Sep 30, 2021 - Sale 2580

Sale 2580 - Lot 250

Price Realized: $ 1,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(WEST.) Rand, McNally & Co. Illustrated Guide to Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, with General Mining Laws. Double-sized folding map, numerous illustrations. 85, [9] pages including ads at end. 12mo, publisher's illustrated wrappers, minor wear, tape repairs to backstrip; minor foxing, map detached with minimal wear and one short tape repair. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., [1880]

Additional Details

A guide for both tourists and prospective settlers to the three states. Denver is featured as "a concentration of the push and energy of the West," but Phoenix is not among the nine Arizona settlements deemed "deserving of mention."

The map is 20 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches, and shows Arizona on one side and Colorado on the other, with mountain ranges and rail lines shown in detail. The Colorado side shows the rail lines in blue and red. 3 in OCLC, none traced at auction.