A Vast Sea of Misery: A History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg July 1-November 20, 1863
by COCO, Gregory A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0939631091
- ISBN 13
- 9780939631094
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Gettysburg: Thomas Publications, 1988. Hardcover. Foreword by Kathleen Georg Harrison. 4to. Glossy pictorial paper over boards. xvi, 208pp. Maps, numerous illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit sunned about the edges, else internally fine. A tight, nice first edition of this specialized study, well illustrated with numerous fascinating then-and-now photographs. Name/address label on front flyleaf and ownership signature on front pastedown of noted Civil War medicine collector/scholar and pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Ralph C. Gordon.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43538
- Title
- A Vast Sea of Misery: A History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg July 1-November 20, 1863
- Author
- COCO, Gregory A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0939631091
- ISBN 13
- 9780939631094
- Publisher
- Thomas Publications
- Place of Publication
- Gettysburg
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War; Medical;
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