

Large 4to (12 x 9 1/2 in.; 305 x 241 mm). BINDING: Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over green cloth, spine gilt, edges gilt.
Dampstaining to margins, not affecting plates, some spotting very occasionally affecting plates. Binding with some rubbing to joints, corners bumped.
The views, depicting scenes along the line of the Union Pacific, are intended to illustrate the geology which can be observed from the train. Despite the title, all the photographs are of locales within the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada (twelve in Wyoming, sixteen in Utah, and two in California).