Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] — KANSAS; A Guide to the Sunflower State

Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket The Viking Press First Edition DJ with light chipping and 1" loss to DJ top spine. Front hinge a bit tender with webbing slightly showing - but still holding strongly. Slight browning to the endpapers. Glue residue to front and back boards. Ex-lib, but still in a handsome and tight condition with usual modern markings (no ugly library back pocket).; Light green cloth boards with gilt lettering. First edition (September 1939). Folding colored state map (in rear pocket on stub) with transportation map on verso. Kansas is quite scarce among the American Guide Series. The opening essay was written by the journalist William Allen White, who also wrote passionate reviews of the guide in the Saturday Review and the New York Herald Tribune. Schoyer 197.; American Guide Series; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 538 pages New York