Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. First Edition. First printing Near fine in smooth green cloth covered boards with dark green text on the spine and on the front board with map end papers. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 51/8 inches with moderate dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with 1/8 inch deep chipping across both the upper and lower edges of the spine area and two large chips from the rear panel. The contents are very clean, tight and free of any damage or prior ownership markings. Similar content to the American Guide Series for the state of Minnestoa. 231 pages including an index, bibliography, chronology, glossary, industrial and commercial data for the state, text and illustrated with 44 black and white photographs in six sections and with four maps within the body of the text.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB31982
Title: The Minnesota Arrowhead Country
Author: WPA
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1941
Bookseller catalogs: American Guide Series;

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