Bound in the publisher's original green cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated throughout in full color. Dust jacket is chipped and worn at the extremities. Collins, impresario of the popular "Day in the Life" photo books, has published a stunning new volume of aerial views of California. Shot by Morrison, it documents the state's diverse panorama as few of us ever see it--the thin line of the San Andreas fault, curvilinear rice fields near Merced, and, yes, even Liberace's piano-shaped swimming pool. While the text is couched as an environmental plea, from the air even chemical extraction plants have an eerie grandeur. This coffee-table book has a literate text by former San Francisco librarian (now historian) Starr. Recommended for regional public libraries and many California Christmas lists. -Annette Melville, Univ. of California at Berkeley Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.