New Orleans City Guide
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. First Edition. 430pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Map on front endsheet and pastedown. Fold-out map present in rear pocket. Near fine/Near fine. Item #10962
This fine guidebook contains an array of interesting essays, including ones on 'Racial Distribution,' 'Folkways,' 'Science,' 'Creole Cuisine,' 'The Carnival,' 'Cemeteries.' The tour section includes a long descriptive tour of the French Quarter. Also, with a 'Checklist of Some Noted Personalities,' a chronology, street names in New Orleans, and place names. Illustrations arranged in eight sections. Dykes 119. Powell 587. Scharf & Schoyer.
Price: $200.00