Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1937. First Edition. Near fine in simulated red leather cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with slight rubbing to the cloth at corners at the head and heel of the spine. A prior owner has placed a book plate upside down on the fly title page. In a good, price clipped dust jacket with heavy wear and chipping to the ends of the spine area, small chips from the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards, and multiple chips and closed tears to the rear panel. 500 pages including an index, bibliography, chronology, tour guides, and illustrated with maps and eight sections of black and white photographs. The rear pocket on the rear end paper contains the multi-colored, fold-out map of the state which is in excellent condition.

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Bookseller: Town's End Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: TB32370
Title: Rhode Island A Guide to the Smallest State
Author: WPA
Book Condition: Used
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1937
Bookseller catalogs: American Guide Series;

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