Puerto Rico: A Guide To The Island Of Boriquen

PUERTO RICO RECONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE WRITERS' PROGRAM OF THE WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION [COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY]

Publication: The University Society, Inc, 1940, New York

First edition. 8vo. Green pictorial covers, titles and design printed in black on the front cover and spine, maps on front end papers and rear free endpaper, xli [blank], 409 pp., foreword, preface, general information, calendar of annual events, profusely illustrated mostly from photographs, maps, including a color map of Puerto Rico in the rear pocket, chronology, books about Puerto Rico, index.

First printing of this scarce volume in the 'American Guide Series', begun as a project of the WPA during the depression to provide employment for idled writers, and now recognized as classic descriptions of forgotten times & places.

Cloth has minor wear to the spine ends, former owner's neatly inked name at top of front free fly leaf, color map has minor wear to a few fold creases, else a near fine bright clean copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners and extremities with light cellophane tape reinforcement to a few spots on the verso A difficult title of The American Guide Series.