"To flip through the pages of this handsome book inevitably elicits a wave of nostalgia, a desire to roll back the years to a time when print was king and a dime could buy this singular curated version of the world"

December 6, 2011 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography



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Sunday Book Review


"Now comes "75 Years: The Very Best of Life," a coffee-table behemoth weighing nearly seven pounds, featuring unforgettable photo­graphs (Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous kiss, "V-J Day, Times Square, New York City, 1945") as well as never-before-published photos from the archives."

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75 YEARS

The Very Best of Life
Illustrated. 224 pp. Life Books. $36.95

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