg & Ingrid van den Berg & Heinrich van den Berg
• Publisher: HPH Publishing
• Publication Date: 2006
• ISBN-13: 9780620366793
• ISBN-10: 0620366796
• Edition Details: First Edition, First Impression. Subscribers' Edition, with a tipped-in slip signed by Philip van den Berg, Ingrid van den Berg and Heinrich van den Berg, and inscribed to Jessica.
• Binding: Hardcover with a full-colour pictorial photographic dust jacket, a leatherback turtle on the front. A tipped-in Subscribers' Edition signature slip is present.
• Physical Format: Large portrait-format coffee-table book with full-page colour photography and a double-page bird photograph on the title spread.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The boards beneath the jacket are not described. The pictorial jacket is covered under Dust Jacket below.
• Interior: The title spread and copyright page are clean and bright, with no markings. A tipped-in Subscribers' Edition slip is present, signed and inscribed.
• Provenance: A tipped-in Subscribers' Edition slip is signed by Philip van den Berg, Ingrid van den Berg and Heinrich van den Berg, and inscribed: "To Jessica - Treasure our rich Wildlife - it is a gift from God."
• The Dust Jacket: Present and photo-illustrated, with a leatherback turtle on the front. The spine is clean and bright. The back panel shows a few light scuffs and scratch marks and a faint vertical crease; the edges are mostly clean. Protected in a Mylar sleeve.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Wild Heritage: KwaZulu-Natal, published by HPH Publishing in 2006, is a photographic celebration of the wildlife and landscapes of one of South Africa's richest natural regions. Its pages range from coastal turtle nesting beaches and wetland birds to the Drakensberg escarpment.

The photography is accompanied by text from Ingrid van den Berg. The book is the work of three members of the Van den Berg family, all well-known names in South African nature photography and publishing.

This copy is a Subscribers' Edition with a tipped-in slip signed by all three authors and inscribed to a named recipient. It will appeal to collectors of South African wildlife photography and signed Africana.

Author Profile: Philip, Ingrid and Heinrich van den Berg

Heinrich van den Berg is an international award-winning wildlife photographer, author and publisher. He began his career as a civil engineer before turning to photography, and in 2001 he established HPH Publishing, the imprint behind this book. He has had images accepted in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Ingrid van den Berg contributed research, photographs and text to the family's books, while Philip van den Berg, an environmental educator, oversaw photo selection, filing and editing. Other titles from the family include South Africa: The Big Picture, Phototips: Principles of Nature Photography and Land of Contrast.

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