Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] — CALIFORNIA; A Guide to the Golden State
Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket Hastings House First Edition DJ with light chipping. Boards with brown discoloration to spine. Small felt pen marks on front free endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers and with rear hinge a bit warping. VG map in rear pocket with one small closed tear.; This is the hard-to-find first edition with year on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. Published May 1939. Spine lettering with "Federal / Writers' Project". Light green cloth boards with dark green lettering. Includes the outstanding photogravures. The dustjacket is a later state with 26 titles listed on rear flap. Schoyer 47; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxi, 713 pages New York
