Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project] — NEW YORK; A Guide to the Empire State

Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket Oxford University Press First Edition Dustjacket with light chipping and one small open tear to DJ front. Price clipped. A bit of spotting to DJ back. Boards with moderate wear to extremities and with slight browning to spine. Enapapers a bit browned. Back hinge slightly tender.; VG+ folding map in rear pocket. Blue cloth binding with black lettering and black pictorial design. Including the outstanding photogravures. First edition with "November 1940" and no subsequent printing on copyright page. The first edition is increasingly hard to find, especially in the dustjacket. Only 21 pages are dedicated to NYC in this book, that's why separate guidebooks were created as there was an abundance of material. Schoyer 449; Amercian Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxi,782 pages New York