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[JACKSON, William Henry, (1843–1942) photographer]. –– SCHMIDT, Carl E. (1856–1934). A Western Trip. [Detroit: Harold Press, ca. 1904].
8vo. 12 full–page color mounted photochromes from original negatives by Jackson, 18 in text black and white photographs taken by members of the Schmidt party. Original gilt–decorated calf, top edge gilt, others uncut, red silk endpapers (spine gently sunned, some spotting to covers).
FIRST EDITION, “printed in a few copies ‘for private circulation only’. An interesting journal of the Yellowstone Country, and because of the circumstances of its printing, extremely difficult to come by” (Eberstadt). An entertaining memoir by a Detroit tannery magnate (also producer of the binding) who vacationed in Yellowstone Park and Utah at the turn of the 20th century. The journal concludes with an interesting visit to a mine in southwestern Utah: “Here comes our party and with them the mine boss, Capt. Sammie. He looks like a highwayman, but we find out later he is a Baptist deacon and plays the organ up at the big camp tent” (p. 85). The trip to the mine also includes a recounting of a shoot-out that occurred a few months before their arrival. Eberstadt 136:667d; Howes S–170; Streeter Sale VII:4123.