Galena Illinois (American Guide Series)
Compiled by the Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Project Administration of Illinois
Published by City of Galena, 1937
Used
Softcover
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Henniker Book Farm and Gifts, Henniker, NH, U.S.A.
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This books was compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Illinois. Very Good Condition. No dust jacket, but previous owner created a dust jacket from copying the front and back of the soft cover book and is in a protective Brodart cover (see pictures of both). Reprint by Community Development Fund of Galena. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscriptions.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 63459
Bibliographic Details
Title: Galena Illinois (American Guide Series)
Publisher: City of Galena
Publication Date: 1937
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: Reprint.
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Galena Illinois [WPA] American Guide Series
Published by
City of Galena, 1937
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: A Book Preserve/ John A. Crider, Bookseller, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG+. Crackle-textured blue and gold wrappers. No ownership markings. 8vo. 79 pp. Frontis.; maps.; illus. [possibly woodcuts]; biblio.; an insert of photos on glossy page stock (23); color fold-out map. Also a year by year annals of notable historical events; and list of interviewee-informants. The attached color fold-out map is bright and free of tears with some tanning to backside/verso only. A few tanning spots to last glossy blank page. "The Galena Guide is first of a series of city guide books to be published in Illinois by the Federal Writer's Project" [WPA]. The novelist Nelson Algren was the main author of the text. The 18 woodcut illustrations by Robert Delson, including the frontispiece, are particularly accomplished. There is a small self-portrait of Delson on p. 10. Ships fast and securely with tracking. Seller Inventory # 01-AB-4356-020