This Humongous, Gorgeous, Exotic Guitar Book

Is in excellent condition.

PreOwned And stored in a climate room.

Flaw: the small book has some stains in the front. I haven’t wipe off because I’m don’t want to mess with its beauty. I leave it to the experts. Hopefully a collector will buy it.

This is book # 211 of 1500

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For the first time ever, the world's most elite guitars are presented together in this collector's limited edition. Years in the making, and featuring high-definition, state-of-the-art original digital photography throughout, The Guitar Collection is part music documentary and part photographic odyssey. Includes The Guitar Collection book, companion book Stories, custom-made guitar case, certificate of authenticity, and one of three signed museum-quality prints.

Walter Carter is a recognized world expert in vintage guitars and this book is his swan song - his shrine to the most famous guitars in history and the people who played them. John Peden's photography is legendary and breathtaking - and each copy comes with a museum-quality print.

********Buyers Reviews****

(1) The Codex Gigas of Gear Books -- a massive shrine to the glory of vintage guitars

(2) Where do we start? There are large, heavy duty gear books....and then there is The Guitar Collection. A gear book so massive, so overwhelmingly ambitious in its undertaking that it has to be shipped in a scaled-down case. A tome so gigantic that even it's smaller companion book (included in the case) is even larger than most gear books you'll find. The case might seem like a cute packaging option, but I assure you it's entirely necessary.

(3) Anybody skeptical about the list price should really try and hold one (with a spotter, for safety) to realize the ambition of a book like this. Even at the list price, there is no way the publisher made a huge profit on this series.

And the content! Short of heading to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and casually playing these legendary instruments, it would be impossible to get closer or more intimate with these guitars. In fact, I see details in the massive photos that I would probably miss actually holding the guitar. This is - by far - the most impressive gear book that I've ever seen.

The only downside (if you even want to call it that), is that this book is so massive that it's hard to hold it and read. You need to prop it on a sturdy table to hold the thing. Luckily the companion book has basically the same guitars, but in smaller form so it's easier to read that and then swap to the big copy when you want to see something up close and personal.