(WEST.) Carl E. Schmidt. A Western Trip, 12 full-page color photographs mounted as issued, plus smaller printed illustrations in text. 91, [1] pages. 4to, original pictorial full calf gilt, minimal wear; light offsetting from photographs, minimal wear to contents; silk endpapers, printed in green and black, internally clean and sound, uncut. [Detroit: Herold Press, 1904]
The privately printed memoir of a Detroit tannery magnate who went on a vacation in Yellowstone Park and Utah with his daughter and two friends. The 12 larger photographs are photochromes by the Detroit Publishing Company from negatives by William Henry Jackson, while the smaller photographs were taken by Schmidt's party. The leather for the binding was done at Schmidt's own tannery. In addition to the entertaining account of Yellowstone, Schmidt describes a visit to Salt Lake City, where he attends a memorial service for President McKinley at the Tabernacle. The book closes with a long description of the characters at Ophir Mine at Stateline in southwestern Utah, replete with tales of gunfights. Streeter sale VII:4123.
