Shipp batchelor (2 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Poor. First Edition First Printing. Octavo. 576 pages. Hardcover bound in 3/4 leather. The binding is very worn and abraded with much of the marbling on the boards rubbed away. The front cover is hanging by a cord and a string, and the rear cover is detached but present. Chipping to the leather on the spine. text is toned, and there a newspaper clipping has been laid in between pages 262 and 263 resulting in browning on those pages. Extensive pencil notations (mostly mathematical) on the final page of text and the rear pastedown. A binding copy or reference copy only. …

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book investigates the many charges of fraud and corruption levied at various levels of North Carolina government officials, specifically targeting the Cape Fear Navigation Company and its sale, and expanding outward to touch on the Western Railroad and University Railroad suits, as well as general official venality and corruption. The author's main goal was to fully explore these matters and give a comprehensive investigation of all the facts, then present their findings and supporting evidence so that the public could understand what had happened with their tax dollars, and so that responsible parties could be held accountable for their actions. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of North Carolina, or in issues of government malfeasance and corporate intrigue. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…