PHILLIPS, James Jeter. The Drinker's Farm Tragedy. Trial and Conviction of James Jeter Phillips, for the Murder of His Wife. With Portraits. (1868 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION)
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AUTHOR: PHILLIPS, James Jeter.
TITLE: The Drinker's Farm Tragedy. Trial and Conviction of James Jeter Phillips, for the Murder of His Wife. With Portraits.
PUBLISHER: Richmond: Published by J. Wall Turner, 1868.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., 8-7/8" x 4-5/8", 96pp., 2 wood cut portraits, original printed gray paper wrappers, original stitching, spine chipped and mostly lacking.
CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, still A GOOD COPY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: One of a small number of Southern McDade entries. "Phillips, scion of a 'good' Virginia family, twenty-four years old, murdered his wife Emily, who was ten years older, on a Henrico County, Virginia, roadside near Drinker's farm. He shot her with a small pistol, and her body was unidentified for three months." McDade 747.
