A post-WWII illustrated WPA guide to Key West, Florida.
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Hastings House, NY, 1949 (copyright).
Revised Second Edition - stated.
American Guide Series, Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, State of Florida.
Sponsored by the Florida State Planning Board & the Federal Works Agency.
Foreword to the First Edition by Robert S. Allen (1941);
Foreword to the Second Edition by Walter McElroy (1949).
Profusely illustrated w/maps, B&W photographs, and numerous etchings by F. Townsend Morgan.
Near Fine copy, in a Near Fine double-sided dust jacket.
Light blue cloth, topographical front end-paper, dark green letters. Minor spine bumping/rubs, head & foot, corners sharp. Small previous seller's price, in pencil, top corner of the front free fly - no other markings. Crisp white pages on a heavy stock. Book is tightly bound, still square & true. Both hinges are sound. The light brown wrapper has a little chipping at the top & bottom of the spine, a couple of faint water-marks near the bottom of the spine, and some wear along all the folds. The most unusual aspect of the jacket is that it's reverse side is printed for a completely different book - 'Philosophy Without Tears' by Father Arthur Little, orders S. J., originally published by Desmond & Stapleton, of Buffalo & NY - makes this edition absolutely unique. Now in a BroDart protective sleeve. 122 pages.
Product code: A Guide To Key West. Illustrated. orders WPA American Guide Series. Revised 2nd Edition.