A Vast Sea of Misery: A History and Guide to the Union and Confederate Field Hospitals at Gettysburg July 1-November 20, 1863.

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. Item #43538
ISBN: 0939631091

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.

Price: $40.00

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