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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW. Black linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace edge wear to upper back edge. Collection of 53 plates from the Mural Project Photographs. In September of 1941 the U.S. Department of the Interior engaged Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) to photograph National Parks, Indian reservations, and other locations for use as mural-sized prints for the Department's new building. These photos are held in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Adams' famous Moonrise photo is not included; that image being taken on Nov 1, 1941, a day for which Adams did not bill the Government and was taking images for his own pleasure. Ansel Adams (Photographer) (illustrator). …