The American Guide: A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States
by Henry G. Alsberg, Editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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€18.68€13.08
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About This Item
New York, NY: Hastings House, 1949 Hastings House, New York. 1949. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to tail; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good +; Price Clipped; light wear to head, tail, and tips; closed tear at bottom of front panel; slight suntoning to spine. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Maps as endpapers. Clean interior. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 1348 pp 8vo. The idea for a guide-book for the entire United States goes back to the early days of the Federal Writer's Project. When government and private funding could not be obtained, Hastings House came forward and decided to back the book. The Guide divides the country into eight regions: New England, Middle Atlantic States, Lake States, Plains States, South, Southwest, Mountain States, and West Coast. Each region is described separately and is prefaced by a general survey. Within each region each state is described by tours within that state. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016989
- Title
- The American Guide: A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States
- Author
- Henry G. Alsberg, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hastings House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- American Travel guide, American Tour Guide, Federal Writer's Project, The American Guide, Travel in the USA, Roads and Highways in the USA, State descriptions, History, culture, commerce, industry, recreation, US Atlas, mile-by-mile guide to the unite
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Americana;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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