Biography of Alfred Edward Mathews

Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Publishing Company, 1961. Very Good. Biography of Alfred Edward Mathews, Nolie Mumey, Johnson Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado, 1961, 6.75 x 10 inches, 78 pp.

Red patterned paper boards, quarter blue cloth, tipped on title; top corners bumped, else exterior like new; uncut deckled fore and bottom edge; text clean, bright, unmarked; frontispiece illustration of Mathews tipped in; map tipped in between last free endpaper and rear pastedown. Overall very good condition. Three copies found in OCLC as of December 11, 2023.

Uncommon short biography of Alfred Edward Mathews (1831-1874). Mathews was a "Union soldier, illustrator of Civil War battles, author, traveler, map maker, and delineator of Western scenes, especially those of the territories of Colorado and Montana" (from title page). Edition limited to 350 copies; this one is neither numbered nor signed.

Nolie Mumey (1891-1984) was an American medical doctor, Army veteran, licensed pilot, and prolific author. From the Denver Public Library Archives: "One of his favorite anecdotes involved his inability to provide directions to Denver's downtown post office. This proved to be such an embarrassment, Mumey vowed to learn everything there was to know about Denver. In the process, he wrote nearly 100 books, many of which were devoted to Western history and medical topics" (Nolie Mumey Papers, Identifier: WH532).