Photographer of the Southwest: Adam Clark Vroman, 1856-1916

Description

Editor: Mahood, Ruth I.

Publisher: The Ward Ritchie Press

Pub Date: 1961 (First edition)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Both front and rear bottom corners bumped, worn.  Light edge wear.  Dust Jacket:  NOT price clipped.  The “dust jacket” is a clear plastic overwrap, with title and price printed on it.  It’s missing an approx. 3″ x 7″ triangular piece along the upper front edge (you may be able to see it (or not–how do you see something that’s missing?)  in the photo above.  Some wear, chipping to overwrap edges.

Notes: Before there was an Ansel Adams or a Laura Gilpin, there was Adam Vroman.  He came to California with his wife, hoping the climate would help her heal.  She died within 2 years.  He opened Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena–gifted to his employees in 1916, and still in operation today.  The 9″ x 12″size of the volume works really well for Vroman’s 127 photos of landscapes, architecture (interiors and exteriors), Native Americans (Acoma, Hopi, Zuni, Navajo), and several photos taken east of the Mississippi.  Excellent reproduction, but then the photos themselves are classics.  For a biography of Vroman and the Pasadena bookstore see https://vromansbookstore.com/about-vromans