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Summary: The pictures show how these dogs are loved by their hosters!
Review: This is one of the best, most inexpensive Christmas presents I've ever bought for someone. Every black and white photo in the book seems to tell a story or convey a sense of time or place. If you're a dog lover or owner I guarantee you'll be charmed by it. I don't have a dog at the present time but I have in the past, and this book reminded me of what incredible animals they are. I bought this book as a Christmas present for a dog lover friend. I glanced at just a few of the photos, and quickly knew that it would be a perfect present. I wanted to keep it for myself, but felt bad about it, so I immediately ordered my own copy from Amazon. The only thing that would make me happier is if Phaidon published a similar book on cats. You won't find a better book for the money.
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Summary: A unique book at a fantastic price.
Review: This is one of the best, most inexpensive Christmas presents I've ever bought for someone. Every black and white photo in the book seems to tell a story or convey a sense of time or place. If you're a dog lover or owner I guarantee you'll be charmed by it. I don't have a dog at the present time but I have in the past, and this book reminded me of what incredible animals they are. I bought this book as a Christmas present for a dog lover friend. I glanced at just a few of the photos, and quickly knew that it would be a perfect present. I wanted to keep it for myself, but felt bad about it, so I immediately ordered my own copy from Amazon. The only thing that would make me happier is if Phaidon published a similar book on cats. You won't find a better book for the money.
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Summary: You don't have to love dogs to love this book. But it helps.
Review: This is the perfect coffee table book for someone with a really small/non-existent coffee table, like me (the book's about 4"x5"). It has more than 800 B&W pictures that Erwitt has taken in his world travels over the past 40 years. It's a fun book to look through w/o those cliche fuzzy dog w/ small child pictures.
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Summary: You don't have to love dogs to love this book. But it helps.
Review: This is the perfect coffee table book for someone with a really small/non-existent coffee table, like me (the book's about 4"x5"). It has more than 800 B&W pictures that Erwitt has taken in his world travels over the past 40 years. It's a fun book to look through w/o those cliche fuzzy dog w/ small child pictures.
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Summary: Great pictures, with dogs
Review: Without a doubt this is a collection of great photos of dogs (820 dogs, in 512 pages - also horses, pigs, cows, cats, and many people) taken over many years and in many countries.It appears to be wordless; the photographs begin on page one, and there is no text or even a frontispiece before them. If you dig a little, you will find that in fact, buried deep in the middle of this book are two choice bones: an essay, "My Dog Days," by Erwitt, and P. G. Wodehouse's "About My Friends," an appreciation of Elliott Erwitt and of dogs, in Erwitt's words, " easy, uncomplaining targets." Wodehouse traces his own colorful history of dog-owning with warmth and dry humor. Whereas Erwitt writes that "with dogs, as with love affairs, the first and the last are most vivid," Wodehouse seems to vividly remember many more than a couple of dogs. Wodehouse is convincing, for example, in his assertion that Aberdeen terriers are so "full of the Calvinistic spirit that it is impossible for an ordinary erring human being not to feel ill at ease in their presence." He loves dogs, (some more than others), he doesn't apologize for it, and asks, finally, for "a standing ovation to all dogs," which is precisely what this terrific little book delivers.
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