Hardcover
1938 · Boston, Massachusetts
by Federal Writers' Project
Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1938. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. spine edges scuffed. light shelf-wear to covers. cover pastedown has black marker smudge & bookstore stamp; endpapers foxed. dustjacket has long, jagged tear to spine; tape repaired tears to back cover; edge-wear; foxed.. navy boards w/ yellow printing. 559 pgs w/ bw illustrations; pocket w/ map on back cover pastedown. black & white illustrated dustjacket. Spine spongy near top, but textblock is firm. Foxing appears to be concentrated to pastedowns and endpapers. A nice, sharp copy. This is a beautifully written tour guide with oddly humorous and arcane historical references. A unqiue collectible for the New England historian.
(Inventory #: 181203)