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Summary: Excellent for those that love fine photography and cars
Review: A must for your automobile book collection - even if it is the start of it. Michale's photography is 2nd to none and his love of fine automobiles brings out his best. If you like classic automobiles, this has to be on your coffee table.
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Summary: Excellent for those that love fine photography and cars
Review: A must for your automobile book collection - even if it is the start of it. Michale's photography is 2nd to none and his love of fine automobiles brings out his best. If you like classic automobiles, this has to be on your coffee table.
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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: Motor Cars of the Classic Era has gorgeous photographs of some of the most extravagant and rare automobiles made. I bought it for my husband, who although very knowledgeable of cars in general (especially of the vintage variety), had never seen a couple of the vehicles photographed in the book. It is wonderful and fantastic for anyone who appreciates the beauty and workmanship of old cars.
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Summary: Whatta book, folks!
Review: Seriously, if you're into cars from this era, you simply cannot do better. It's just not possible. Mike's photography is just short of stunning, and the accompanying text is inteligennent and easy to understand. You won't regret buying it. At all.
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Summary: Whatta book, folks!
Review: Seriously, if you're into cars from this era, you simply cannot do better. It's just not possible. Mike's photography is just short of stunning, and the accompanying text is intelligent and easy to understand. You won't regret buying it. At all.
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Summary: Coffee Table Picture Book
Review: This is not a book about cars; it is an excercise in photography. If you are looking to read about the cars, you will be extremely dissapointed. Other than a tag stating the car model and year, there is no text whatsoever on pages with photos. Tiny capsule captions for each photo are found at the end of the book. The photos are exquisite, but they are all studio shots; none show the cars in their natural surroundings. Most of the photos are only postcard size. Those that are larger run across the center gutter due to the portrait page orientation. A lot of the photo is lost in the gutter. For those that want beautiful photos along with some historical background of the car and manufacturer, I recommend books by Dennis Adler.
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Summary: Unsurpasssed Photo Elegance & Substance; a new standard!!
Review: To any vintage auto enthusiest (of the late 1920's through 1940's) this book's a sumptuous, informative feast for the eye and soul.Most of the work (first 3/4's) showcases the author's deep photogenic appreciation of all those talented entra war era automotive craftsmen (just American & European, I believe). Those who balanced their well developed sense of (Moderne/Deco/Streamline) auto design, with practicality and graceful function. The last 1/4 of the book holds interesting/informative text for each auto presented prior. Well, ok, so I stumbled onto a book display of this work leaving an Exhibition of Art Deco earlier today: spent a transfixed 20 minutes carefully thumbing through it. Hey, the book just topped off a thoroughly satisfying afternoon at the Musium of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, ok?!? And... I suppose, the fact that not more than 20 ft behind me- standing, silently, yet gracefully parked & roped off from the rest of the exhibition's attendees was one of the true automotive icons of the age: a mint 1937 Cord 212 Speedster, didn't hurt matters much either (BTW: only 2300+ were ever produced of this well deserved Streamlined classic). Turns out (as another vintage auto admirer of the book commented over my shoulder) this is the very white and red Cord included in the oversized coffee table tomb of which this review is jotted. Whether novice or 'in the know' on the topic, this book's the "real deal!!" KP
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