Report Postmaster General Post Office by Barry (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1834, removed, pp385-390. In report covers. Light foxing, else G. The gross amount of postages from July to December, 1833, was the grand sum of $1.3 million!

Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. 30 pp. 8vo. Analysis and criticism of Post Office practices. Sabin 3693. Soiled wrappers nearly detached, contents foxed, lacking half of the last blank, still good+ or better.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Disbound, no covers. Very slight foxing, a little more on the title page. Formerly folded vertically. ; 30 pages.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1835 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 40 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 15 (weekend SALE item)* 30 pp, Barry thought he had been treated unfairly and unconstitutionally in committee, provides his side on a number of specific charges, and claims that the postal service has been expanding and doing very well under his leadership; paper wrappers split and flaked at spine fold, age speckling on late leaves, overall good, - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

30, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, scattered and generally light foxing. Good+. Barry, a Kentuckian who opposed Henry Clay, became a Jacksonian Democrat. The Postmaster Generalship was his reward. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far beyond the published schedules, with sweeping dismissals from office, with illegally borrowing money, and with general looseness in his bookkeeping" [DAB]. Barry defended himself, claiming that anti-Jackson partisanship motivated the investigation. Sabin 3693. AI 30316 [5].