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Hand-Book of Colorado: With Maps and Illustrations. Second Year of Publication.
by J.A. BLAKE & F. C. WILLETT
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Denver: J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett, 1872. J.A. BLAKE & F. C. WILLETT. . Hand-Book of Colorado. With Maps and
Illustrations. Second Year of Publication. Denver: J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett, 1872.
First edition of second publication, (although no first publication has been listed on OCLC, nor at auction in last 40 years). Octavo. 136 pp. With many full page ads throughout.
Original purple pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped on front cover. Front endpapers are ads as is rear paste-down. Front hinge starting, spine with small split to cloth, covers stained, extremities rubbed, very good.
Contains ads of the period and maps, as well as a map with railroad connections.
HBS 66658.
$500.
Illustrations. Second Year of Publication. Denver: J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett, 1872.
First edition of second publication, (although no first publication has been listed on OCLC, nor at auction in last 40 years). Octavo. 136 pp. With many full page ads throughout.
Original purple pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped on front cover. Front endpapers are ads as is rear paste-down. Front hinge starting, spine with small split to cloth, covers stained, extremities rubbed, very good.
Contains ads of the period and maps, as well as a map with railroad connections.
HBS 66658.
$500.
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- Bookseller
- Heritage Book Shop, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66658
- Title
- Hand-Book of Colorado
- Author
- J.A. BLAKE & F. C. WILLETT
- Illustrator
- J.A. BLAKE & F. C. WILLETT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.A. Blake & F.C. Willett
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1872
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Maps|Americana
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Pebbled
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- Paste-down
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- Hinge
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- Spine
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