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Sponsored by The George Washington University. Rust-colored cloth with gilt titles; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning. A very good+ hardcover. The Mylar protected dust jacket with the price of $3.50 is age-toned with corner rubs, light edgewear and tiny loss on the upper spine tip; A few spots of abrasion on the upper front panel. 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; xxx, 528 pages; One map in-text. one folded in rear pocket; illustrated with photographs. 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: Hunter 8 ; Scharf & Schoyer, #672 First Edition, Thus. one of two noted bindings, no priority. From the previously 1100+ page Washington City and Capital. Seller Inventory # 19109
Title: Washington, D. C. A Guide to the Nation's ...
Publisher: Hastings House, New York
Publication Date: 1942
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New Revised Edition. Ex lib. American Guide Series originally compiled by WPA. (xxx) 528 pages, statues, monuments and memorials, b/w illustrations, chronology, further reading list, map ednpapers, index; 8vo, blue cloth. Cover spine/ends corner tips frayed, tape marks, back endpaper removed, inner hinges broken, shaky, good-; contents very good; dust jacket good, number/title spine, edge wear. Seller Inventory # 026136
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . B01N19NVBF Hardback. Second revised edition of 1942 original. Slight wear to corners and edges; slight dustsoiling and browning throughout; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Price-clipped dustjacket with minor wear to corners and edges; spine, back and interior edges browning; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Good condition. No Signature. Seller Inventory # 4211185
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Square and tight with no internal markings. Dark finger print smudges on front and rear of light grey boards. Head and foot of navy cloth spine lightly faded and bumped with minor fading. Minimal foxing on top and side of textblock. No internal markings. Clipped jacket is overall rubbed with moderate foxing on rear panel. Head and foot of spine heavily chipped. Chips and small splits along flap creases. Orange price sticker on front cover. New revised edition, 1968. In mylar. Seller Inventory # 329327
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.
Condition: VG-, NO DJ BUT EX LIB. 1st EX LIB. 12mo. 528pp. Public Libary bookplate, properly discarded. 1/2" tear top spine. cloth, some edgewear. Has the map rear pocket. Seller Inventory # MAIN033158I
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: The Last Book Store, Tyler, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hastings House, New York, 1968. Condition: Near Fine book in a near fine jacket. This is the New Revised Edition.Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the WPA for the District of Columbia. (CK). Seller Inventory # 003921
Quantity: 1 available