Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada photographs by Ansel Adams selections from the works of John Muir edited by Charlotte E. Mauk. Boston: Published by Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge, [1948]. 25.2x20.3 cm, pp. [1-4: blank] [i-viii] ix-xix [xx-xxii] [1-2] 3-132 [133-134: blank], 64 plates, original gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown. Later printing. A Sierra Nevada classic. Superb photographic interpretation of the Sierra reproducing a number of Adams' now classic images of Yosemite Valley and adjacent High Sierra. The selections from Muir's writings on Yosemite are arranged to provide a record of Muir's exploration of the region and to convey his appreciation of its unique features. Includes a short introduction by Adams and his "A Note on the Photographs," pages 119-130, and a "preface" and a biographical sketch of Muir by Mauk. BAL 14796. Kimes and Kimes 397. Top edge of text block shows some foxing (the plate paper), a very good copy in very good dust jacket with light wear along top and bottom edges. Dust jacket price is $12.00. (#167943).
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