Arkansas: A Guide to the State

WPA - Federal Writers Project; American Guide Series

Published by Hastings House, New York, 1941

Sponsored by C. G. Hall, Secretary of State. Black Cloth with lettering stamped in gilt; 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; xxvii, 447 pages with an index and bibliography; With 8 maps in-text; tour map guide on the front endpages, Transportation map on the rear endpages, Sectional state map; photo illustrations by Farm Security Administration photographers: Lee, Rothstein, Lange and Shaln. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning. Minimal shelf handling wear with an address label on the verso of the front-free-endpage. The Mylar protected dust jacket has the price of $2.50 is lightly handled, modestly age-toned with minor spine tip wear. A handsome copy. Background Information: 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, #41; Hunter, 4. Seller Inventory # 19184

Bibliographic Details

Title: Arkansas: A Guide to the State
Publisher: Hastings House, New York
Publication Date: 1941
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.