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Design Category
Book design, 1975
Art director
Gudrun Buettner
Collection
(1976) Fifty Books of the Year

Description

Mountain heights have always given freedom and exhilaration, of escape from the turmoil below. Here is a book that celebrates the glory of North America’s great ranges, from the majestic peaks of Alaska and the Rockies to the volcanoes of Hawaii, from the Cascades of the Northwest to the Adirondacks and the Great Smokies of the East. Only the extraordinary advances in color photography, along with the skill and daring of 36 outstanding photographers, make such a work possible.

Credits
Designer: Massimo Vignelli
Photographer: various
Production manager: Hela Lose
Author: Franklin Russell
Editors: Milton Rugoff, Susan Rayfield
Size: 9.5 x 13.25 inches
Pages: 224
Quantity printed: first printing of 15,000
Price: $40.00
Typeface: Text and display in Alphatype Century Expanded
Typesetter: Dix Typesetting Company
Printers: Amilcare Pizzi, S.p.A. (Milan, , Italy), Fontana Bonomi (plates) (Milan, , Italy)
Printing method: black/white and 4-color
Paper: Corsico R5000, 170g. white, gloss coated both sides
Paper manufacturer: Cartiere Burgo (Torino, , Italy)
Binder: Olivotoo S.p.A.
Binding materials: Canvas Extra, #1152 grey, made by CIA (Milano); on 3 mm. binder’s board
Endpapers: 170 g. Cartridge paper
Endpaper manufacturer: Cartiere Burgo
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams