THE SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA: Life, Love, and Death at the Waters 1775-1900
by Reniers, Perceval
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1941. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 1st edition, a Very Good copy. 8vo, 301 pp., illustrated with b&w and colored drawings, inscriptions on first and second end pages. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt. Light shelf wear and light soiling. Previous owner's name and gift inscription. Old booksellers description and price written in pencil on the front paste down. Lacking any dust jacket. * Here is the story of the southern springs, whose waters were impregnated with minerals, heat, and fashion; where curing and mating went on furiously side by side for well over a century. From behind the mists of time, Reniers has evoked the living story of the Virginia springs in those carefree, prodigal, not-too-comfortable palmy days before the automobile appeared and changed everything. - the publisher.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29684
- Title
- THE SPRINGS OF VIRGINIA: Life, Love, and Death at the Waters 1775-1900
- Author
- Reniers, Perceval
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill, N.C.
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Sulphur Springs, Martin Van Buren, Civil War
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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