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| Life: The Classic Collection | 
 enlarge | Author: Editors Of Life Magazine
Publisher: Life
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $12.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 13409
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 13.5 x 10.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 1603200304
Dewey Decimal Number: 779
EAN: 9781603200301
ASIN: 1603200304
Publication Date: October 21, 2008
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Condition: BOOK HAS SMUDGING
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Product Description
The most famous, wonderful AND inspiring pictures ever to appear in the pages of LIFE are here. All the great action shots are here--from the sailor kissing the nurse to the first astronaut walking in space. The unsurpassed portraiture-- from screen icons like Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor to world leaders including John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Winston Churchill--are all here as well.
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 will be out of the way, so that each image can be savored. Moreover, prints will be included that are not just suitable for framing, but meant for framing. And not only will there be photographic prints; there will also be 75 other famous pictures that appeared in LIFE's pages, the story behind each of them and the narrative history of what LIFE's photography has long meant to the country and, indeed, to the world.
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Nice coffee table book January 6, 2009
Nice book for coffee table but the prints are hard to keep in until you are ready to frame them.
 LIFE: THE CLASSIC COLLECTION January 6, 2009
I received the item I ordered in a few days and was very impressed with how fast I got it. I had never ordered from Amazon before and it was simple to do.
 Best of the best December 21, 2008
I purchased this book for my father's 89th birthday. We all looked through the book, and everyone could remember seeing different pictures over the years. For anyone who grew up with Life magazine this is nostalgia at it's best. There are lots of memories in this book, both happy and the sobering.
Interesting photo book December 20, 2008
This Life book has many of their most famous shots in it. And many of them are removable from the book. The print quality of the removable work is rather poor however. They are not good enough to be framed and displayed in my opinion.
But still, this book is well worth having at this price. If you are a photographer it will certainly give you lots of ideas that can be applied to your own work. And if you are not a photographer you will get a fascinating slice of American history. My ten year old was very interested in this book.
Beautiful December 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a beautiful book. Has duplicate photos for framing on top of original photos(on some) in book with tissue paper between those pages. Bought two for gifts.
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