Between the Gates by Benj. F. Taylor - 1878

Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co., 1878. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. One man's colorful first person account of the 1870's travel on the Pacific Railroad. Brown cloth covered boards Pencil eraser size rub on center of fornt cover. Embossed black decor & title. Very Clean. Very tight binding. NOT A CONTEMPORARY PRINTING

Chicago: S.C. Griggs and Company. 292 pages plus ads at back. An interesting period piece of travel on the overland train to California with quaint stories, interesting narrative and neat old steel-engraved illustrations. A well worthwhile late overland narrative that is fun and interesting. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall . VG Plus. Decorated Brown Cloth Hardback. Vintage 1886 Edition.. 1886.

S. C. Griggs and Company, 1878. Hardback in good to very good condition. Some age toning and a few spots. No dust jacket. Name on front end page. Overall great condition for a book of this age! Hinges are intact and strong.. Hardcover. Good.

Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear to the corners and spine. Book worm holes on back on spine. Foxing on endpapers, surrounding the title page and some throughout. Browning of edges. .

Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Co., 1878. 292pp. Slight age staining spots on title page, otherwise textblock is clean and tight; rubbed, edge-worn and slightly frayed original binding; decorative front cover, stamped in black; spine titling and decorations in gilt. . First Edition. Green Cloth. Good+. Illus. by Engravings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.

Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1878. First Edition. HB. Green cloth stamped in black, black lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 12mo, 292 pp. plus 8 pages publishers ads at rear, brown endpapers. Frontis drawing of the Golden Gate. Romantic view of California. Owner's name blacked out ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers clean with light wear to corners. Book condition VG.

S. C. Griggs, 1878. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1878. No Edition Remarks. 292 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed binding threads. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine ends. Black marks overall.

S. C. Griggs and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Hardcover. E--Green cloth covers heavily worn and rubbed with loss at corners and spine ends. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .

Chicago: S. C. Griggs, 1878. Hardcover. Very Fine copy, with small closed tear to upper edge of a single page. Binding is very bright and crisp.. Octavo in blind-stamp illus rust bds & gilt spine, 292p, adverts, frontis, b/w illus. Interesting if racist observations of California in the late 19th century. An extremely nice copy, scarce thus. Several small skillful b/w illustrations. Author's observations and travel throughout California in the 1860s and 1870s. Train travel. Overland travel.

S. C. Griggs and Co., 1878. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.