History of the Express Business; Including the Origin of the Railway System in America

by A. L. Stimson

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Fourth and best edition. Eleven plates. 388pp. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, upper cover stamped in gilt, worn at board edges and top and tail of spine. Howes S1008; cf. Sabin 91826. Item #376704 A rare volume containing much material concerning western express companies, including Wells Fargo, American Express, the Pony Express, and such other major companies, describing the rise of the express business,

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