This is a really beautiful book; everything from the cloth-lined box, thepaper, the printwork is a pleasure to hold and to view. It is hefty, wellmade and feels like a book one should open with gloved hands, so as notto spoil it.John Szarkowski has written a short, but fine introduction to the life andwork of Ansel Adams, which I enjoyed much.There are some 115 plates of photographs, some are quite small, as theplates are scaled to the original size, many cover the full large formatpage.I am of two minds whether the small prints are better as they are, orwhether I would have enjoyed them more, blown up to the maximum sizeallowed by the page.I have seen most of these photos before, as I became aware of Adams'sphotos in the eighties, and have obtained some other books of his.Nevertheless, I do not regret having added this volume to my library.The prints are better quality than the ones I already have.