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1856 1ed Ten Years Among The Mail Bags INDIANS Crime

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1856 1ed Ten Years Among The Mail Bags INDIANS Crime Post Office Illustrated

James Holbrook’s ‘Ten Years Among The Mail Bags’ is a collection of anecdotes of an early postal inspector illustrating the various crimes connected with the post offices and the methods used to defraud or rob the mail service and the measures taken to counteract them with short chronological biographies of the postmasters general.

This 1856 first edition features 13 charming illustrations including Indians, crimes, and portraits of postmasters.

Item number: #12121

Price: $250

HOLBROOK, James

Ten years among the mail bags: or, Notes from the diary of a special agent of the post-office department

Boston: Shepard, Clark & Co., 1856. First Edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages

xxiv, 432

13 plates

References: Sabin 32447;

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure

Size: ~7.75in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)

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