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SIERRA NEVADA: THE JOHN MUIR TRAIL Ansel Adams 1938 1st ed SIGNED by Ansel Adams
By Adams, Ansel
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The Archetype Press, Berkeley 1938, 1938. 16 1/2 x 12 inches, 1.5 inches thick, 202 pages, cloth, 50 photographs. Weight is ten pounds.
Li
mited edition of 500 copies, this is number 172,
SIGNED by Ansel Adams
on the limitation page.
The first major monograph of Adams' work, this book includes 50 tipped-in illustrations from photographs by Ansel Adams printed in the finest half-tone process of the time. Sierra Club member Walter Starr commissioned Adams to produce the book as a memorial to his son who was killed while solo climbing in the High Sierra. This elaborate publication was used as a sophisticated lobbying tool while Congress was voting on the establishment of Kings Canyon National Park.
A collectible copy of this monumental Adams work. Ansel Adams, at the age of 36, was commissioned to prepare a book of his photographs taken along the world famous John Muir Trail as a tribute to Walter A. Starr, Jr., a young American mountaineer. A landmark book in photography, the 1938 limited edition of Ansel Adams’ Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail, was recognized as the highest quality photography book at the time. Representing the finest selection of Adams’ photographs of the High Sierra. White cloth with black printing.
There is some yellowing to the white linen cloth cover, but no wear, no flaws inside or out, a near Fine copy of a landmark book of the Sierra Nevada, and of Ansel Adams'. Copies for sale on the internet (May 2016) range from $7500 - $8500.
This book is larger and heavier than normal. Extra postage will be requested for Priority Mail or International Mail.
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