Coppola and Eiko on "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

This slim oversized volume boasts some of the most gorgeous costume photos and sketches to ever grace a coffee table. Photographer David Seidner showcases Eiko Ishioka's designs for Bram Stoker's Dracula in spare theatrical settings, making masterful use of lighting to bring out the fabric's texture and color subtleties. Closer shots are used for detail, while large-scale reproductions of Ishioka's sketches provide a good counterpoint to the finished work.

The book's text is composed of alternating ruminations on the parts of Ishioka and director Francis Ford Coppola. We learn that in Coppola's conception, the film's costumes took precedence over its production …