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Wholesale Prices, Wages, and Transportation Report from the Committee on Finance, March 3, 1893, Part I
by Aldrich, Nelson W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/None
- Seller
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Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Black cloth boards with gilt titling and bands on spine, rubbed and a little faded at edges. Dewey number on a white sticker and spine heel. The only other ex-library indications are blue and purple stamps on ffep of the Interstate Commerce Commission Library and the Library of Congress, and pencilled notations on title page and verso. The interior is otherwise unmarked, except for two noted errant pencil marks. A couple pages are dogeared through use. Very nice and clean. Contents page has a 3/4-in. closed tear at the bottom edge. Marbled end papers and page edges. Additional shipping charges will apply for weight. BOOK INFO: This volume embodies in a condensed form everything contained in Volumes 2, 3, and 4. Report 1394, Part 1, for the Second Session of the Fifty Second Congress 1892-93. Members of the Finance Committee of the U.S. Senate, 52nd Congress: Justin S. Morrill, Vermont; John Sherman, Ohio; John P. Jones, Nevada; William B. Allison, Iowa; Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island; Frank Hiscock, New York; Daniel W. Voorhees, Indiana; John R. McPherson, New Jersey; Isham G. Harris, Tennessee; Zebulon B. Vance, North Carolina; John G. Carlisle, Kentucky. Contents include: Introductory Report of Committee, (Views of majority and minority); appendices; Reports from Labor, Agricultural and Education departments; other reports; exhibits and general index.
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- Seller
- Quadrant Book Mart
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15685
- Title
- Wholesale Prices, Wages, and Transportation Report from the Committee on Finance, March 3, 1893, Part I
- Author
- Aldrich, Nelson W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-/None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ex-Library
- Publisher
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1893
- Pages
- 627
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Easton, Pennsylvania
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