Bisbee, Arizona: "Out Where the West Begins" [Cover title.]

[Bisbee, Arizona]: [F. A. McKinney], 1927. Very good. 9"x 8". Stapled self-wrappers. Pp. [16]. Very good: old vertical center fold to all leaves; some light dust soiling.

This is a heavily illustrated land and tourism promotional for Bisbee in and around Bisbee, Arizona and its surrounding area.

The book has 31 photographic images with highlights including a panoramic shot of Bisbee that stretches across the top half of the two center pages and a nearly half page panorama of the town of Warren. A few images show street scenes in Bisbee, while several depict camp, resort, and ranch sites in surrounding areas. The rear cover is dedicated to images of Sonora, Mexico, just seven miles across the border "over a good road, and no formalities to cross the line." One of the images depicts ten Mexican children (and swears they lined up in height order, "as shown, on their own accord") and another shows the Mexican Rural Guard.

The text in the book describes places of interest such as "The Pit," an 18 acre hole where once stood Sacramento Hill, a mountain of copper. There is a center spread on Bisbee, relating information about transportation, roads and railways; schools, churches, banks and other services; as well as population and climate statistics. It specifies the temperature records for January 1927, which is how we attributed the date of publication.

OCLC shows four holdings over two entries.