The Great Gates by Sprague, Marshall - 1964

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with maroon title box, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Slight foxing to endpapers and to text block edges - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with magnificent black and white photographs; maps. 468 pages with index. Color illustrated dust jacket has very small corner chips, short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.

The history of passes in the Rocky Mountains of the U.S.A. and Canada, with little known vignettes about past explorers and adventurers. Also lists eight hundred Rocky Mountain passes with their locations, altitudes, and brief descriptions.