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Arizona, A State Guide, Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Arizona. American Guide Series. Illustrated. Sponsored by The Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff
by Federal Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1940. Hardcover. xxv, 530p., hardbound in tan buckram boards titled brown. Find endpaper maps, foreword, preface, general information, calendar of annual events, chronology, bibliography, index, illustrations, photos and maps. Second state of the first printing per our bibliography, with spine lettering reading American/Guide/Series on three separate lines. Casing is faintly dished, cloth bears mild general handling soil with spine panel less "mild" with a smudge next to title, hinges seem good but front hinge has been strengthened with glue applied to tunnel and book is now "tight-back". Endsheet gutters are a bit toned and the first dozen leaves, along with ffep, are bumped and damp-damaged (i.e., damp-stain mars these margins, texts remain easily legible). Fair to good copy. American Guide Series Illustratedbears.
Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 285166
- Title
- Arizona, A State Guide, Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Arizona. American Guide Series. Illustrated. Sponsored by The Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff
- Author
- Federal Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hastings House, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; Americana; 1940S; Arizona; American Guide Series;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
All books subject to prior sale Major Institutions can be billed. ALL BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OR BETTER UNLESS NOTED. All books returnable for any reason within thirty days of receipt.
About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Established in 1981 in San Francisco, we specialize in books and ephemeral materials related to the history of Labor and other social movements, including the struggles for Black and Chicano equality, the Gay liberation movement, Feminism, and Asian-American activism, as well as the Far Right. In recent years Bolerium has expanded into materials in non-western languages, especially from East Asia, and has also placed more emphasis on ephemera, with tens of thousands of original leaflets, pamphlets, and posters in stock. You can sign up for free email lists in our subject areas at www.bolerium.com. We are located in San Francisco at 2141 Mission, Suite 300 (between 17th & 18th St.). We're open by appointment only..
Glossary
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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