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Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1948

Seller ID: 20711

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Good+

Light dampstaining and discoloration to boards and first few pages. Front hinge has a bit of play. ; Including the outstanding photogravures. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages
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ARKANSAS A Guide to the State

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1941

Seller ID: 20309

Binding: Hardcover

DJ with light chipping and two small open tears to DJ front. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A hint of browning to edges and endpapers. ; The increasingly hard-to-find 1st edition with its superb photogravures. ; American Guide Series; Photogravures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages
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ATLANTA Capital of the South

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Oliver Durrell, Inc. : 1949

Seller ID: 20702

Binding: Hardcover

Moderate chipping and browning to tape repaired DJ. One tiny cut to book outer hinge. ; Revised edition by Paul W. Miller (first published in 1942) ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages
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ATLANTA City of the Modern South

Price: $90.00

Publisher: New York, Smith & Durrell : 1942

Seller ID: 19654

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Moderate wear to boards. Endpapers a bit browned and hinges with a bit of play. Lacks rear fold out map; This is among the rarest guides in the series. ; American Guide Series; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages
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AUGUSTA

Price: $275.00

Publisher: Augusta, GA, City Council of Augusta : 1938

Seller ID: 20249

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Slight browning to boards and endpapers. Occasional light foxing to pages and fore edge ; The history of Augusta with many illustrations from b&w photographs. Two large fold-out map in color: Augusta and North Augusta. Quite rare ; American Guide Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages
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BEAUMONT A Guide to the City and its Environs

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Houston, Anson Jones Press

Seller ID: 19735

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Very light soiling to boards and with light shelfwear to corners. Former owner's name on half title page; History of the town of Beaumont, Texas, which has a claim to be the birthplace of the modern oil industry. Also known as a center of the lumber industry, which is why the boards are bound in wood grain, which makes it unique in its kind. First and only printing, ND [1939]. Brewer 790; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages
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BOSTON LOOKS SEAWARD The Story of the Port: 1630-1940

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, Bruce Humphries, Inc. : 1941

Seller ID: 20374

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Chipping and moderate wear to DJ and with several small open tears, mostly to DJ front. Light rubbing to boards. Bookplate. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; A chronicle of the port of Boston from its humble beginnings in the early 17th century to the eve of WWII, written by authors that went back to work under the WPA (Work Progress Administration). Quite rare. First and only edition. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages
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BOSTON LOOKS SEAWARD The Story of the Port: 1630-1940

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Boston, Bruce Humphries, Inc. : 1941

Seller ID: 20312

Binding: Hardcover

Small chipping and minor wear to DJ and with several small open tears. Light rubbing to boards. Bookplate. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; A chronicle of the port of Boston from its humble beginnings in the early 17th century to the eve of WWII, written by authors that went back to work under the WPA (Work Progress Administration). Quite rare, especially in this condition. First and only edition. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages
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CALIFORNIA A Guide to the Golden State

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1939

Seller ID: 20726

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Boards with light rubbing to extremities and a bit of sunning to spine. A very handsome copy with a hint of browning to the endpapers and a bit of play to the front hinge. ; This is the hard-to-find first edition with year on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. Published May 1939. Includes the outstanding photogravures. VG+ map in rear pocket. Light green cloth boards with dark green lettering. The front board dustjacket, as well as one of the flap descriptions are laid-in. Schoyer 47.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 713 pages
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CALIFORNIA A Guide to the Golden State

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1939

Seller ID: 20516

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight browning to spine. Small rough spot on front pastedown from glue residue. Front hinge professionally repaired, hardly noticeable. Slight browning to endpapers. Map in rear pocket missing ; This is the hard-to-find first edition with year on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. Published May 1939. Includes the outstanding photogravures ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 713 pages
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CALIFORNIA A Guide to the Golden State

Price: $55.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1973

Seller ID: 16955

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Light wear, chipping, & tape repair to price clipped DJ. Spine warped from apparent binding error ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; xxxii,733 pages
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COLORADO A Guide to the Highest State

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1959

Seller ID: 20118

Binding: Hardcover; Seventh Printing

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Small chips and closed tears to DJ. Small loss to DJ spine ends. ; Sixty-four pages of photogravures enliven this guide to all things Colorado, from frontier days to mining booms and busts, to the prewar era. Seventh printing from 1959, by which time the cover price was $6.50, as against the original issue price of $2.50. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiii, 511 pages
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COLORADO A Guide to the Highest State

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1943

Seller ID: 20311

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Pages of one corner a bit dog-eard ; Including the outstanding photogravures. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiii, 511 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 14380

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 18197

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

DJ with light chipping. This is a later printing, even though no subsequent printings mentioned. Without the rear map (as issued) ; 8vo; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 20378

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Boards with light wear to extremities. Slight glue residue and a bit of browning to front endpaper. Front hinge started, but holding strong. Light foxing to rear endpaper. ; Folding map in rear pocket. First edition with textured red boards and publishing date (1938) on title page. No additional printings listed on copyright page. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 15665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Spine sunned and with gilt lettering faded to spine and front board ; Including fold out map at rear; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 20454

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Front hinge has a bit of play. Former owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Boards with light rubbing to extremities ; This is a later printing but issued with the same beautiful photogravures. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 13540

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Endpapers a bit browned ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 13541

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Small bookseller's sticker to rear endpaper ; Everything you need to know about the Nutmeg State circa 1938, except why it's called the Nutmeg State. Early reprint with no folding map, no date to title page, and ocher boards; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 593 pages
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CONNECTICUT A Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin : 1938

Seller ID: 20301

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Remnants of DJ nicely backed up on black cloths. Glue residue on front board. Slight browning to rear endpaper; Later printing with no rear map (as issued) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 593 pages
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COPPER CAMP Stories of the World's Greatest Mining Town Butte, Montana

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1943

Seller ID: 20373

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Boards with moderate wear to extremities and with spine a bit darkened. ; Primarily authored by William Burke, this story of Montana's 'largest and strangest city' is a collection of anecdotes and characters of the town where the dust never settled. Some seriously wacky people, labor-management struggles, and blind, illiterate judges populate this volume of stories of the mining frontier ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
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COPPER CAMP Stories of the World's Greatest Mining Town Butte, Montana

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Books Inc. : 1943

Seller ID: 20692

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

DJ with light chipping and foxing. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest foxing to endpapers. ; Primarily authored by William Burke, this story of Montana's 'largest and strangest city' is a collection of anecdotes and characters of the town where the dust never settled. Schoyer 326 ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
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DEATH VALLEY

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton and Mifflin : 1939

Seller ID: 5043

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Small open tears and shelfwear to DJ; There's more to Death Valley than high temperatures. Read about the history, ecology, and the spectacular scenery. With fold-out map of the region in rear. Photogravures; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 75 pages
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DEATH VALLEY A Guide

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1939

Seller ID: 13960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Moderate chipping to DJ. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper ; NF map at rear; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 75 pages
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DEATH VALLEY A Guide

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1939

Seller ID: 20470

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Boards with a few small waterspots. A handsome copy ; VG+ rear map. Including the outstanding photogravures. The American Guide Series put struggling authors back to work on a steady paycheck. It is among the most detailed description about the US that has ever been done. ; American Guide Series; Photogravures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 75 pages
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DEATH VALLEY A Guide

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1939

Seller ID: 16016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Light wear to DJ with small open tears and part of the front image scraped away ; Fold-out map of the region to rear endpaper ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 75 pages
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DEATH VALLEY A Guide

Price: $70.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company : 1939

Seller ID: 14130

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Light wear and small open tears to DJ. Bookplate. Boards faded; folding map tipped into rear endpaper; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 75 pages
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DELAWARE A Guide to the First State