Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors

WPA - Federal Writers Project; American Guide Series

Published by The Wiesen-Hart Press, Cincinnati, 1943

About this Item

Sponsored by the City of Cincinnati. Taffeta-Style Brown ribbed cloth with gilt titles and decoration in smooth boxes; The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning. Previous owner's address label on the verso of the front endpage. A very good hardcover. The Mylar protected dust jacket is price-clipped; minimal age-toning with corner rubs, light wear with a small chip over the 'A' on the front and professionally repaired spine tips. 8vo; 8.25 inches tall; xxiv, 570 pages; Photographs and maps gathered into eight sections; With thirty maps in-text; Map on the front endpages. 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 19 ; Scharf & Schoyer, #486. Seller Inventory # 19117

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and ...

Publisher: The Wiesen-Hart Press, Cincinnati

Publication Date: 1943

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition