NORTH DAKOTA; A Guide to the Northern Prairie State

[Wpa] Work Progress Administration

Published by Knight Printing Company, Fargo, 1938

About this Item

DJ a bit darkened and separated on spine. 1" loss to DJ rear top and top spine and two small open tears to DJ front. DJ spine tape repaired. Otherwise with small chipping and some closed tears. One closed tear was fixed oddly enough with a colorful poststamp on front bottom DJ. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest of fading to the gilt lettering. Former owner's name on half-title page. A handsome and tight copy - as rare as it gets.; The North Dakota guide is one of the hardest ones to find. The first printrun was only about 3,000 copies and the printer broke up the type afterwards (In comparison: The IOWA guide had a printrun of 10,000 copies for the first edition). Thanks to the great efforts of Ethel Schlasinger, Director of the Writers' Project in North Dakota, this guide was published in a timely manner - much earlier than many other volumes of the American Guide Series. Ethel Schlasinger was quite possibly the most talented state director and with just 20 years old, the youngest. - Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Folding map in color pasted in rear pastedown as issued. Schoyer 470.; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xx, 371 pages.

Seller Inventory # 21775

Bibliographic Details

• Title: NORTH DAKOTA; A Guide to the Northern Prairie State
• Publisher: Knight Printing Company, Fargo
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+