Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] — MASSACHUSETTS
Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket Houghton Mifflin Company First Edition DJ with light to moderate chipping and rubbing. Former owners inscription on blank page opposite half-title page. A very handsome and tight copy.; VG folding map in rear pocket. Beautiful photogravures. Blue fabricoid boards with gilt lettering. The Massachusetts guide is the third one published in the series. This is the first edition with the year 1937 printed on title page and no subsequent printings on copyright page. This is the most controversial book of the American Guide Series. It angered Governor Charles F. Hurley the day it was published - only 9 lines of the 675 page book was devoted to the Tea Party. Schoyer 253.; American Guide Series; Photogravures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 675 pages Boston
