The World on Wheels and Other Sketches
by Taylor, Benjamin F
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: S. C. Griggs & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed.. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Four pages of publisher's ads at read. Many engravings. Green cloth blocked in gilt and black. A collection of amusing sketches about traveling around America by train. Copyright page notes that the book was printed at The Lakeside Press. Clean, tight and bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 258 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47662
- Title
- The World on Wheels and Other Sketches
- Author
- Taylor, Benjamin F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly rubbed.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- S. C. Griggs & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1874
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1870s Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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