Description: Ansel Adams Yosemite and the Range of Light SIGNED by Ansel Adams in the Book! FIRST Printing With an ORIGINAL Ink Signature on the Half Title Page Yosemite and the Range of Light. Photographs by Ansel Adams. Introduction by Paul Brooks. Little, Brown, and Company. Boston. 1979. Oblong folio. Stated first printing. SIGNED by Ansel Adams in ink on the half title page. This is the original edition. Not the more common special edition for Time Life subscribers. It is signed by Ansel Adams directly onto the page, not on a bookplate as is usually seen in later editions. Hardcover with photo illustrated dust jacket. Two toned cloth. 116 plates reproduced by double impression offset lithography. This book shows the National Park as only Ansel Adams, with inimitable clarity, could. Very Good in a good plus dust jacket. "One of the finest photography books ever published, this volume constituted a milestone for Ansel Adams, who took his first photograph in Yosemite at the age of fourteen. The 116 stunning images--culled from nearly 8,000 prints of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada --range in subject from intimate detail to vast panorama."--the publisher. Beautifully reproduced. Light wear and sunning to board edges. Fading to boards. Tiny soil spot to the bottom edge front board and a small second soil spot to the rear board. Slight spine lean. Small soil dots to the bottom fore edge. Internally, sound with light tanning to page edges. Dust jacket shows moderate wear. Light soiling. Several creases. Several scratches. Two repaired tears one on the DJ front cover and one on the DJ back cover. The tape is on the underside of the jacket. Not price clipped. Spectacular photography. Scarce FIRST printing. SIGNED in ink directly onto the book by Ansel Adams.
Price: 298.99 USD
Location: Island Park, New York
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Topic: Photography: Monographs
Binding: Hardcover w/Jacket
3rd Level Category: Monographs
Country of Manufacture: United States
Origin: American
Subject: Art & Photography
Printing Year: 1979
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Signed
Original/Facsimile: Original
