Horse and Buggy Days with Uncle Sam
1943 · New York
by Paynter, John H.
New York: Margent Press, 1943. First printing. 8vo. 190 pp. Portrait plates. Paynter describes his 42 years in Federal service, during the years 1890-1930, including "duty at Washington, with the Census of 1890, the Post Office at Denver, and the Internal Revenue Bureau and the Treasury Department at Washington ... [writing] of the inequities of Civil Service, giving specific instances of unfair practice, and telling of the follies and frailties of government employees." Blockson catalogue 3057. Very good. Orig. brown cloth, gilt spine title, illustrated dust jacket. (#6482). (Inventory #: 59756)