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Chicago: The Passinger Department of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and W. J. Black, 1906. First Impression. VG Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Demy table, [23.75cm/9.5inches], full pictorial cloth, sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. 129. Illustrated with b-w halftone plates, schematics, a colour map of the Grand Canyon, &tc.. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The cover illustration of the Hotel El Tovar by Louis Benton Akin was taken from a large, 22 x 40 inch, chromolithograph published by W. J. Black, American Lithographic Co., 1906. Around 1903, Akin relocated to the Hopi Reservation in Northern Arizona. He lived with the Hopi for a few years and painted many aspects of their daily life. By 1905 he was showing his works in New York City, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. In the same year, his talent was discovered by Arizona Railways that funded him to portrait a sketch on Indians to highlight significance of the region as a tourist destination. He… Read More

Passenger Department, January 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good - Cash/No Jacket. Hardboards is a color illustration of the Grand Canyon with black borders. Heavy rubbing and chipping along the edges and corners. Pages clean and unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.