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From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft

Adams, Ansel | One of 500 copies, signed by Adams

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December 16, 07:01 PM GMT

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2,500 - 3,500 USD

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From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft


Adams, Ansel

Sierra Nevada. The John Muir Trail. Berkeley: Archetype Press, 1938


Folio (425 x 318 mm). 50 tipped-in varnished halftone plates by Adams, printed by the Lakeside Press, Chicago; some faint marginal toning to leaves, plate XXV with tiny spot. Ivory buckram, lettered in black; some wear, particularly to spine ends, relatively minor soiling.  


First edition, number 66 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Adams. A stunning work, capturing the majesty of the American West.