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Backstrip fraying slightly. Front page loose. End pages darkened. Text in good condition. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN:
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Fine. Book First edition. Octavo. xiii, [1], 155pp. Red cloth lettered in black on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. Two or three tiny spots to cover, inner front hinge nicely repaired. A fine copy. One of the author's final conclusions is, "The transportation of persons and property is as legitimate a function of the Post-office as is the transportation of letters." Chapters include, The Post Office Since 1839; Abuses of the Present System of Railway Management; Distance a False Basis for the Determination of Railway Rates; and The Cost-of-Service Principle and its Application to Public Transportation, under the Control of the Post-Office. This copy bears a presentation inscription, signed by the author and dated December 26, '96. The Presentation is to "Mr. Charles Howard Shinn" (1852-1924), author of the famous Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government (1885). Shinn was also the business manager of the Overland Monthly from 1885 to 1890.
