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New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, red cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. Exterior shows late dampstains on the backboard in the lower outside corners of both sides. Front board also has light spots. Front board is embossed with the original owner's name - this book belong to the Hon. Fritz G. Lanham. Mr. Landham was a member of the US House of Representatives from the state of Texas (in office 1919-1947). Interior binding is good, no hinge issues. Pages are tone due to age scattered spotting and foxing is present. Only handwriting found in book is on the front end page, which has the signature of another owner (Louis W. Woods) written in pen along the top edge. The extreme bottom corner is bumped and shows a very light pink stain on the first dozen or so pages. No other handwriting found in book. The low condition grade is because of the dampstains on the exterior boards. Read More

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937. "This book...is published...in the hope that it will assist in creating a better general understanding of the issures involved in the question of private versus government ownership of railways;" 330 pp. including Index, 16 Appendices, and Bibliography. Lloyd Thurston's personal copy as his name: Hon. Lloyd Thurston is in gilt imprinted letters on front cover and signed by him on front free endpaper with date, Nov. 1937. Spine faded, otherwise covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Lloyd Thurston, from Iowa, served in Congress from March 4, 1925 to January 3, 1939.. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-. Illus. by Tables. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Railroads.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937, 1/1/1937. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Red Hardcover clean with light shelfwear. Gilt title faded to spine. Interior clean, binding secure. Hinges intact. No jacket.Your purchase benefits literacy and summer reading programs in Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. We ship every business day. All books ship in cardboard bookfolds with delivery confirmation. Sets or unusually heavy items ship in a box.

Prentice Hall. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight, corners and spine are bumped with light shelf wear. Book has 330 pages, with a number of appendices that are worth the cost of the book, there is also a bibliography. Appendix 3. The relative amount of government and private financing of railroads during the years 1932-5. Appendix 5. Railroads in receivership, or operated by trustees under the amended bankruptcy act. Appendix 6. Tables showing the number of years, during the 1930-5 period, in which class I railroads (of 500 miles and over) have failed to earn their fixed charges. Appendix 12. Estimates of aggregate railroad values. Appendix 16. Public and private operation of railways in Brazil. .