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1993259301993. Poste E. Aristotle on the Constitution of Athens. Second Edition. London: Macmillan 1892. Reprint Rothman & Company 1993. ISBN 0837725208. xiv 172pp. Cloth. New. $42.50. unknown books
026079855X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
026676987X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1879106332<p>8vo pamphlet original printed blue green paper wrappers illustrated 34 2 pp. Wrappers slightly worn with a couple of corner folds and chips a few chips and corner page folds early owner's name in pencil on front wrapper small chip to top of back cover normal aging; otherwise very good. This little pamphlet was "Prepared by the Letter Carriers at the Post Office at Oakland Cal." Lists the names of the Postmaster and other officers of the Oakland Alameda County office. Includes information on rates delivery foreign letters and rules and regulations. The pamphlet includes several pages of advertisements from local merchants a number of witch are illustrated. The OCLC does not locate any copies of this pamphlet. </p> H.S. Crocker & Co., books
1805101503Pamphlet 8vo removed dbd 7 pp. Removed partially disbound ink numbers in upper right corners some wear or small chips at extremities moderate aging and browning; good or better. Gideon Granger 1767-1822 provides information on what would be involved in terms of costs for carrying mail between Fayetteville North Carolina to Charleston South Carolina. Granger born in Connecticut and a Yale graduate would become the Post-Master General under President Thomas Jefferson. While he would fail in a congressional bid in 1798 he would eventually serve in the New York Senate in 1820-1821. ANB. books
18781008308vo pamphlet two parts removed disbound XLII 122 62 pp. Pamphlet is removed but text is complete first signature almost detached from block normal aging and toning. This work contains a massive amount of information relating to using railroads to transport mail across the continent. As part of the analysis in supporting railway mail service the special commission provides charts that show profits and expenses for 114 railroad companies and postal statistics between 1789 and 1877. The costs relating to delivering mail by rail are shown in a few ways including the transport costs per foot of train. Interestingly the pamphlet touches on the skills and importance of postal clerks and suggests that they should not be fired except for cause. Government Printing Office, books
7 vols., [of 9], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text, numerous errata slips pasted in text as appropriate; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises A1: Magnetism and Electricity; A3: Technical Terms; A4: Test Boards; A5: Protective Fittings; A6: Measuring and Testing Instruments; A7: Sensitivity of Apparatus; A9: Standard Graphical Symbols for Telegraphy, Telephony abnd Radio Communication. This series wants only A2: Primary Batteries; A8: Standard List of Terms and Definitions used in Telegraphy and Telephony. With several errata slips pasted in text as appropriate. Pamphlets A8 and A9, issued solely for internal distribution, are particularly scarce. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
7 vols., [of 8], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean collection. The collection comprises B1: Elementary Principles of Telegraphy and Systems up to Morse Duplex; B2: Telegraph Concentrators; B3: Wheatstone System Morse Keyboard Perforators; B4: Quadruplex, Quadruplex Repeated Circuits and Telegraph Repeaters, Simplex and Duplex; B5: Hughes Type-Printing Telegraph; B6: Baudot Multiplex Type-Printing Systems; B7: Western Electric Duplex Multiplex. Murray Duplex Multiplex. Siemens & Halske Automatic Type-Printing Systems. The set wants only B8: Fire Alarm Systems. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE RARE.
8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
3 vols., 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The set comprises E1: Automatic Telephony Step by Step Systems; E2: Automatic Telephony: Coder Call Indicator (C.C.I.) Working; E3: Automatic Telephony: Keysending 'B' Positions. COMPLETE GROUPS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE RARE.
6 vols., [of 8], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text, numerous errata slips pasted in text as appropriate; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises F2: Subscribers' Apparatus. CBS Part I; F3: Subscribers' Apparatus. Magneto; F4: Private Branch Exchanges, Common Battery System; F5: Private Branch Exchange, C.B. Multiple No. 9; F7: House Telephone Systems; F8: Wiring of Subscribers' Premises. This Group wants only F1: Subscribers' Apparatus CB; F6: Private Branch Exchange. Magneto. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
3 vols., [of 4], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text, numerous errata slips pasted in text as appropriate; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises G1: Maintenance of Secondary Cells; G3: Maintenance of Power Plant for Telegraph and Telephone Purposes; G4: Telegraph Battery Power Distribution Boards. This Group wants only G2: Power Plant for Telegraph and Telephone Purposes. With several errata slips pasted in text as appropriate. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
10 vols., 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean set. The set comprises H1: Open Line Construction Part 1; H2: Open Line Construction Part II; H3: Open Line Maintenance; H4: Underground Construction Part I. Conduits; H5: Underground Construction Part II. Cables; H6: Underground Maintenance; H7: Cable Balancing; H8:Power Circuit Guarding; H9: Electrolytic Action on Cable Sheaths; H10: Constants of Conductors used for Telegraph and Telephone Purposes. COMPLETE GROUPS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE RARE.
3 vols., [of 5], 8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean collection. The collection comprises K1: Electric Lighting; K4: Pneumatic Tube Systems; K5: Gas and Petrol Engines. With several errata slips pasted in text as appropriate. GROUP COLLECTIONS OF THIS NOTABLE AND HISTORIC SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., with illustrations and diagrams in the text; original blue wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. The sole pamphlet in this Group. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
18371746124th Cong. 2d Sess.: 215. 1837. 16pp disbound. Minor foxing. Very Good. "The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the cause of the destruction by fire of the building in which was the General Post Office the City Post Office and the Patent Office report." Includes statements of witnesses to the fire. [215]. unknown books
18501708131st Cong. 1st Sess.: SRC202. 1850. 121 1 blank pp disbound. Scattered foxing. Good. "The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate adopted on the 27th day of May last in the following words viz: 'Resolved That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads inquire and report to the Senate the facts in relation to the respective contracts for building mail steam-ships and for the transportation of the United States mails between New York and Liverpool between New York Havana and New Orleans. SRC202. unknown books
1805WRCAM31601Washington 1805. 8pp. plus two folding tables. Self-wrappers tables stitched. Old stab holes in left margin. Minor foxing and spotting. Very good. Partially unopened. A report from the Post-Master General and Connecticut native Gideon Granger decrying the discrepancy in income versus revenue along the post roads. The two large folding tables illustrate the post-master's point offering hard data on specific post roads from Worcester to Knoxville and numerous points in between. "Granger used his Connecticut connections to keep Jefferson informed of secessionist plots and other facets of New England politics. He used his postal connections to keep a close watch on Aaron Burr's devious machinations in the West" - ANB. The present report includes a bevy of data from these key western routes. Rare. OCLC locates only microform copies. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9539. ANB 9 p.400. unknown books
184473074Washington D. C.: GPO. Very Good. 1844. Softcover. Interesting original 8 page government document detailing a claim made by postal carrier Milus W. Dickey who had a contract to deliver the mail from Maysville Ky. to Lexington Ky. -- but the contract was annulled in Mr. Dickey's view without sufficient cause. This is the committee report which ultimately recommends that the government give Mr. Dickey back pay. According to the report Mr. Dickey delivered the mail by means of a four horse post-coach. . GPO paperback books
184674193Washington D. C.: Ritchie & Heiss. Very Good. 1846. Pamphlet. 29TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION. SENATE 306 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. April 20 1846. Submitted and Ordered to be Printed. Mr. Semple made the following Report. Post Office and Postal Roads. 47 p. This government document/pamphlet is dis-bound. The contents show some toning from printing off-setting. Good for reading or reference. . Ritchie & Heiss unknown books
1810WRCAM23647Washington: Printed for the General Post-Office 1810. 111pp. Dbd. Couple of light dampstains in margins. Some foxing. Still very good. Early American post office laws including instructions to post masters an act for establishing post roads with descriptions of the routes in the various states and rules governing all aspects of mail delivery. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21793. Printed for the General Post-Office unknown books
1954r2945London: National Coal Board. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Paper cover. 310mm x 190mm 12" x 7". 16 panels each. 3 plans 2 colour 1 sepia. Two hand-coloured plans and one electrostatic print. . National Coal Board unknown
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