With 12 scenic collotype plates from photographs taken along the Canadian Pacific Railway. (Oblong 4to) 10x12, housed inside original cloth portfolio with inner cloth flaps, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

The Canadian Pacific Railway began building in 1881 after receiving twenty-five million dollars and numerous acres of land. Photo titles include: The Three Sisters, From Canmore; Bow Valley River, at Canmore; Banff Springs Hotel, from Tunnel Mountain; Bird's Eye View Lower Kicking Horse Canyon, Rocky Mountains; Hermit Mountain, near Glacier Station; Roger's Pass, from the Glacier House; Ice Grotto, Great Glacier of the Selkirks; Great Glacier of the Selkirks, near Glacier House; Albert Canyon, Selkirk Range; Fraser Canyon, Spuzzum, Indian Salmon Camp, Fraser Canyon; Mouth of the Fraser Canyon at Yale, B.C.