Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Very Good
Type Book
Edition First Edition
Publisher Lee and Shepard 1880
Seller ID 016656
Hardcover,
no DJ, mylar cover. Lee and Shepard, 1880, first edition thus. In very good
condition, moderate bumping to corners, small areas rubbed through on bottom
edges, minor soiling on some pages, light creasing to about the final 20 pages,
front hinge is just beginning to crack, outside page edges toning. Overall book
is quite solid and text/illustrations are, for the most part, bright and clean.
An early treatise seeking to encourage settlement of the West, especially
Colorado, written by the then President of Colorado College. Discussions of
mining, grazing, timber, climate, scenery, etc. Also some discussion of New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah and the Mormons, Idaho, Montana, The Black Hills, and
Wyoming.
Price = 150.00 USD
