Between the Gates

Chicago: S. C. Griggs, 1878. Octavo in blind-stamp illus rust bds & gilt spine, 292p, adverts, frontis, b/w illus Very Fine copy, with small closed tear to upper edge of a single page. Binding is very bright and crisp. Hardcover.

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.