Mar 26, 2009 - Sale 2174

Sale 2174 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(NEW MEXICO.) [Morrison, C.C.] Table of Distances, Published for the Information of the Troops Serving in the District of New Mexico, with Remarks and Information Necessary for Camping Parties. 8vo, original printed wrappers, front wrapper detached; rear wrapper dampstained; vertical crease throughout, marginal vermin damage on last 4 leaves not affecting text. Santa Fe, 1878

Additional Details

Full of detailed practical information on the New Mexico terrain. For example, while traveling from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, you might want to stop 19.87 miles out at Galisteo Creek, where one can find "Water and grass. Little wood." One butte has "water on south slope, left of road, 300 yards up hill in rocky basin." Other routes warn of quicksand and alkaline water. Also includes some information on west Texas and Colorado. Graff 4348; Howes N85; Streeter sale I:471; one copy in WorldCat.