Newport in the Rockies : The Life and Good Times of Colorado Springs by Marshall Sprague

Swallow Press, 1981. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Swallow Press, 1981. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Swallow Press, 1981. Paperback. Good.

Swallow Press, 1981T. paperback. Good. 0.7480 in x 8.4252 in x 5.8661 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Swallow Press. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Swallow Press, 1981. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Swallow Press, 1981 Trade Paperback 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Athens, OH, U.S.A. Swallow Press, Trade Very Good..

Athens, OH: Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1985, 1985. Pb. VG-. 382 pp., index, biblio, bw photos. Crease down center of front wrap, rubbing, minor edge wear, interior very good.. Pb. VG-.

Athens, Ohio, USA: Swallow Press, 1981. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Revised for the 1980s. Third Printing, 1985. White illustrated wraps very clean and unmarked, quarter inch strip along fore-edge is slightly sunned; tight, solid and square. Internals in Fine Condition. More than 140 pictures, many extremely rare, arranged so that the reader can sense the whole story of Colorado Springs by leafing through the pictures. The Foreword.states that the thing to bear in mind is that Colorado Springs began in 1871 as a new way of living in the crude and untamed west-a brash idea conceived by General William Jackson Palmer, aged thirty-five. Author Marshall Sprague, in love with the place, can laugh and cry, poke fun or hand out bouquets to that rare breed of people who inhabited the land below Pike's Peak and made it into the largest of America's spas. An outrqgeous and colorful collection of people made the city… Read More

Swallow Press, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. General William Jackson Palmer, a Civil War cavalry hero, dreamed of a Rocky Mountain resort town where sedate, temperate, wealthy folk could enjoy life in tranquil comfort. From its inception as a tiny resort hamlet, Colorado Springs has grown into the second largest city in the Colorado Rockies. Marshall Sprague tells the remarkable and colorful story of a community that, despite its massive growth, never abandoned its original vision of comfort and gentility.

Swallow Press, 1981-01-01. paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Signed by Author