"An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 112 pages; Description: ix, 112 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Subjects: National parks and reserves--West (U. S. ) --Pictorial works. Landscape photography--West (U. S. ) . West (U. S. ) --Pictorial works."
"Ansel Adams is best known for a series of photographs he produced of America's natural heritage known collectively as the National Park Service Photographs, representative examples of which are reproduced here. This assignment was especially commissioned in 1941 by Harold Ickes of the United States Department of the Interior and the aim was to record for posterity areas that had been designated national parks, as well as portraying the ..."