The Polaroid Book

Taschen's The Polaroid Book draws more than 250 images from the Polaroid Collections, an archive of about 23,000 instant photographs begun by Edwin Land and Ansel Adams, including work by David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Jeanloup Sieff. The 456-page hardcover, edited by Steve Crist with an essay by Barbara Hitchcock, is set in English, French and German and includes a chapter on the cameras. It suits photography and design readers.

$30