by RAYMOND, Rossiter W.
(WESTERN AMERICAN FICTION) RAYMOND, Rossiter W. CAMP AND CABIN; SKETCHES OF LIFE AND TRAVEL IN THE WEST. New York: Fords, Howard & Halbert, 1880. 12mo. Publishers brown cloth. 243 pages, including frontispiece. First edition. (Wright-III #4448). Sketches first published in periodicals, some fact, some fiction, based on th author's own experiences as a mining engineer. Seven are about Yellowstone; about the ice-caves of Washington Territory; another about the ascent of Gray Peak in the Colorado Rockies. With an 1880 Christmas gift inscription "to A. Tilden" possibly by the author? Could this be the same A[lphonzo] F. Tilden was manager of the Esmeralda Silver & Copper Mining Corporation in Arizona, 1864-1865? Nearly fine. (Inventory #: 40172)