The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Directory, Containing an Illustrated History and Description of the Road, Together with Improvements and Connections Already Completed and Those in Contemplation; Also, the Name of the Merchants, Manufacturers, Professional Men and Farmers, with Post-Office Addresses, in the Counties of Elizabeth City, Warwick, York, James City, New Kent, Charles City, King William, Henrico, Hanover, Caroline, Louisa, Orange, Albemarle, Nelson, Augusta, Rockbridge, Bath, and Alleghany, in Virginia, and Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers, Raleigh, Fayette, Boone, Kanawha, Putnam, Cabell, Lincoln, and Wayne, West Virginia; Together with a Description of the Surface, Soil, Average Value of Lands, County and City Officers, and Other Useful and Valuable Information, 1881-1882
(Richmond, VA: The railway), 1881. First edition. 8vo. xv, (1), [17]-376 pp.; leaves of advertising inserted throughout. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates, vignettes. Includes business directories of Richmond, Charlottesville, Hampton and Old Point, Lexington, Staunton, and Williamsburg, Va., and Charleston and Huntington, West Va. Capon Bibliography of Virginia History 1098. OCLC locates six copies (Library of Congress, California State Library, Huntington, New York Public, Virginia, Library of Virginia, Norfolk Public, Wisconsin Historical Society). Original leather-backed illustrated and printed boards (edges ribbed, spine ends chipped). Ex-Essex Institute Library; spine label, bookplate, embossed stamp on title page. Still a very good copy. Item #70202
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