Description: Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a TimeKey West, FloridaWPA - Federal Writers Project; American Guide Series New York: Hastings House, 1941 Sponsored by the Florida State Planning Board.Aqua-blue cloth covered boards with stamped titles in white. Map endpages. Illustrated through-out with period b/w photographs. Bindings square and tight. Text clean, with previous owner's address label stamp on the verso of the front free endpage on front endpage; offsetting to preliminaries.The Dust jacket presents well, price-clipped, darkened spine; small closed tear on the top rear panel near the spine. 122 pages with index. 8.25 inches tall. Extensive Bibliography. Illustrated with endpage maps; photographs and b/w reproductions of artwork Very Good / Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Notable for the selection of essays on the 'contemporary scene', history, industry and commerce and fishing followed by "Points of Interest'. The appenices include chronology, a bibliography, and index. 11 of the photographs are by Rothstein of the Farm Security Administration and 10 etchings by F. Townsend Morgan, director of the Key West WPA Community Art Center. During the Great Depression of the 1930s thousands of writers were hired by the Works Project Administration to create hundreds of guidebooks on all of the states in the U.S. These volumes that were produced became known as the American Guide Series. This series has been described as the biggest, fastest and most original research job in the history of the world.Ref: Scharf & Schoyer, 143; CBH, 9 And Check out our other items! Member ofABAA [American Booksellers Antiquarian Association]FABA [Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association]IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association]The Ephemera Society of America Terms GuaranteeWe tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Our books, and ephemera are described using AB Bookman standards. Our Guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). If you have questions regarding our description of any item, we encourage you to contact us prior to buying. We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations' strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. ShippingStandard shipping is by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 4 - 8 days (and sometimes longer) depending upon destination.We are happy to upgrade shipping to Priority Mail or to arrange overseas shipping to most foreign countries. Please choose that at checkout.FeedbackWe leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
Price: 175 USD
Location: DeLand, Florida
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Author: WPA - Federal Writers Project; American Guide Series
Publisher: Hastings House
Year Printed: 1941
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
