Second View: The Rephotographic Survey Project

SIGNED. First edition. Very Good+ cloth-bound hardcover with light wear at the bottom edges and tips in a Good+ dust jacket with rubbing and moderate wear at the edges, a two-inch tear/crease to the back panel and sunning to the spine and parts of the back panel. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs by Mark Klett, Gordon Bushaw and Rick Dingus; project director, Ellen Manchester; project coordinator, JoAnn Verburg; essay by Paul Berger. 221 pages; 262 b&w images plus 10 maps; 12.5 x 9 inches. SIGNED BY KLETT on the title page. The sites of the government survey project of the late 19th century were rephotographed by Klett and others. The views from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California, New Mexico and Arizona, originally photographed primarily by Timothy O'Sullivan and William Henry Jackson, but also by A. J. Russell, J. K. Hillers and Alexander Gardner, are presented along side the contemporary images. LAID IN is an article about the project predating publication by 5 years.…