The Connecticut Guide: What To See and Where to Find It
by Connecticut State Planning Board
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Brookfield, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hartford: Emergency Relief Commission, 1936. Original Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 1935, 1st edition, 2nd printing, xxix, 319pp, pictorial wraps. Some soil/staining on cover and slight chipping along spine. contents clean and tight.VG overall. This Guide was one of the models used in developing the American Guide Series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Das Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6888
- Title
- The Connecticut Guide: What To See and Where to Find It
- Author
- Connecticut State Planning Board
- Format/Binding
- Original Illustrated Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hartford: Emergency Relief Commission
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Americana; American Guide Series; Federal Writer's Program; Travel; WPA; Connecticut
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Das Bookman
Biblio member since 2006
Brookfield, Connecticut
About Das Bookman
Das Bookman specializes in Antiquarian Travel Guides, The Federal Writers' Project (WPA), and the works of Doris Lessing who is the 2007 Nobel Laurate for Literature. Guides from Baedeker, Murray, Cook, A&C Black and others are featured as well as The American Guide Series and other original WPA Guides issued in the thirties and forties. Numerous un-catalogued titles are always available so please inquire If you're looking for something special we can see if it's available, or, if your interests are more general (cities/counties, folklore, recreation, children's, etc.) try and describe them as best you can and we'll compile a list of available titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Pictorial Wraps
- Pictorial wraps are color illustrated covers for paperback books. Preceding mass-market paperbacks, this format brought popular...