first edition
1938 · New York
by WPA
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition. Fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. A small octavo measuring *" by 5 1/4". In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel and light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. Reportedly the first printing of the book was restricted to only 10,000 copies. 549 pages with index, bibliography, chronology, text, maps and photographs throughout with the fold-out map of the state in a rear pocket of the book. A very tight and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Inventory #: TB33223)