REPORT OF THE PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION TO THE CONTRIBUTORS OF THE FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA DURING THE PREVALENCE OF THE YELLOW FEVER IN THAT TOWN IN 1855
by Portsmouth Relief Association
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Richmond, Virginia: H. K. Ellyson's Steam Power Presses, 1856. 363 pages. First edition, rebound in modern cloth binding. Lithographed frontispiece is present. The subtitle reads: "The Exhibit of the Treasurer of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Fund, and Statements of Other Members of the Association; Together with a Sketch of the Fever, etc., etc." This book is an important contemporary reference for the yellow fever epidemic which killed 10% of the population in Portsmouth in 1855.. First British Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2364
- Title
- REPORT OF THE PORTSMOUTH ASSOCIATION TO THE CONTRIBUTORS OF THE FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA DURING THE PREVALENCE OF THE YELLOW FEVER IN THAT TOWN IN 1855
- Author
- Portsmouth Relief Association
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- H. K. Ellyson's Steam Power Presses
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, Virginia
- Date Published
- 1856
- Bookseller catalogs
- Virginia; Americana; Medicine;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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