Photo Album Of Yesterday’s Southwest by Shelton, Charles E - 1961

Desert Magazine, Inc., Palm Desert, CA, 1961; First Edition; oblong quarto, unpaginated; hardcover. Extensive collection of photographs depicting life as it was lived in and on the open ranges, ranches, and towns of nineteenth century Arizona, Nevada, and desert areas of California. A total of 197 large photos chronicling the lives of the pioneers, frontiersmen, Indians, cattlemen, businessmen, bad men, railroad men, boatmen, and soldiers who populated the West. Edited by Charles Shelton, publisher of Desert Magazine, from a body of over ten thousand original positives, negatives, and glass plates in the possession of numerous museums, historical societies, and private collections. Three-page photo source identification list at the back. A fascinating and unique book. Very Good Plus, handsomely bound in padded black leatherette with embossed titles and western style tooling. Clean, bright, crisp, and sharp.