Between The Gates
by Taylor, Benj. F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- KM7696
- Title
- Between The Gates
- Author
- Taylor, Benj. F
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S. C. Griggs and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1878
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...