HANDBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GUIDE TO EMIGRATION GIVING THE LATEST AND MOST COMPLETE STATISTICS
by Brockett, L. P. M.D
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About This Item
New York 1890 Gaylord Watson. Hardcover. Octavo, 224pp., decoratively embossed brown cloth with black, gilt and white decoration and lettering on front. Numerous advertisements. Inside front cover is full page illustration of opening of new Brooklyn Bridge. Chapters and charts on: paper money of the United States, gold and silver, religious statistics, financial and economic transactions of the United States from March 1877 to December 1883, Railroad system of United States, pension statistics, valuation of property, expenses of government, post ofice, Civil War, immigration, agricultural statistics, labor, cost of living, the West, etc etc. All edges gilt. Near VG, text a bit toned. Binding secure and text clean. .
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- Title
- HANDBOOK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND GUIDE TO EMIGRATION GIVING THE LATEST AND MOST COMPLETE STATISTICS
- Author
- Brockett, L. P. M.D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- statistics americana nineteenth
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