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Alabama, A Guide to the Deep South
by Federal Writers Program
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hastings House, New York, 1949. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Federal Writers Program. Alabama, A Guide to the Deep South, New York: Hastings House, 1949. Octavo, second printing, pp. xxxii, 442, halftone plates, printed turquoise cloth boards. Part of the American Guide Series created by the Works Progress Administration during the Depression to give work to unemployed writers and photographers. Condition of this book: Wear at covers' edges, jacket is chipped at extremities. Preserved in Brodart. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; United States; 1940s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53899. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53899
- Title
- Alabama, A Guide to the Deep South
- Author
- Federal Writers Program
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Travel & Places; United States; 1940s; Antiquarian & Rare. Federal Writers Program Alabama, A Guide to the Deep South
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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