California : A History / Kevin Starr / Carol and 50 similar items

Condition: Good. Packed in a BOX with cardboard backing and padding. (See Photos!) Pages: not written on, clean, bright, odor free, fine edges. Dust Jacket: clean, bright, light bumping and to top edges, curl at top edge of back inner flap, small scuff near back middle, light scuffs. Same or next day shipping (weekdays and Saturdays)! Ships from California. ABOUT: Beautiful new photographs taken in 2012 and 2013 of the entire state of California by acclaimed national photographer Carol M. Highsmith, who is sometimes called America s Photographer, appear in CALIFORNIA, a spectacular, hardbound keepsake coffee-table book. These contemporary photos reflect every part of the Golden State, from Alturus to La Jolla, Lake Shasta to the Desert Cities, the Redwood Forest to the Imperial Valley, and every memorable place in between. CALIFORNIA is written by historian Kevin Starr, who is renowned for his ongoing series of books about California. And the nation s distinguished Librarian of Congress, James Billington, will provide the book s introductory foreword. But this highest-quality, 265-page book is available for a limited time only. The book features Carol M. Highsmith s pick of her images in the Jon B. Lovelace Collection, in the nation's magnificent Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lovelace s company, the Capital Group, underwrote Highsmith s expeditions throughout California following his death in 2011. Highsmith has produced glorious views of California's lush valleys and rocky shores; forbidding deserts; remarkable mining towns and bountiful fields and stunning state and national parks. And of course, jaunty Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento are lavishly represented in this comprehensive presentation of colorful California.