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Tennessee, A Guide to the State
by Federal Writers Project
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Poor
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Viking, New York, 1945. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Poor. Federal Writers Project. Tennessee, A Guide to the State, New York: Viking, 1945. Octavo, second edition, pp. xxiv, 558, halftones, large folding map in rear pocket, light green cloth boards with green lettering and rules to spine and front. Part of the American Guide Series created by the Works Progress Administration during the Depression to give work to unemployed writers and photographers. Condition of this book: Near fine with light edge wear. Jacket is in 4 pieces, nearly worthless. Map fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; United States; 1940s; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53890. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53890
- Title
- Tennessee, A Guide to the State
- Author
- Federal Writers Project
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Travel & Places; United States; 1940s; Antiquarian & Rare. Federal Writers Project Tennessee, A Guide to the State
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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