New York City Guide; A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs of the Metropolis - Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond - Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City
New York: Random House Publishers, ca. 1955. Later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], vii-xx, [2], 3-680, [2] pp. Grey cloth with black and gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; blue topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Robert Schwartz. Illustrated with double-sided plates of black and white photographs, full-page maps done in black and white, and a folding map in a pocket on the rear pastedown. A copyright page date of 1939 printed on the copyright page but based on the jacket price and book design we date this printing to be circa 1955. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #000017092
Offsetting on the rear pastedown; jacket with light edge wear on its spine and rear panels.
Price: $350.00