Yosemite and Range of Light.

ADAMS, Ansel.

Item Number: 107554

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979.

First edition of Adams’ classic photobook. Oblong folio, original cloth, containing 116 striking black-and-white photogravures, most full-page. Boldly signed by Ansel Adams on the half-title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Introduction by Paul Brooks.

Yosemite and the Range of Life "set new publishing standards. George Waters directed the printing at Pacific Lithograph in San Francisco, with Ansel standing over the presses. All plates were made using laser-scanned negatives and duotone printing: each image sang on the page" (Alinder, 313-16). "During his lifetime Adams was arguably the world’s most famous photographer, with reproductions of his works hanging everywhere from college dorm rooms to museum galleries the world over" (McDarrah, 3).