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COLORADO: United States, America; Its History, Geography, and Mining
Old, R.O. COLORADO:
United States, America; Its History, Geography, and Mining, by R.O. Old;
London: Published under the auspices of the British & Colorado Mining
Bureau, Bartholomew House, Bank of England, 1869. Original printed
wrappers; 64 pages, with foldout MAP OF COLORADO TERRITORY, United States
(dimensions: approximately 9 inches by 7 inches), with short Price: $1,000.00
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SUMMERING IN COLORADO Richards & Co., Publishers No. 372 Larimer Street Denver, Colorado Territory, 1874 Press of Wm N. Byers Original green cloth binding; gold print on front cover; 158 pages, plus advertisements.
14 original albumen prints by Joseph Collier tipped into book.
Albumens are scenes from around the Colorado Territory, such as Central City, Garden of the Gods, Boulder Falls, Clear Creek Canon along the Colorado Central Railway, On the Grand River, etc. Condition: very good plus; cloth cover shows some wear; however, pages are clean and fresh; photographs are bright and detailed.
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REPORT OF CHERRY CREEK COMMISSION, May, 1913
Submitted by A. Lincoln Fellows; J.B. Hunter; and, C.A. Trease, Cherry Creek Flood Commission Original black cloth binding with gold print on front cover; 159 pages; two foldout maps; two foldout charts; numerous half-tone photographs. The Smith-Brooks Press: Denver, Colorado, 1913, first edition. "On July 14, 1912, a flood occurred in the Cherry Creek drainage basin within and above the city of Denver, which resulted in great damage to the city and adjacent territory, and again aroused the city officials and the various civic bodies to the necessity of preparing and adopting plans for the control of Cherry Creek floods ...." Condition: near fine; pages are clean and bright; binding is solid.
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FRED FEARNOT'S RANCH OR ROUGHING IT IN COLORADO And Other Stories By Hal. Standish Published in Work and Win, An Interesting Weekly for Young America. No. 772, New York, September 19, 1913. Original illustrated wrappers; 30 pages, with 2 pages of advertisements. Condition: wrappers are near fine; interior pages browning; uncut pages. Fictional account of hero, Fred Fearnot, and his adventures in Colorado.
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FRED FEARNOT'S IN COLORADO; OR, RUNNING A SHEEP RANCHE By Hal. Standish Published in Work and Win, An Interesting Weekly for Young America. No. 207, New York, November 21, 1902. Original illustrated wrappers; 30 pages, with 2 pages of advertisements. Condition: wrappers are very good with reinforcing to spine; interior pages browning. Fictional account of hero, Fred Fearnot, and his adventures in Colorado.
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HOLLADAY STREET Special leather bound edition By Max Miller A Signet Book, published by The New American Library: New York, May 1962, first printing. Original illustrated covers; paperback; 220 pages, plus advertisements; illustrated. This copy was specially rebound by Fred and Jo Mazzulla in red leather with gold print on front cover and spine; plus, a 7-page index inserted before back cover. "The incredible but true story of Colorado's sporting ladies whose easy virtue won them fame and fortune in the most infamous red-light district of the Golden West." Condition: very fine; pages have lightly browned due to the quality paper used in the publishing process; however, spine is tight and pages are bright, clean and fresh.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION Held in Denver, December 20, 1875, to frame a
Constitution for the State of Published by Authority. Timothy O'Connor, Secretary of State. Original black cloth binding with gold print on spine; 778 pages. Fine condition. Price: $450.00
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NOTIONS THE A.T. LEWIS &
SON DRY GOODS COMPANY, Volume 41144 (intentional misprint?), Number 1 (Saturday, October 27, 1906) through Volume 1, No. 52 (Saturday, October 19, 1907). Approximately 600 pages. Bound in original green cloth with gold print on spine. Fine condition.
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Historical and Descriptive of Fremont and Custer Counties SOUTHERN COLORADO. HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE OF FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, with their Principal Towns. Canon City and Other Towns, Fremont County. Rosita, Silver Cliff, Ula, and Wet Mountain Valley, Custer County. With a description of the Immense Mineral Regions of Fremont and Custer Counties. Illustrated. Canon City: by Binckley & Hartwell, 1879, first edition. Book is in its original printed boards and brown cloth binding; 136 pages. Advertisements on endpapers. Illustrated with fine steel-engravings. One of the first detailed and significant promotional publications on the Hardscrabble Mining District, its communities, mines, and people. Also, an important publication for early Fremont County, its mineral resources, ranching and agricultural opportunities, communities and people. Boards show scuffing and bumped corners; binding is strong but has several wear spots and some splitting; pages are clean and bright. Overall condition of book: very good. $4,500.00
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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLD REGIONS , containing sketches of its History, Geography, Botany, Geology, Mineralogy and Gold Mines, and their present operations. With a complete history of the mills for reducing quartz now operating. Illustrated by two maps. By S.W. Burt & E.L. Berthoud, Denver City, J.T.: published by the Rocket Mountain News Printing Co., 1861 -- Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the Colorado State Historical Society Library, with introductory notes by James G. Hodgson, PH.D., F.L.A., Emeritus Director of Libraries, Colorado State University. Old West Publishing Company, Denver, Colorado, 1962. One of 320 copies, printed by Lawton Company. Book is in its original brown cloth binding with black print on cover and gold-embossing on spine; 144 pages, with facsimiles of original front and back covers bound in. Five facsimile maps and charts in rear pocket. Condition: near fine; no dust jacket, as issued. Price: $100.00
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