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Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No DJ. 1920 Printing. This is a near fine, unmarked, hardcover fourth (1920) printing of volume 2 in maroon cloth binding, no DJ. 448 pages with index, and lots of forms, maps, and charts.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. D. Appleton and Company, Appletons' Railway Series 1920. Hardcover, 513 pp. Copyright 1918. NOT a facsimile reprint. In acceptable condition/ NO dust jacket. Red/brown cloth covered boards with blind-stamped lettering on front and gold lettering on spine. Bumping to edges and corner and nicking and fraying to cloth at bottom of spine. Light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Thins crack to front hinge and in a few other spots but overall binding is still solid. Several page have notations and underlining both in ink and in pencil through out. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A good reading copy. Black and white illustrations, maps and sample forms, with some fold out illustrations. [From Preface] [This book is intended to supply a] . . . single volume to which college student, steamshipman, and shipper can turn for a description of ocean carriers and their services, an account of ocean conferences, an explanation of ocean rates and fares, and a discussion of the principles of government aid and regulation of ocean shipping. Contents include: Part I: The Ocean Transportation System: History of the Ocean Carrier - the Sailing Vessel, The Steamship, The Classification of Steamers by Structure and Service; Motor vessels and unrigged craft; Ocean routes; The Suez Canal; The Panama Canal; The Kiel, Corinth, Amsterdam and Manchester Canals; Measurement of Vessels and Traffic; Ocean Ports and Terminals; Part II. Ocean Transportation Service: Ocean Freight Service - its origination, Papers employed; The Passenger Service; The Ocean Mail Service; The International Express Service; Marine Insurance; Part III. Organization of Ocean Carries; Relations of carriers with one another and the public: Organization fo Ocean Transportation; Monopoly and Competition in the Ocean Transportation Service; Rate and Traffic Agreements, Pools and Conferences; Cooperation and Combination of Ocean and Rail carriers; Principles of Ocean Freight Rates; Ocean Freight Rates and Passenger Fares. Part IV. Government Aid and Regulation: Aid by the Federal Government; General Navigation Laws of the United States; Federal Regulation of Ocean Rates, Services and Carriers' interrelations; Aid and Regulation by States and Municipalities; Port and Terminal Charges; Mercantile Marine Policy of the US; Condition of American Shipbuilding Industry; Condition of the American Merchant Marine in the Foreign Trade; Government Aid to Shipping and Navigation in foreign Countries; The Merchant Marine Question; Index.

Hardcovers. Condizione: Very Good. First editions. Part of Appleton's Railway Series. Two volumes. A total of 972 pages with charts and forms, some as foldouts. Both bound in original dark red cloth. Volume I has several tiny spots, else both are a solid very good.