Arizona: A State Guide

New York: Hastings House, 1940. First Edition. 530pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth with the title stamped in brown on the front board and backstrip. Very good. Sponsored by the Arizona State Teachers College at Flagstaff (present day, Northern Arizona University). Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Touring map on the front pastedown and endsheet, and a transportation map on the rear pastedown and endsheet.The essay section, entitled 'Arizona's Background,' includes essays on 'The Indians' as well as 'Indian Arts and Crafts.' Illustrations arranged in eight sections: Indians, The Desert, Territorial Days, The Mountains, Architecture, Mining, Agriculture, and Recreation. Works closes with a selective bibliography. Dykes 5. Herd 43. Powell 24. Scharf/Schoyer 22. Six Guns 30.