Santa Barbara: Reverie Press, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of these striking photographs by Adams - originally commissioned by Harold Ickes for a decorative mural of the Western National Parks, for the Department of the Interior's museum in Washington, DC. Adams made the photographs in 1941-1942, completing a series of 225 signed exhibition prints, but the project was put away during WWII, and never completed. This book includes 85 photographs selected by Wright and Armor - including sections on the Grand Canyon, Indians of the Southwest, Yellowstone, Carlsbad Caverns and more - and accompanied with quotes from the writings and speeches of Theodore Roosevelt. Preface by William Mott, Jr., a past director of the National Park Service. Introduction by Wright and Armor. Index of the photographs. A beautiful book -large format, printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 112 pp. ISBN: 1-55824-1620.