Vintage 1927 A Study of All American Markets Leslie M Barton Hardcover

• Title: A Study of All American Markets (Including All Cities and Towns of 1,000 Population or More in the United States)
• Compiler / Author: Leslie M. Barton
• Publisher: The 100,000 Group of American Cities / Hugh Stephens Press
• Publication Year: 1927 (True Vintage / Pre-Depression Era)
• Format: Large Hardcover Antiquarian Volume (vii, 606 pp.)
• Scope: Detailed marketing index indicating US city sizes based on the 1920 census data, complete with a directory of publishers' representatives, intricate diagrams, statistical tables, and comprehensive maps.
• Pocket Map: Features a large, distinct fold-out market map typically housed in the rear pocket layout.
• Production Origin: Manufactured in the USA (Chicago, Illinois / Jefferson City, Missouri)

• A monumental, incredibly comprehensive piece of pre-Depression American economic history published just two years before the monumental stock market crash of 1929.
• Originally engineered as an exhaustive corporate marketing study designed to compile precise demographic infrastructure information and promote strategic newspaper advertisement placement.
• Highly regarded by modern economic historians, genealogists, and cartography collectors for its incredibly dense statistical tables, localized population deep-dives, and complex industrial charts.
• Serves as an exceptional standalone display centerpiece for a law firm, corporate library, investment office desk, or an addition to a collection of Roaring Twenties financial ephemera.

• Condition: Used / Antiquarian library or reference copy showing clear age-appropriate handling wear.
• Structural Status: Structurally sound with a firm hardcover binding and complete spine block adhesion. All core text block pages remain attached.
• Page Quality: Interior text block pages have naturally tanned and aged over the past century, showing a uniform tone. Pages are legible and complete.
• Surface Quality: The exterior hardcover boards show normal signs of vintage handling and shelf wear, including rubbed corners, minor edge scuffing, or surface storage lines.
• Pocket Map Status: [Insert specific map verification: e.g., Rear pocket map is present, complete, and folds out cleanly / Missing the rear pocket fold-out map; book block text and diagrams only].

• Average secondary market value (Good complete vintage condition with pocket map): $35.00 to $75.00
• Rare museum-grade or custom-bound pristine reference copies: $120.00 to $250.00+

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