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CO - Leadville,Lake County - c1885 - Colorado Desciptive Picture Booklet

Currency:USD Category:Books Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
CO - Leadville,Lake County - c1885 - Colorado Desciptive Picture Booklet
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Red hardcover picture booklet tilted “Over the South Park to Leadville”. 5”x 3 ¼”. Slight wear on the cover and edges of the cover. The binding is worn and the pages have detached from the book. Cover is very detailed with engravings. Published by Chain and Hardy Booksellers, Denver, CO. But distributed by Geo. L. Holt in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The little booklet has 14 pages of drawings Colorado landscape, some are; Deer Creek, Twin Lakes and Leadville. Leadville was in the late 19th century a booming mining town. After gold was discovered in the 1870s, Leadville was soon the second most populous city in Colorado.