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1939 First ed with Dust Jacket - WPA Guide: Our Washington, A Comphrensive Album of the Nation's Capital in Words and Pictures
by WPA
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Brookfield, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1939. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1939, 1st edition; 179pp, original cloth with illustrated dust jacket. The DUST JACKET is chipped, soiled, price clipped and has a 1 inch triangular piece missing from the rear panel. The book covers are lightly soiled and the corners bumped. The contents are generally clean and tight. Part of the American Guide Series and Prepared by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Das Bookman
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9375
- Title
- 1939 First ed with Dust Jacket - WPA Guide: Our Washington, A Comphrensive Album of the Nation's Capital in Words and Pictures
- Author
- WPA
- Format/Binding
- Original Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- New Deal FDR Depression History Politics Geography History
Terms of Sale
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Items may be returned if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Das Bookman
Biblio member since 2006
Brookfield, Connecticut
About Das Bookman
Das Bookman specializes in Antiquarian Travel Guides, The Federal Writers' Project (WPA), and the works of Doris Lessing who is the 2007 Nobel Laurate for Literature. Guides from Baedeker, Murray, Cook, A&C Black and others are featured as well as The American Guide Series and other original WPA Guides issued in the thirties and forties. Numerous un-catalogued titles are always available so please inquire If you're looking for something special we can see if it's available, or, if your interests are more general (cities/counties, folklore, recreation, children's, etc.) try and describe them as best you can and we'll compile a list of available titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.