SARGEANT, J. A.

The City, the Fire, the Ruins: Du Pont Powder Plant, Hopewell, Va.

(Petersburg, VA: Franklin Press Co., Printers [for] the author, 1916. First edition. Oblong 8vo (13 cm). (16) pp. Illustrated from photographs, new housing and business, crowded street scenes, railroad trains and tracks, etc. Viewbook and description of a city of 35,000 built in just under a year. Cover title: Hopewell, Virginia, Powdertown, Illustrated: The City, the Fire, the Ruins, the Du Pont Powder Plant.” OCLC locates two copies (Hagley, Wisconsin Historical Society), neither in Virginia. Original printed red wrappers, stapled. Very good. Item #70800

Price: $200.00