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Item #28238 Summering in Colorado. John COLLIER, photographer, Charles E. HARRINGTON.
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado
Summering in Colorado

Summering in Colorado

Denver: Richards & Co., 1874. 8vo. (7 1/2 x 5 inches). [1], 158, plus [5]pp ads. 13 mounted albumen photographs.

Original red/brown cloth, front board gilt. Corners and spine ends worn.

First edition.

Scottish-born photographer John Collier came to Central City, Colorado in 1871, establishing one of the earliest photography studios there, before selling the business and moving to Denver to open another studio in 1878. Published to promote tourism, this wonderful documentary of photographs contains images of the following: bird's-eye-view of Central City, two railroad views, Clear Creek Canyon, Boulder Canyon, Garden of the Gods, Monument Park, Rainbow Falls at Manitou, Cheyenne Canyon, Monument Park, and more. Unlike many Colorado pieces, the scenes are all over the state and not concentrated around Colorado Springs. The number of photographs vary from copy to copy; the present example with more photographs than usually encountered.

NYPL 289 (citing 10 photographs); Adams, Herd 554; McMurtrie & Allen, Early Printing in Colorado 223; Margolis,To Delight the Eye 13 (citing 10 photographs). Not in Graff, Howes or Truthful Lens.

Item #28238

Price: $2,000.00