Description: Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a TimeNew Jersey: A Guide to its Present and PastWPA - Federal Writers Project; American Guide Series New York: Viking Press, 1939 Sponsored by the Public Library of Newark and the New Jersey Guild AssociationBlue cloth with gilt titles The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even age-toning with endpages darkened in the gutters. The Mylar protected dust jacket with the price of $2.50; is heavily sun-darkened on the spine, mostly present in three pieces with some losses.8vo; 8.25 inches tall; xxxii, 735 pages; Annotated bibliopgraphy, With 15 in-text maps; tour key map on the front endpages; Large colored folded map of the state with North and South Jersey Metropolitan transportation maps on the verso in the rear attached sleeve. Map is Fine. First printing of 5000 copies. Very Good / Poor. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. This first printing became part of a controversy due to its treatment of labor issues and became the target of the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities. The writers were accused of promoting class hatred and spreading communism. Several specific items government oppression against labor were excluded from the essay but with few exceptions the essay appears as written in this printing. Mangione noted that the New Jersey Guide is 'one of the best in the American Guide Series'.During the Great Depression of the 1930s thousands of writers were hired by the Works Project Administration to create hundreds of guidebooks on all of the states in the U.S. These volumes that were produced became known as the American Guide Series. This series has been described as the biggest, fastest and most original research job in the history of the world.Ref: Hunter 28 ; Scharf & Schoyer, #365 And Check out our other items! Member ofABAA [American Booksellers Antiquarian Association]FABA [Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association]IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association]The Ephemera Society of America Terms GuaranteeWe tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Our books, and ephemera are described using AB Bookman standards. Our Guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). If you have questions regarding our description of any item, we encourage you to contact us prior to buying. We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations' strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. ShippingStandard shipping is by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 4 - 8 days (and sometimes longer) depending upon destination.We are happy to upgrade shipping to Priority Mail or to arrange overseas shipping to most foreign countries. Please choose that at checkout.FeedbackWe leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Author: WPA - Federal Writers Project; American Guide Series
Publisher: Viking Press
Year Printed: 1939
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
