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#hardcover#classicphotography Life The Classic Collection. A New Kind of Book Including 25 Removable Prints Suitable for Framing . Their photographs have earned the right to stand on their own, apart from any text or magazine layout. Originally created to help tell a journalist story, they have, quite rightly, come to be recognized as independent works of art. And here they are displayed as such, cleanly and in an oversized format. Certainly the necessary information concerning what's happening in the pictures ( and what was going on behind the scenes when the pictures were made) Is In this book. But it is unobtrusively separate, and the photographs are allowed to sing as they've never sung before. Twenty -five of them are included as removable prints for framing: a Classic Collection within the large Collection, a deluxe innovation in this new kind of book. So here you have these inarguably beautiful artifacts - the prints to be treasured forever , and the book itself to grace your coffee table . In these pages is the best of Life magazine and - as is clear In many of these heroic, lovely or simply touching photographs - the best of life itself. Some of the framed photographs are : Marilyn Monroe, 1956 The Duck And Duchess Of Windsor, 1956 Fred Astaire, 1945 Ballerinas, 1936 Jackie And Jack , 1961 Jack And Bobby , 1960 RFK Slain , 1968 Dali Atomicus , 1948 It Goes On . The Prints still have the protective sheet paper on top of them . The paper cover on this hardcover book has yellow tint on top and bottom . Check Out Picture For More Details On Item. Book Measures: 14"T x 10" W almost 1" Thick . Pictures Book are in excellent condition.
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Life has, of course, visited its archives before — but never like this. This edition puts the photographs on display, not only as part of the page layout but as the page itself. The explanatory text w...
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