Illustrated New Mexico, Bound with Official Reports of the Territory of New Mexico for the Years 1882 and 1883
by Ritch, William G
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Santa Fe, NM: New Mexican Printing Company, Printers and Binders. Good. 1884. Paperback. Yellow-green wrappers with black text and engraving. 1" x 2 1/2" piece missing from front wrapper, chips missing from spine and back. Binding remains tight; interior mostly clean with light toning to edges and first several pages have tears at top with no content affected. Unique double issue of the Official Report paired with Ritch's Illustrated New Mexico in fourth edition. The New Mexican Printing Company printed both volumes. The Ritch includes the folding birdseye view of Santa Fe plus folding map, which shows very light separation at folds. Ritch also includes many text illustrations and full-page plates. The Official Report includes the folding table as called for, plus reports from the Bureau of Immigration, Auditor, Treasurer, Librarian, and Adjutant General. A nice working copy of an important pre-statehood report and promotional. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017400
- Title
- Illustrated New Mexico, Bound with Official Reports of the Territory of New Mexico for the Years 1882 and 1883
- Author
- Ritch, William G
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- New Mexican Printing Company, Printers and Binders
- Place of Publication
- Santa Fe, NM
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- New Mexico, William Ritch, Western Americana
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Moab, Utah
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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