Publisher:
New York: P. F. Collier and Son, MCMIII (1903). First Edition.
Seller ID: vita5482
Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), paper spine labels, viii + 504 pp; viii + [505] - 1104 pp. Good, with speckling to covers. Interior clean and tight; tissue protected plates clear and bright. From Preface: America is a nation of workers; but the story of their manifold activities has never been set forth until the publication of the present volumes. Our mines, soil, forests and waterways have been developed to a point that has made them the natural wonders of industry; our manufacturing and business enterprises have amazed commercial nationals already alarmed by the rapid expansion of our ... View More...