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50th anniversary edition reprint of the original May 1938 edition published by The Viking Press. xxxiv, 545 pages. Paperback: H 21.25cm x L 13.75cm. Glossy paper covers rubbed with slight scuffing at edges; bumping/creasing at spine heel and at front cover's adjacent lower left; spine sunned. Slight soiling and a few stains to text block edges with a few leaves affected at margins; three leaves creased at their top fore-edge corners from past fold-ins; interior leaves overall remain quite clean. Binding retains some crispness. ISBN 0878053697.

New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with a slight scuffing/nicks and short tears at edges; some soiling to white rear panel; a few foxing spots evident to panels but much stronger upon dj's blank verso; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Dark blue cloth spine lightly bumped at ends; gray boards. Foxing to text block edges and endpapers; interior pages remain clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#9} ISBN 0803803915.

New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed; a few nicks at edge with small chip at spine heel; 2cm tear at rear panel's bottom left; both flaps strongly creased/curled at their terminal edges; front flap's top corner is price-clipped too. Dark blue cloth spine; gray boards. A few leaves towards book's rear have shallow bumping at their top fore-edge corners; pages are otherwise bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#10} ISBN 0803803915.

HARDBACK GREEN. Etat : VG. General wear, good gilt lettering on cover and spine, faded spine, contains BW photographs, loose text block DATE PUBLISHED: 1959 EDITION: 746.

HARDBACK BLUE. Etat : GOOD. General wear, faded gilt lettering on cover and spine, rubbed spine edge, foxed endpapers DATE PUBLISHED: 1937 EDITION: 675.

HARDBACK BLUE. Etat : GOOD. General wear, agetoned tape on spine, decorated boards, agetoned spine, soiled endpaper, agetoned endpaper edges, DATE PUBLISHED: 1940 EDITION: 561.

Third printing (first published by Viking Press in May 1938). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Black cloth mildly mottled; spine slightly cocked; slight fraying at spine ends; board corners worn; spine's gilt stamping quite dulled; front board's gilt stamping remains reasonably bright but certainly not vibrant. Light foxing to text block's top edge; light stray ink mark on bottom edge. Some foxing/toning to endpapers; peeling and glue residue from removed bookplate on front pastedown with paper abraded at top margin obscuring an ink inscription; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Rear pastedown pocket lacks its foldout state map. Fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #22|NCE-009}.

Second printing with corrections (as stated upon copyright page; originally published 1940). xxxii, 782 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket toned, soiled, and chipped/torn; front panel and front flap detached but only subtly evident as dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right. Teal cloth. Text block edges toned; a few small stains to upper fore-edge. Some tearing to rear pastedown pocket which retains its color foldout map. Endpapers toned; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

First printing (per Hastings House's "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). xxxviii, 458 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Reddish-orange cloth soiled; sunning to spine. Some toning/soiling to text block edges. Toning to endpapers; past bookseller's pencil note at ffep's top right; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Foldout map NOT PRESENT in rear pastedown pocket. Sponsored by the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission and the University of New Mexico. Photograph contributors include Ernest Knee and Laura Gilpin.

Seventh printing (as stated upon copyright page). xxxii, 634 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Aquamarine cloth rubbed and lightly soiled; surface abrasion at lower spine and rear joint; slender mottling at edges. Some foxing/toning to text block edges with a few small faint stains to fore-edge. Strong foxing/toning to ffep recto and rfep verso with lighter occurrences to opposing pastedowns; interior pages are mostly clean. Binding is firm. A very good- copy. With "Tour Key Map" on front endpapers and seventeen b/w maps amongst text (this printing was not issued with the rear pastedown pocket foldout map). Sponsored by The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Foreword by Governor John W. Bricker; Preface by Federal Writers' Project State Director Harlan Hatcher; numerous b/w plates (including seventeen images by Ben Shahn) in eight sections of unpaged leaves; concluding Appendices section contains Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "The General Background," "Cities," and "Tours." Preface cites architectural historian Frank J. Roos, Jr. as a contributor too. {Bibliographical references: Powell 1216; Dykes 234; Roos 4011; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 475 to 481 for all printings.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

Sixth printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published 1941). xxxiv, 511 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket strongly wrinkled with nicks and scuffs at edges; strong color fading to spine; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Cream colored cloth; slender soiling to board edges. Dark stain to text block's top edge with some leaves affected at their top margins. Slight toning to endpapers; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

Fifth printing (as stated om copyright page; first published 1941). xxx, 746 pages plus eight unpaged sections of b/w plates. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket with Caroline Durieux blue and orange pelican, ship, and ocean waves illustration decorating the both panels and spine; usual light soiling to panels with slight toning to spine; nicks and short tears at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price ($6.50) at top right corner. Dark green cloth; bright gilt stamping to spine and front board; light bumping to spine heel and to boards' bottom fore-edge corners. Past owner's ink signature at front free endpaper's top right; several page corners creased from past fold-downs; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Sponsored by the Louisiana Library Commission at Baton Rouge. Endpaper maps; Foreword; Preface by Lyle Saxon, Edward Dreyer, and Darvey W. Wixon; b/w photographs; maps; illustrations; concluding Appendices section (with Glossary, Chronology, Bibliography, Population Figures-1940 Census, and Index). As with all of the WPA's guides, the book remains a wonderful resource on touring Louisiana with much information regarding history, traditions, and local events. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {WPA-Shelf#4}.

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page; originally published 1941). xxvi, 595 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some foxing and soiling; shallow chipping, several tears, and creasing at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Light brown cloth. Stains and soiling to text block's top edge; light toning to upper fore-edge. Binding is firm.

First edition (not stated). [10], 86 pages plus covers. Staple-bound booklet: H 23.25cm x L 15.25cm. Tan paper covers toned and mildly soiled; toned spine paper scuffed and worn lengthwise with losses to muted lettering and approximate 1.25cm chip at head which leaves quire tips exposed; covers' fore-edges and top/bottom edges originally overlapped those of the text block but are now bumped and/or mostly worn even with the latter; front cover's top margin has tearing and chip at top left. Mild vertical crease to booklet. Front free endpaper has six-line ink gift inscription dated July 31, 1939 from Frank G. Forward, presumably a son of Union Title Insurance and Trust Company founder James D. Forward who authored the booklet's Foreword; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Only a good copy but among the least common of the California FWP publications. Sponsored by the San Diego Historical Society; authorship credited to R.W. Brackett with research and editorial supervision by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, Southern California. Engravings on wood and cover design by Frank C. Barks of the San Diego Federal Art Project; map illustration on page [8] keyed to a list of twenty-nine ranchos on the opposing recto of page [9]. Preface by Federal Writers' Project State Director for Southern California Leon Dorias who credits San Diego Project Supervisor Clyde L. Parker for direct supervision of the booklet's preparation. Also includes a Bibliography. Text reviews history of San Diego's various ranchos, i.e. ranches, with headpiece illustrations of their respective cattle brands. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

First edition (not stated). 115 pages (plus covers). Booklet: H 22.5cm x L 15.25cm. Beige paper covers; slight wear at corners and spine ends; subtle light brown moisture staining along spine and faintly evident at top edge of rear cover. Light toning along edges; no staining to interior leaves other than at spine margin of foldout map tipped-in at rear cover. Sponsored by The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Co-Sponsored by City of Fremont Safety Service Director Charles A. Hochendel who also contributes a brief introductory essay on page 9. Preface by Ohio Writers' Project State Supervisor Harry Graff. Text sections titled as follows: "For the Fremont Visitor;" "Fremont Today;" "County Scene;" "Indian Trouble;" "Young Croghan and Old Betsy;" "Lower Sandusky Town;" "Fremont the City;" "Social Life;" "Livelihood;" "Schools;" "Churches;" "Theater;" "Newspapers;" "Places to Visit in Fremont;" "In the County;" "Neighbors;" "Memorable Years;" and "For Reference" (bibliography). B/w photographs including frontispiece of a downtown streetscape; illustrations. Bibliographical references: Powell 1237; Dykes 247; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 490; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 35. A very good- copy of a quite uncommon Federal Writers' Project publication. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue wraps with black lettering. Binding is tight. Spine is straight. Content is clean, no marking. Lower corners of cover and first few pager are bumped. Spine is sun faded. Bookstore price sticker at upper front corner. Includes: Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, Glossary of Whaling Terms, Directory of Whaling Masters, List of Replacements. 314 p. 5.30 x 8.25 x 0.77 inches. 0.91 lb. First Borgo ed. Series: Stokvis Studies in Historical Chronology and Thought, # 8. Series: American guide series. Reprint. Originally published: New Bedford, Mass. : Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1938.

First edition (not stated). [6], 36, [2] pages (plus covers). Staple-bound pamphlet; H 23.5cm x L 15.25cm. Paper covers; front cover illustrated with dramatic scene of flood-born houses and debris; bottom corner of rear cover creased; slight nicks at spine ends with minor abrasion lengthwise. Sponsored by the Mayor and City Council of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Foreword by Mayor Daniel J. Shields. Note by State Director Paul Comly French attributing authorship to Peter J. Toner of the Cambria County Unit under the editorial direction of Charles V. Waters, the pamphlet's woodcut style illustrations to Edward Giordano and Herbert Palmer, and "Johnstown and Environs" map (pgs 30-31) to Horace Allen under the direction of William J. Hagerty. Includes 2 b/w photos by US Army Corps of Engineers; Epilogue; Reference/Bibliography list. The sixteenth in a series of pamphlets published by the prolific Pennsylvania Federal Writers' Project, THE FLOODS OF JOHNSTOWN enjoyed a large printing as it was utilized in the city's lobbying effort for federal flood control aid but copies are now rather uncommon. A majority of copies encountered have a Johnstown News Company blue-ink stamp upon their front covers as that business was apparently a primary local retailer (however this copy is not marred by such a stamp). Bibliographical references: Powell 1390; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 532; Bienes Catalogue 215; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 40. Mild thumbing to fore-edges of interior leaves else a very good copy. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

HARDBACK BROWN. Etat : VG. General wear, rubbed spine edge, rubbed board edges, mapped endpapers, contains BW photographs, faded endpaper crease DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION: 558.

HARDBACK BLUE. Etat : VG. JACKET: GOOD. 1ST. General wear, lightly agetoned DJ spine, creased DJ edges, rubbed DJ, mapped endpapers, rubbed DJ interior, some lightly foxed pages, contains BW photographs DATE PUBLISHED: 1937 EDITION: 1ST 392.

First edition (not stated). 64 pages (plus covers). Staple-bound booklet: H 21.5cm x L 14cm. Tan paper covers browned and soiled; abrasion along spine fold with small loss at ends; front cover has very short closed tear at bottom edge with strongly creased bottom corner. Interior leaves toned with mild curling to bottom corners; centerfold leaves (pgs 31-34) detached from binding staples and now laid-in. Sponsored by Lima Better Business Bureau, Inc. Preface by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Foreword by Mayor Allen L. Metheany. 28 b/w photographs including frontispiece; two page map of Lima with one page map of Allen County; Chronology; Bibliography; Index; membership list of the Lima Better Business Bureau. Bibliographical references: Bibliographical references: Powell 1250; Roos 4092; Dykes 248; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 492; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 34. Only a good copy at best but a quite uncommon Federal Writers' Project publication. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

First edition (not stated). 91 pages and section of unpaged b/w plates (plus covers). Booklet: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Paper covers lightly rubbed with minor wear along edges; small chip at spine head with scuffing at heel and along joints; past owner's name/address stamp near top of front cover. Sponsored by The Ross County Northwest Territory Committee 1938 in conjunction with Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Chamber of Commerce and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Preface by State Director Harlan Hatcher; illustrations; concluding section of unpaged b/w plates. Binding is firm and interior leaves are clean. A very good copy of an uncommon WPA publication. {Bibliographical references: Powell 1224; Roos 4044; Dykes 239; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 484; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 34.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

Third printing (preceded by the May 1941 and June 1949 printings; per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xxii, 442 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; spine sunned; chips and tears (several with old tape repairs) at edges; some foxing to flaps; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Light blue cloth. Two stray ink marks on text block's bottom edge. Toning/foxing to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Rear pastedown pocket contains large foldout b/w map which remains bright and clean. B/w state tour map on front endpapers; Foreword by Governor Frank M. Dixon; Preface; eight unpaged sections of b/w plates; three city maps (Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile) amongst text; four appendices (Chronology, Bibliography, Census Figures-1940, and Index). Text divided into three major parts: "Past and Present," "Courthouse Squares" (Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa), and "Tours." Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#11}.

Fourth printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published August 1943). xii, 308 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket with color pictorial front panel and spine; shallow chipping at edges; toning and soiling mostly evident to white rear panel and flaps; tears at flap folds and lower spine folds; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Preface by State Supervisor George D. Marsh; Acknowledgements; paged b/w frontispiece plus unpaged b/w plates and illustrations; Index. Slight toning/foxing to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a vey good- dust jacket (the latter's presence being quite uncommon).

First edition, first printing (per Viking's "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). [2], i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 1.75cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Green cloth; spine and front board's gilt stamping still reasonably bright. Text block edges foxed. Toning/foxing to front endpapers and to rear pastedown and opposing pocket; past owner's pencil signature at top of front free endpaper; some foxing to interior leaves but overall mostly clean; several rear leaves have shallow creasing/tearing at their top fore-edge corners. Binding is firm. Foldout color map present in rear pocket but with some foxing. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #25|CMS-02451}.

KATHRYN TUCKER WINDHAM'S COPY. Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; first published by Viking Press in May 1938). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Off-white/beige cloth; foxing/toning most prevalent to spine along with some soiling and slight mottling; slight rubbing loss to publisher lettering at spine heel but spine's title/author lettering and front board's stamping remains strong. Text block edges foxed. Three-line ink ownership inscription "Kathryn T. Windham . . . Selma, Alabama" at top of front pastedown; pencil date at top of ffep; April 1944 ink ownership name/address stamp of a Los Angeles resident upon title page; mild foxing/toning to front endpapers with strong toning to rear endpapers plus a few occurrences of foxing to interior leaves which otherwise remain mostly clean. Binding is firm. Some foxing to foldout color map (dated 1938) which is present in rear free endpaper pocket. Laid-in at front endpapers are two magazine clippings with Windham's ink date notations plus two color postcards both probably circa 1970s; toned note sheet also with Windam's ink writing laid-in at pages 184-185; newspaper clipping with ink date notation of April 1975 also in Windham's hand laid-in at rear endpapers. Fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. A nice association copy to renowned Alabama storyteller and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham who would likely have utilized the this WPA guide for her 1974 book 13 MISSISSIPPI GHOSTS AND JEFFREY which was a popular follow-up to her 1969 classic 13 ALABAMA GHOSTS AND JEFFREY. As this guidebook was present in Windham's home it too must have witnessed Windham's resident specter Jeffrey but the book remains mute on this subject despite persistent questioning. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #23|CMS-00718}.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Olive cloth; usual light toning to spine; spine's gilt stamping dulled but discernable with front board's gilt stamping still reasonably bright. Text block's top edge soiled. Endpapers toned; past owner's ink signature at top of front pastedown; top portions of front free endpaper and half-title lacking likely done to removed another ownership inscription as a remnant of an ink one is still present on half-title verso; slight edge-wear to rear flyleaf; interior text pages overall remain clean. Rear pocket retains its large color foldout double-sided state map (credited to the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, New York City); map has some toning and short tear at edge. Binding slightly shaken between half-title and title; text block is otherwise firm. State tour map on front endpapers (aforementioned ffep removed top portion affects map's border margin but not state image itself) plus a total of fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg (tour maps for Biloxi and Jackson are presented on the verso of the color foldout state map). Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. {WPA bibliographical references: Dykes 155; Powell 717; Roos 3083; Bienes Catalogue 149; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 302 to 304; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 22. Eudora Welty's contribution is cited as #H2 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #20}.

First edition, first printing (per Viking's requisite "First published . . . " statement upon copyright page). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Olive cloth rubbed, small light stain at top of front board, a few soiling spots along rear joint, gilt stamped lettering for publisher's imprint at spine heel dulled but with spine's and front board's title lettering still reasonably bright. Foxing to edges; usual strong toning to front endpapers with ink ownership inscription at top of front free endpaper; light foxing to half-title and title page; strong toning to rear pastedown and opposing rear pocket verso; past owner's pencil notes on rear pastedown; foxing to rear flyleaves; slender light moisture stains at upper fore-edge margins of last 75 pages or so with last 20 pages or so having creased top fore-edge corners; second rear flyleaf slightly pulled. A few foxing spots to interior pages but majority of text leaves remain quite clean. Binding stressed between half-title and title pages and between first and second rear flyleaves but otherwise firm. Rear pocket retains the laid-in large color foldout double-sided state map (credited to the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, New York City) which has some light staining and foxing as well as a few extraneous creases but otherwise follows its original fold-lines. A good+ copy. State tour map on front endpapers plus a total of fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg (tour maps for Biloxi and Jackson are presented on the verso of the color foldout state map). Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. {WPA bibliographical references: Dykes 155; Powell 717; Roos 3083; Bienes Catalogue 149; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 302 to 304; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 22. Eudora Welty's contribution is cited as #H2 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #14}.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. The boards have a very small bit of soiling. The end papers are mapped. The rear paste down has a slot for maps of the District of Columbia. One map is a very large map of the District of Columbia. The other map is a smaller one of the "thoroughfares" of the region. Both maps are list the Federal Writer's project on the map title. The corners are slightly curved with a small amount of fraying. Due to the map slot at the rear of the book, the text block does not sit straight in the book This lends the appearance that the book is cocked, but it really isn't.

First edition (per publisher's requisite statement upon copyright page) INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDITOR LUTHER CLARK. xxii, 442 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket toned with some soiling; 2.5cm deep chip to spine head; tearing to front flap fold; other lesser chips and tears and several creases; strong vertical crease to rear flap; front flap's top corner is clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Aquamarine cloth; gilt lettering to spine and front board. Text block edges and endpapers toned/foxed. Co-editor's three-line ink inscription "With very highest personal | regards to Dr. Walter B. Jones | Luther Clark" on front free endpaper verso; some interior foxing with a few shallowly creased corners. Binding is firm. Some foxing to foldout map which is present in rear pastedown pocket. Quite uncommon WPA state guidebook made more exceptional for being signed by a member of its editorial staff. State tour map on front endpapers. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission; Foreword by Governor Frank M. Dixon; Preface by State Supervisor William H. Bunce and editors Jack Kytle and Luther Clark; numerous b/w plates in eight sections of unpaged leaves; maps of Birmingham, Mobile, and Montgomery amongst text; four appendices including chronology, bibliography, 1940 census figures, and index. Text divided into three major parts: "Past and Present," "Courthouse Squares" (providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa), and "Tours." {Bibliographical references: Powell 1; Dykes 1; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 1 to 6 (all printings); Bienes Catalogue 27; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 3.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

First edition, first printing (not stated - publication date appears upon both the title and copyright pages as required per Houghton Mifflin's contemporary practice). xiv, 581 pages plus unpaginated plates. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Wonderful pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Roland Duvernet; front and rear panels retain fairly bright color but with slight sunning to spine; 2cm deep chipping at spine head; other chipping, tears, and creasing; long 10cm tear at front panel's lower spine fold; some soiling to front panel's text area; foxing/toing to flaps; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Red cloth; dark navy blue lettering to spine and front board. Foxing to text block's top edge; minor wear to fore-edges of several rear leaves. Toning/foxing to endpapers; initial leaves have light creasing at their top corners; slight interior foxing but pages overall remain clean. Binding is firm. Still an attractive copy for wartime rationing adversely affected the quality of the book's production particularly in regards to its thin paper dj which usually is not present at all - a very good+ copy in a good+ dust jacket. Compiled by Louisiana Writers' Project State Director Lyle Saxon, Assistant State Director Edward Dreyer, and Special Writer Robert Tallant from material gathered by the Louisiana Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration, GUMBO YA-YA features drawings within the text by Caroline Durieux (misspelled as "Durifux" within the frontispiece, this being an additional first printing point) with additional decorations by Roland Duvernet plus: illustrated front endpapers (rear endpapers are blank); a Preface by Saxon, Dreyer, and Tallant; b/w photographs by various cited and uncited contributors; three appendices reviewing New Orleans superstitions, colloquialisms, and customs; and Index. The copyright page (page iv) notes the book's inclusion among "Louisiana Writers Project Publications" but, near the bottom of the page, appears the typographical error "Works Project Administration" (the book was among the last official publications under the auspices of the Work Projects Administration as its formal operations ended in 1943). Bibliographical references: Bienes 130; Dykes 121; Powell 586; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 222 and 223. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.