ZigZag American Travels Boston to San Francisco 1882 illustrated juvenile book

(Old Books, 19th Century Books, Juvenile Books, Illustrated Books, Travel, Tourism, Americana).

ZigZag Journeys in the Occident: The Atlantic to the Pacific. A Summer Tip of the ZigZag Club from Boston to the Golden Gate, by Hezekiah Butterworth.
Published 1882, Boston by Estes and Lauriat.
320 pages. Text in English. Engraved frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout. 

Nice decorative pictorial gilt binding which remains well worthy of display despite some expected normal wear along the board edges and spine ends.

Publisher's cloth binding, gilt title lettering, gilt pictorial cover decorations.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition.

Binding gently age worn, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 8 3/4" H x 7" W.

[B6766].