First edition. 8vo. I/2 brown morocco and marbled boards, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, raised bands, marbled front and rear endpapers, all edges marbled, 262 [iv] pp., preface, illustrated with six woodcut views of Colorado, index. This book is the result of observations by the author made in Kansas and Colorado during the summer of 1871. His objective was to gain information of the natural resources and agricultural capabilities of the Great Plains and of the mountain territories in order to determine the types of industry to which they might be adapted. The climate and soil conditions were noted as well as areas that might be dependent on others for agricultural products. Also information on new home, investments, cures for invalids, etc. opportunities. Front hinge expertly repaired else a very good copy.

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Title: OVER THE PLAINS, ON THE MOUNTAINS; OR, KANSAS, COLORADO, AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; AGRICULTURALLY, MINERALOGICALLY AND AESTHETICALLY DESCRIBED
Publisher: Printed by the "Industrial Age" Printing Co., 1872., St. Louis
Publication Date: 1872
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.

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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.

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