[Rarebooks] fs: WPA - The National Road in Song and Story

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings Booklovers,

We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 9379 )  Workers of the Writers' Program, Works Projects Administration
in the State of Ohio. THE NATIONAL ROAD IN SONG AND STORY.
[Columbus, OH]: [Stoneman Press], 1940. First printing, Wrappers, Octavo, 48
pages, drawings, centerfold map. Good.
      Brief historical narrative followed by several poems, published to
commemorate the centennial of the completion of the "National Pike" across
Ohio. The centerfold map shows the road's progress across the state by year,
with an inset map showing the road spanning the modern United States as US
Route 40. Text is illustrated throughout with drawings by Arthur Griffith.
Ends with a chronology. BREWER #737. Bound in printed paper covers over a
saddle-stapled binding. Rubs and browning to covers with a 1.5cm area at top
fore corner of front cover where top layer of paper has been lifted off as
if by adhesion. Top fore corners of last 4 leaves mis-trimmed, otherwise
interior is near fine. Nice copy of an uncommon WPA booklet.    $75.00
See photo: http://www.backcreekbooks.com/bookphotos/9379.jpg

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