4 volumes, 4to (253 x 184 mm). Numerous lithographs and photographic reproductions. (Some minor soiling, a few tiny spots.) Contemporary blind-stamped brown morocco gilt edges marbled (some light wear, a few hinges and joints starting, a few with old repairs, spine to vol. I slightly sunned).

FIRST EDITION, written by Hall to provide “the historian of the future” with “the most accurate guide which could be furnished during the lifetime of those who planted the seeds of civilization here” in Colorado (Preface, p.v). 

[With:] 

First Annual Report of the Union Colony of Colorado, including a History of the Town of Greeley…. New York: George W. Southwick, 1871. 8vo. (Some soiling.) Modern brown cloth; original printed wrappers neatly bound-in (chipped, soiled). Provenance: D.B. Ames (signature); Jonny (signature, 1900). FIRST EDITION. Graff 4235; Howes C-608.