ARIZONA: ITS RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. by McCormick, Richard C

Territorial Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Reprint. Corners fanned and bent. (Arizona, description, maps)

Territorial Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Facsimile reprint of a publication from 1865, with modern (1968) introduction. (west, southwest, mines, mining)

Tucson: Territorial Press, 1968. Paperback. Fine Condition. Facsimile reprint of 1865 edition

New York: (Territorial Press, 1968. Softcover. Fine. Facsimile edition. Printed wrappers. 22pp. Introduction by Sydney B. Brinckerhoff. Map present. About fine with light edgewear.

Paperback / softback. New.

1968. (ARIZONA). McCORMICK, Richard C. Arizona: Its Resources and Prospects. A Letter to the Editor of the New York Tribune. N.Y., 1865 (Reprinted 1968). With a New Introduction by Sydney B. Brinkerhoff. Illus. xviii, 22pp. Fine in orig. wrappers. A facsimile edition of Howes M-65.

[Tucson: Territorial Press, 1968]., 1968. First edition. First edition thus. 8vo. Inked gift inscription on the front fly leaf "To Don Schellie, With highest respect and regards. Sidney B. Brinckerhoff, May 2, 1968." Brinckerhoff provides an 18 page introduction and Schellie was a Tucson newspaperman and author. Stiff wrappers bound into a hardcover with titles stamped in gilt on the spine, 22pp., folding map, illustrated. A facsimile of the original edition noted as Herd #1381, with two illustrations and an 18-page introduction by Brinckerhoff added. Fine copy and scarce in the hardcover issue.

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1865., 1865. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, 22 pp., folding map. In this early promotional pamphlet, McCormick tells of the resources and prospects of the newly created Territory and gives descriptions of the then four counties -- Pima, Yuma, Yavapai and Mojave. In the letter, dated June 1, 1865, and published on the 26th of the month, Hon. Richard C. McCormick, then secretary of the Territory of Arizona, says: "A portion of the Gila Valley is occupied by two tribes of Indians noted for their good traits, the Pimas and Maricopas. The lands cultivated extend from 16 to 20 miles along the river, centering at the Pimas villages. Irrigating canals conduct the water of the Gila over all the district. The Indians raise wheat, corn, millet, beans, pumpkins, and melons in great abundance. They also raise a superior quality of cotton, from which they spin and weave their own garments. There is a steam grist mill at the Pima villages, and a large… Read More