The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the Third Session of the Fifty-Third Congress 1894-95 by Various - 1895

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1870. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Full calf leather. 650 pp. With a title page preceding the above title, stating: 'Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives During the Second Session of the Forty-First Congress. 1869-70. Dated 1870. With a 51 page index to the 13 volumes of these documents at the front. This volume is devoted to the report from the Chief of Engineers, which includes a discussion of a perfect levee system along the Mississippi River, various improvements to harbors, rivers and waterways, etc. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and minor staining to the leather, with some scuffing, heaviest along the extremities and spine. A 2 inch split present at the upper rear hinge, with a small split at the upper front. Light pulling and fraying to the head of the spine. A few small spots of staining to the rear cover. Interior clean and solid with minor browning. Some offsetting to the endpapers.