AN ADDRESS ON THE RAILROAD EVIL AND ITS REMEDY DELIVERED

by A. A. Cohen, Esq., At Platt'S Hall, San Francisco,

$350 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

San Francisco: Francis, Valentine & Co., Book and Job Printers, 517 Clay Street, 1879. 21.5x14.2 cm octavo , pp. 1-3 4-23 24: blank , self wrappers, sewn. First edition. Gilded Age western businessman A. A. Cohen attacks the transportation monopolies in California, especially the Central Pacific Railroad Company and the Big Four. In 1849, during the California gold rush, Alfred Andrew Cohen 1829-1887 , sailed from

• Binding: Wrappers

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