Robert Vavra. Limited first edition. Subscribers’ edition 1972. Housed in a slipcase. Both hardcover and slipcase in Very Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in the book.
A landmark work of photographic art documenting the power, ritual, and mythology of the Iberian bull.
Published in 1972, The Bulls of Iberia is Robert Vavra’s celebrated photographic tribute to the fighting bull and the ancient traditions of Spain and Portugal. Vavra—renowned for his dramatic equine and animal photography—captures the raw strength, tension, and beauty of the Iberian bull with striking black-and-white images that verge on the sculptural.
This is the limited subscribers’ edition, issued in hardcover and housed in the original publisher’s slipcase. Both the book and slipcase are in Very Good+ condition, showing only light, age-appropriate wear.
Highly sought after by collectors of:
Fine art photography
Bullfighting and Iberian cultural history
Limited edition and subscribers’ press books
An exceptional and increasingly scarce title from one of the 20th century’s most respected animal photographers.
