ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1985)
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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1985)

Taos Pueblo: Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and Described by Mary Austin

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ANSEL ADAMS (1902-1985)
Taos Pueblo: Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and Described by Mary Austin
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1930. Containing 12 gelatin silver prints by Ansel Adams; text by Mary Austin. Signed by Adams and Austin in ink on the colophon. Number 47 from the edition of 108. Linen covered boards with calf covered spine and matching slip case. Folio.

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Printed on rag paper sensitized by William Dassonville, each photograph from the edition of 108 was printed by Adams himself. When the book first appeared on the market in 1930, it cost $75.00 and although during the early years of the Depression, the entire edition was sold by 1932.

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