Rocky Mountain Scenery. A Brief Description of Prominent Places of Interest Along the Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
With Numerous Illustrations. The Scenic Route Across the Continent and the Only Line passing through Salt Lake City en route to or from San Francisco and the Pacific Coast. New York: Press of the American Bank Note Company, 1888.
First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 80 pages. Illustrated with 12 Albertype photographic images, other photographs, sketches, map of the railroad route, and illustrated advertisements. Dark brown pebble cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated title on the front cover. A restored, repaired copy. New brown cloth backstrip. Hinges repaired. Front and rear end sheets replaced with newer light brown end papers. Cloth covers dyed with matching brown color lower edges of the covers. Light edge wear to the binding. First 6 pages are chipped in the lower corners (no missing content) and have been patched with white tissue. Presentation copy: Inscribed on the title page "To The Hon. J. Russell Jones with kind regards of James Gorant (sp?), Secretary of the Guarantee Co. of N. America Chicago 2 of 9/88." J. Russell Jones was President of the West Side Rail Way Company in Chicago. 8 of the 12 plates are photographs by William Henry Jackson. Views include Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge, Marshall Pass, etc. Contents are clean inside. A fair or better copy. Fair. Item #32743
Price: $300.00