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In search of Dracula;: A true history of Dracula and vampire legends

3 reviews
Raymond T McNally

New York Graphic Society, 1972

The True History of Vlad the Impaler, the Man who was Dracul
Any serious student of vampire legends or of Eastern European medieval history will not want to miss this book. First published over twenty years ago and now reprinted and expanded, this book in my opinion remains, along with Florescu's and McNally's other work on Dracula, "Dracula: Prince of Many Faces: His Life and Times," the standard introduction to Vlad the Impaler and his connection with ...

Henri Cartier Bresson: Photographer

4 reviews
Henri Cartier-Bresson

New York Graphic Society, 1988

Beautiful!
This is a beautiful book of duotones of Cartier-Bresson's work. It features the most famous photographs Henri has ever photographed and because it was excellently printed, you can truly feel the images with such intensity. This is a definite book to own if you love Henri's work.

Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh

4 reviews
Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt

New York Graphic Society, 1963

Fabulous reference!
Desroches-Noblecourt is one of the foremost experts on the subject of Tutankhamon. This volume is dense in information while remaining thoroughly entertaining. A library on the period must include this excellent book.

The Garden in Winter

3 reviews
Rosemary Verey

New York Graphic Society, 1988

Lo, a rose er'e blooming.....
A number of years ago, I made my first trip to Europe during the off season--the colder months. The days are shorter, but the museums are less crowded, you can usually find a reasonable air fare, and the Europeans have returned to their cafes and pubs giving them an ambiance missing when too many tourists are about. I enjoy photography, and I particularly like shooting architecture and gardens. ...

The Print (New Ansel Adams Photography Series, Book 3)

10 reviews
Ansel Adams, Robert Baker

New York Graphic Society, 1984

This is great book
In this book, Adams said Expression is more important than reality, idea more important than fact, the print more important than its subject. For it is only in the print that such magnificence can be unfailingly orchestrated. Those words made me think that what is good photograph. The book opens with a thoroughly enjoyable, albeit brief, history of photography before getting down to explain ...

Eisenstaedt: Remembrances

3 reviews
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Doris C. O'Neil

New York Graphic Society, 1999

Simple Genius
Many people consider Mr. Alfred Eisenstaedt the defining photojournalist of the 20th century. His best known work is probably the photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on VJ Day in 1945. In this superb volume, you can test that assessment with your own eyes. The images in this book were culled from over 290,000 frames available to the editor. I found the quality to be ...

Once Upon A Time

10 reviews
A.A. Milne

New York Graphic Society, 1962

Wonderful Fantasy book to read to yourself or aloud
This book is a wonderful story about a king, princess and an "evil" countess. The king, King Merriwig of Euralia, is in love with the Countess Belvane. Belvane has her sights set on becoming queen of Euralia. However, Princess Hyacinth is suspicious of how the countess acts. So the Princess enlists the help of Prince Udo from Araby. When Belvane finds out, she wishes for something humorous ...

The Negative (The New Ansel Adams Photography Series, Book 2)

35 reviews
Ansel Adams, Robert Baker

New York Graphic Society, 1968

An excellent technical reference
Concisely written in Adams' own scholarly style, "The Negative" is a valuable resource for photographers learning the foundation of technically correct (as opposed to generally good) base exposure in a variety of scenes, both pedestrian and those that are more conflicting. One must, however, consider that more than 4 decades have passed since the techniques were founded and the technology ...

Buckaroo: Images from the Sagebrush Basin

2 reviews
Kurt Markus

New York Graphic Society, 1987

Amazing collection of western photography
Truly a stunning collection of western photography. This massive size book offers an important visual slice of Americana. Many collectors have been known to cut out the photos in this book for individual framing (of course some "old school" book collector's would call that sacrilegious). Overall, a wonderfull collection of photographs.

The Art of Precolumbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection

1 review
Jan Mitchell

New York Graphic Society, 1985

Excellent color photos of very impressive gold pieces
Excellent essays of different geographic areas of Pre-Columbian goldworkding, Peru, Columbia, Costa Rica and Panama. Some of the best gold art objects in private collections anywhere in the US. This collection is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,in the Mitchell Treasury.

Jacques Henri Lartigue, Photographer

3 reviews
Vicki Goldberg

New York Graphic Society / Bulfinch, 1998

Absolutely Wonderful!
This book is amazing. This is, by far, my favorite collection of photos. Lartigue's concentration on motion is especially featured here. He has inspired my work more than any other still photographer. Buy it here and save the dough for your own photography.

Indian Silver Jewelry of the Southwest, 1868-1930

2 reviews
Lawrence Phillip Frank, Millard J. Holbrook II

New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown, 1978

essential for building a graphic knowledge of Indian design.
This book depicts the best from collections of early Native American Pueblo silverwork. The photographs allow the reader to identify key characteristic features of traditional Native American jewelry. The informative verbal descriptions do not insult the reader nor the makers. There are few books that portray the early Southwest jewelry as well as this one.

The barn;: A vanishing landmark in North America

1 review
Eric Ross Arthur, Dudley Witney

New York Graphic Society, 1972

The Great Book of Wine
This beautifully illustrated table top book is the prize of my 30+ wine book collection. It has hundreds of illustrations including some of the best and most informative hand drawn maps of every major wine growing region in the world. there are 495 pages to this 10"x11"x2" book with a gold embossed label.

The American Woman's Garden

1 review
Rosemary Verey, Ellen Samuels

New York Graphic Society, 1984

Classic Gardens This Side of the Pond
Gardens?! In America?! Documented by an Englishwoman?! Rosemary Verey has American women tell how their gardens got the way they did. Some enlarging inherited ones, some starting with bare dirt, some restarting with dismay after a disaster with weather, or life events. Good photos as well. Ms Verey's other books are well worth reading, both as how-to-do-it, and gee-whiz photos.

Photographs of the Southwest

2 reviews
Ansel Adams

New York Graphic Society, 1994

The Southwest - great photos of a proud, dry and open land
This is a collection of magnificent pictures by America's premiere photographer, sadly marred by the pretentious twaddle of a chronic kicker from Tucson who faults everyone in the Southwest except his own redeeming presence. It's beautiful work by Ansel Adams, well worth whatever you pay for the book. The pretentious twaddle by Lawrence Clark Powell is typical Tucson, people who manage to ...

The Art of Andrew Wyeth

1 review
Wanda M. Corn

New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1973

Masterful craft
This collection of essays, edited by Wanda Corn, covers a lot of territory. It includes background material, a lengthy section on his painstaking technique, and an interview. That's not why I came. I first saw his Helga pictures, none of which are presented here, but they were enough to get me hooked. The selection of works appeals to both the enthusiast and the novice. For the latter, ...

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