Item 44 - Letters from the East Country

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GB 3544 RHN-FU-02-03-44

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Letters from the East Country

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  • 1889 (Creation)

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1 volume (44pp)

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Christmas appeal for the hospital by an unknown writer. Appeal takes the form of letters to unknown recipients relating the narrator’s visits to the hospital's pensioners in their homes in the east of England. Includes a number of illustrations of patients and the countryside, as well as a detached foldout engraving of the hospital. There is an appeal to readers by the Secretary, Frederic Andrew, at the back.

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  • English

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Severe fading to the cover and some foxing on the cover and the pages. Comes with a green textile hard back cover

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There is a photocopied version for reference

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