Search Results: Titles starting with B from Mt. Gothic Tomes & Colorado Artifactual

BAIST'S REAL ESTATE ATLAS & SURVEYS OF DENVER, COLORADO, Complete in One Volume. Compiled and Publishedfrom Official Records, Private Plans and Actual Surveys. By G. Wm. Baist, Survey and Map Publisher. W. E. & H. V. Baist, Assistant Surveyors. Philadelphia, 1905. Dimensions: 24 inches by 19-1/2 inches. Title page, double-leaf Index Map, and 34 double-leaf plates, and 1 single-leaf plate. Original endpapers. 6 extra tipped-in maps/plats, plus 3 laid in plats.A spectacularly detailed work exhibiting subdivisions, streets, blocks, lots, and building footprints, as well as building materials. Topographical features exhibited where pertinent. Railroads, electric street car lines, and utilities designated. The Baist's atlas' were comparable to the Sanborn Insurance maps, only not as plentiful. This tome is composed of detail, detail, detail.Condition: heavy bond on linen; volume was well-thumbed and therefore there has been corner wear to many leaves; most leaves are complete, except for the title page (no… Read More

THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED By F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1922
First edition, first printing, in first state dust jacket
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED
by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD to William J. Flynn, Chief of the United States Secret Service
Condition: book is in very good to very good plus condition; inner hinges lightly reinforced with Japanese tissue paper; original first edition, first state dust jacket has small areas were the inside is stabilized with neutral pH, acid-free removable tape; spine modestly sunned, gold-lettering still strong; interior pages clean and bright; dust jacket shows some light sunning on spine and edge-wear and a few bits of missing paper. Fitzgerald inscription strong, clean, and bright.
William J. Flynn, born in New York City, was an intriguing personality himself. He began his professional working life as a plumber, but soon became practiced as a United States Secret Service agent. During his early career as a law enforcement officer Flynn was assigned to investigating and breaking up… Read More

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMOUS ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESORTS IN COLORADO, and HOW TO REACH THEM.Compiled by the General Passenger and Ticket Department of the St. Louis, Kansas City &Northern RailwaySeason of 1875, Illustrated COLORADO TERRITORYPublication dimensions: 4-3/4 inches by 7-3/8 inches; 52 pages Second Edition Including "Map of the Principal Resorts of Colorado" on Page 22: Supplement to "Guide Through Colorado" Foldout engraving in front of publication by Arthur Lumley, "Famous Resorts in the Rocky Mountain Regions, Colorado" Dimensions: 17-1/2 inches by 11 inches Very good plus to near fine condition: some creasing on front cover; folded once, vertically, in distant past; interior pages clean, bright and sturdy; folded engraving in near fine condition.Historical Colorado railroad guide and map exhibited by: COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL & MT. GOTHIC TOMES

BULL DOMINGO MINE: Housing structures. HARDSCRABBLE MINING DISTRICT; 8 miles from SILVER CLIFF, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO. Original Frank Kuykendall cabinet card photograph #214. Circa 1880. Photograph dimensions: 8-3/4 inches by 6-3/4 inches. Original Kuykendall mount dimensions: 12 inches by 10 inches. Very good plus to near fine condition: excellent tones and contrasts; superb detail; original Kuykendall mount shows some wear and a bit of separation damage on back of mount; no significant impact on original photographic image. Interesting flag hanging under housing platform, middle left. Historical Bull Domingo Mine buildings photograph by Frank Kuykendall exhibited by Colorado Artifactual & Mt. Gothic Tomes.