Rocky Mountain Views on the Rio Grande, "Scenic Line of the World"
Denver: The Smith-Brooks Printing Company for the Van Noy Inter-State Company, 1917. Oblong 8vo, 9.5x12," unpaginated with 24 colored views on tipped-in plates including a folded plate covering 2 pages and map of the line at rear. Very good in thick, green, illustrated paper wrappers, string bound, showing some wear at corners and edges, toning to wraps, and occasional soiling to pages, affecting the edge of one illustration. Nicely produced viewbook for sale only en route on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. The printing of this particular souvenir became cheaper as time went by, the earlier editions such as this having beautiful, full color plates with views of Denver, Castle Rock, Palmer Lake, the Royal Gorge, and others. Item #4884
Price: $40.00