[vi], [62], [1] pp. 12 photographs by Ansel Adams printed on sheets sensitized by W.E. Dassonville. Indian thunderbird motif by Valenti Angelo on title and repeated in margins. (Folio) 42.5x32 cm (16¾x12½") original brown niger-backed orange cloth, title in blind. Bound by Hazel Dreis. No. 92 of 108 copies. First Edition.
Signed at the colophon by Mary Austin but inexplicably not signed by Adams. A masterpiece of American photography. Ansel Adams himself printed all 1,296 photographs used in the 108 copies of the book. The plates are titled as follows: North House (Hlauuma), South House (Hlaukwima), A Man of Taos, Ruins of Old Church, New Church, Girl of Taos, North House (End View), South House - Harvest, Old Man of Taos, South House - Woman Winnowing Grain, North House - Kiva and Thunder Clouds, Church at Ranchos de Taos. Rare. GB 137.
