Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State.
New York: Oxford University Press, [1940]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with brown spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping. xxviii, 561pp. Illustrations, maps, map front endpaper, large foldout map in rear pocket. Very good. Mild ex-library, with homely scuff at upper left of front board and base of spine and circular institutional inkstamp on title page; internally tight and near fine, with map present and superb. Item #51813
First edition of this "American Guide Series" volume -- "Compiled," notes title page, "by workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Pennsylvania." Noted historian Roy F. Nichols (1896-1973), awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949 for "The Disruption of American Democracy," provides this volume's introduction -- and tipped into this special copy is a Typed Note Signed from Nichols: 1p, 8" X 10", Philadelphia, PA, 29 October 1951. Addressed to Carl Haverlin (1899-1985, respected Civil War scholar, legendary radio pioneer and first president of music licensing service Broadcast Music, Inc.). Near fine. On "University of Pennsylvania" letterhead, Nichols cryptically confirms an odd historical factoid: "Just a line to say that upon inquiry I find that you are perfectly right. The Nicholson Library is at the Huntington." Signed boldy in full.
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