first edition Paperback
1917 · Denver, CO
by The Van Noy Inter-State Company
Denver, CO: The Smith-Brooks Printing Company, 1917. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). 24 tipped-in photographic plates in color, affixed to heavy grey paper and bound in dark green stiff paper wrappers. Stiff paperback binding is decorated with gold lettering, and an additional photographic scene of The Royal Gorge. Includes two pages of text, explaining the illustrated subjects. A map of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad and the Western Pacific Railway and connections at rear. The center illustration is a large folding plate (often misfolded) of the "Summit of Pike's Peak," showing the steam powered tram. Staple bound, with the attractive original red string tie. Minor shelfwear to front cover, and browning to edges of cover illustration, per usual due to the publisher's glue. The views include Denver, Castle Rock, Palmer Lake, Elephant Rock, Colorado Springs, Manitou, A Park In Pueblo, Sky Line Drive and Canon City, The Royal Gorge, Salida and Mount Ouray, Marshall Pass and Mount Ouray, Summit of Pike's Peak, Mount Princeton of the Collegiate Range, Leadvill and Mount Massive, Eagle River Canyon, Mount of the Holy Cross, Walls of the Canon at Grand River, Shoshone, Glenwood Springs, Curecanti Needle in the Black Canon of the Gunnison, Toltec Gorge, and Animas Canon. Travel, Voyages and Exploration..
(Inventory #: 001178)