Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People (American Guide Series)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 675pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt stamped titles on the backstrip and front board. Map front endpaper. Light rubbing to the edges of the spine and boards. Minor damp stain to top fore-edge corner of the text block. Pages subtly age-toned. In the dust jacket, with moderate tanning to the spine, mild chipping to the edges, and a 3/4" closed tear along the bottom edge. With the map of Boston in the rear pocket. Written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts. An official guide which tells the reader what to do, where to go, what to see and what happened there. It highlights the best places to fish, to hunt, to ski, to walk, to drive, as well as historic spots, old houses, and scenic beauties. More than a simple guide, this book is an encyclopedia on the history, geology, art, architecture, transportation, industry, and wild life of the State. (Inventory #: 69261)