NEW YORK CITY GUIDE: A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs of the Metropolis - Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. The scarce first printing with the New York World's Fair 1939 supplement. Hailed by the New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written about the city, this WPA guide offers an endlessly fascinating look at life in New York as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost five cents, a room at the Plaza was $7.50, and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. A volume in the American Guide Series. Octavo: xx, 708 pp. with numerous photographs, prints, and maps, including a folding map housed in the rear pocket. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titles and borders. Minor smudge to the half-title. A very good copy in a moderately rubbed and toned dust jacket with some chipping to the tips and a few old tape repairs. Very good / Good. Item #78228
Price: $500.00