THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIRECTORY AND COLORADO GAZETTEER, FOR 1871... by [Colorado Directory]: Wallihan, S.S., compiler - [ 1870].

Denver: S.S. Wallihan & Co., [ 1870].. 442pp., plus [7]pp. of ads at the front, [59]pp. of ads at the rear, and [144]pp. of ads interspersed in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Minor edge wear and light soiling to boards. Internally clean. Very good plus. This directory, here in its first year of publication, is an extremely detailed compendium of information and statistics on virtually every aspect of Colorado territory, covering its history, geography and geology, natural resources, etc. "This Directory gives useful information on the early territorial history of Colorado, including the various conventions and forms of government in the early days, railroads, colonization, and early mining" - Streeter. The volume also includes an accurate directory for Denver, Golden City, Black Hawk, Central City, Nevada, Idaho, Georgetown, Greeley, Colorado City, Pueblo, Trinidad, etc. An appendix for the Denver directory includes the noted western artist, A.E. Mathews (who had recently published GEMS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCENERY), and the Chinese tea dealer, Tang Fee. This text is further supplemented by more than 200 pages of advertisements for local businesses. A more useful and comprehensive guide to pre- statehood Colorado would be difficult to find.

Though published in Denver by Samuel Wallihan (who also edited the work), this book was printed in Chicago, and is therefore also an example of a Chicago ante-fire imprint. However, it is not listed in the AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY list of Ante-Fire imprints, nor is it in Eberstadt, Graff, or Decker. Howell paid $110 for the Streeter copy in 1969. HOWES C611. WYNAR 1905, 3794. SABIN 72459. STREETER SALE 4280.