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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] : NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE A Factual Pictorial Record

Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston, 1938

Boards with slight wear to extremities. Browning to endpapers. Front hinge weakening. Minor paper residue to rear boards probably caused by DJ sticking to book; Lots of candid pictures documenting the unprecedented destruction of the great hurricane of 1938 ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages, Very Good

Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project] : NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE A Factual, Pictorial Record

Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston, 1938

DJ darkened and with light chipping. Slight tanning to endpapers; The epic tempest of 1938 cut a path of destruction through New England that went on for miles, leaving debris and despair in its wake. This book was prepared and printed in record time; the storm reached the tri-state area in the evening of September 21, 1938, and the book was published in October. The first edition was out of print in a very short time - this 2nd edition came out in November. Numerous photos illustrate the carnage, with detailed captions. This is the first time that we see a DJ ; B&W Photographs; Small 4to; 220 pages, Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

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