CAUGHEY, John Walton (Editor). SEEING THE ELEPHANT. LETTERS OF R. R. TAYLOR FORTY-NINER. The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, 1951.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: (xv) 107 pp. Illustrated. One of 250 un-numbered limited copies. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. 6 1/2" x 10". A collection of 49er R. R. Taylor's well-written letters to his wife concerning his journey from Massachusetts in 1849 to San Francisco and the California gold fields. Largely unsuccessful in mining, he clerked at a Mormon Island tent store for awhile before returning to San Francisco. Taylor's descriptions of life in San Francisco are well worth reading. A Near Fine copy (small bump to top of covers), now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address. Cloth-backed illustrated boards

Seller: Hardy Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.

R.R. Taylor ; John Caughey [ed]. Seeing the Elephant: Letters of R.R. Taylor Forty-Niner. The Ward Ritchie Press, 1951.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Spine and baord edges a bit faded, light shelf wear. Pages/boards clean, NO foxing or markings. Binding sturdy.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Rinaldo Rinaldini. Taylor. Seeing the Elephant. Letters of R. R. Taylor, Forty-Niner. Edited By John Walton Caughey. The Ward Ritchie Press, 1951.

Price: US$59.11 + shipping

Description: 0 Good. No dust jacket. moderate shelfwear, ex lib marks

Seller: PONCE A TIME BOOKS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, U.S.A.

Taylor, R. R.. Seeing the Elephant: Letters of R. R. Taylor, forty-niner. Edited by John Walton Caughey.. The Ward Ritchie Press, 1951.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Only 250 copies printed. The binding is tight, the top corners of the front and back panels are lightly bumped. A touch of sunning to the top and bottom edges of the panels. Previous owner's info and two Hanko stamps on the FFEP. Text and images are clean and unmarked.

Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.