Wm H Crane Compiler (3 results)

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Smith-Brooks Printing Company, 1914. Paper covers, [2] pages plus 21 single pages with tipped in plates; 25 x 31 cm; First edition. Bound with original red cord. Lacking both original pictorial wrappers; title page present but exposed as outer leaf. With 22 mounted color plates (including 1 folding panorama) (missing two plates from front and rear covers). Printed in quadri-color from recent photographs and tipped onto black leaves. In acceptable condition with chips and tears to the title page and moderate overall aging and spotting to title pages as well. Plates are in very good condition. A solid copy, but for the missing covers. Compiled by Wm. H. Crane and published exclusively for The Inter-State Company of Denver for sale aboard the Denver & Rio Grande-Western Pacific railroads, this volume was designed to showcase the Rocky Mountains as seen along the "Scenic Line of the World." With vivid quadri-color engraved views from photographs taken in the early 20th century, the volume includes scenes of Denver, Castle Rock, Pike's Peak, the Royal Gorge, and other landmarks. A key example of railroad promotional ephemera, issued with string binding and typically in decorative wrappers now absent from this copy.…

Original Wrappers. Condition: near Very Good binding. Complete collection of colored tipped-in plates showing the fantastic views from the Denver & Rio Grande-Western Pacific Railroad route. Signature of "F. S. Savage Sr." dated 1914 on the title page. Savage was a successful conductor on the B. A. & P. line, as well as a member of the Order of Railroad Conductors. His son tragically died in a railroading accident after following in his father's footsteps. Below Savage's signature is a gift inscription to his grandson. Oblong Octavo. Small closed tear to bottom spine, but binding sound. Complete, with last three plates and three pages showing a two inch tear to bottom edge. Otherwise plates show little wear. near Very Good binding. …

Oblong Quarto. A fine copy with 22 full color tipped in plates on black paper of which one is a two page panoramic view, bound in maroon pictorial paper wraps with color illustration mounted, string bound, lettering gilt. Contains the original bound in price tag of $1.00. railroad map as last page.