Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio sized stapled 5 page Index. Has been folded in half with ensuing crease, most likely for original mailing distribution. A solid copy of a very rare document. The discoloration of the image is not real. The result of the document being too large for the scanner...
New York: Oxford University Press, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original light red cloth, lettered and illustrated in black to the front panel and the spine. Octavo. xxvi, 548pp. Compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Indiana. An American Guide Series volume. Illustrated throughout with seven in-text maps.....
Chicago: February, 1938. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Quarto sized illustrated wrappers. 122pp. Mimeographed publication and as is sometimes found with this format printed on one side only. Prepared by The Historical Records Survey Divsion of Women's and Professional Projects Works Progress Administration. A very clean, bright, and solid copy. Very scarce. Not found in Dykes, Powell, Scharf, Brewer.....
Chicago: April, 1939. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Quarto sized illustrated wrappers. 228pp. Mimeographed publication and as is sometimes found with this format printed on one side only. Prepared by The Historical Records Survey Division of Professional and Service Projects Works Progress Administration. A very clean, bright, and solid copy. Very scarce. Not found in Dykes, Powell, Scharf, Brewer.....
New York: Viking Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original light blue cloth, lettered in gilt. xxvii, 583pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Iowa. Illustrated throughout, with 11 maps in-text, a tour key map to the front endpapers, and a large color fold-out map attached by stub.....
New York: Random House, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original cream colored boards, lettered on the front panel and spine. Octavo, xx, 241pp. A Survey Prepared by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration in the City of New York. With 24 Plates by the WPA Federal Art Project of the City of New.....
(Charlottesville): (Jarmans)? 1941. Second edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original illustrated wrappers, front and back. Octavo, (viii), 157pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia. An American Guide Series publication. Identical to the first edition, both published in 1941. Illustrated throughout. A very clean, bright, and solid copy. This copy appears.....
No Place: July, 1940. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Illustrated wrappers. 35pp. Map of Lake County to the rear cover. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Ohio. Sponsored by The Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society Columbus. Illustrated with drawings throughout. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this fragile.....
Sandusky: Stephens Printing Company, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. 129pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio. Sponsored by the City of Sandusky in cooperation with Ohio's Lake Erie Vacationland, Inc. An American Guide Series volume. "First.....
(Emporia): Emporia Gazette Press, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near FIne. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Octovo, 292pp. Illustrated throughout. Compiled by The Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Kansas. Sponsored by the Kansas State Nurses' Association. A fine copy of the book which remains bright, solid, and pleasing. The.....
Livingston: 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original purple cloth on board, lettered in silver with blindstamp City Seal on front panel. Octavo, 166pp. Illustrated with captioned photographs. Written and Illustrated by Workers of the WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Jersey. Sponsored by the Township of Livingston. An American Guide Series.....
Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1939. First printing. Wraps. Near Fine. Illustrated wrappers. 60pp. With photographs, drawings and floor-plans. Written and compiled by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Maine. Sponsored by the Department of Education of the State of Maine, Augusta. An American Guide Series publication. Some minor soiling to the covers.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1937). Later printing. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Green cloth on boards, lettered in gilt. Octavo, xxvi, 476pp. Written by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Maine. Sponsored by the Maine Development Commission. An American Guide Book volume. No date on title page so this is a later.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran And Company, Inc., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original pale blue cloth on boards with front panel stamped with Sandy Hook Lighthouse. Spine printed in black and yellow. Octavo, xvii, 341pp. Top edge stained blue. Introduction by the Honorable Fiorello H. La Guardia. Compiled by Workers of the Writers (sic) Program of.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran And Company Inc., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / good. Original pale blue cloth on boards with front panel stamped with Sandy Hook Lighthouse. Spine printed in black and yellow. Octavo, xvii, 341pp. Top edge stained blue. Introduction by the Honorable Fiorello :H. La Guardia. Compiled by Workers of the Writers (sic) Program of the.....
(Minneapolis): Minnesota Department of Education and Minneapolis Board of Education, 1940. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. 94pp. Illustrated. Compiled by Workers of the Federal Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota. A very clean,bright and solid copy. A scarce WPA publication. Dykes, #152.
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original lime green coarse cloth, stamped in dark green to the front panel and spine. Octavo, xxi, 231, (2) pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Minnesota Arrowhead Association. Illustrated throughout. Four.....
New York: Hastings House, (1940). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Good. Original dark brown cloth with lettering in deep maroon. Octavo, 57pp. In a complete and very good dust jacket. which shows some loss at the head of the spine. Focuses largely on Arizona architecture. Most of the photos are attributed to Joseph Miller. Scharf & Schoyer, # 40; Dykes.....
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, (1941). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original gray cloth, lettered in dark blue. Octavo, (xxix), 652 pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri. Sponsored by the Missouri State Highway Department. Illustrated with eight maps in-text including sectional state map. An American Guide.....
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, (1941). Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original gray cloth, lettered in dark blue. Octavo, (xxix), 652 pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri. Sponsored by the Missouri State Highway Department. Illustrated with eight maps in-text including sectional state map. An American Guide.....
New York (Chicago): Fleming Publishing (Wilcox & Follett Co.), (1941)? Hardcover. Fine / Good. Original light brown cloth on boards, stamped in dark brown. Square 12mo. Unpaginated (58)pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Montana. Illustrated with 85 photographs, including endpapers. The first volume from a planned 48, of the.....
Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin for Stanford University, (1946). Second edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Pale green cloth. An American Guide Series book. Octavo, 200pp. Illustrated throughout. The book is square and tight. The complete dust jacket is very clean and bright. Scharf & Schoyer, #80.
(Columbus): 1940. Wraps. Fine. Illustrated wrappers. 48pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio. Sponsored by The Ohio State Archaeological Society. Illustrated throughout with drawings. A very bright and solid copy. Dykes, #253.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1939. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Illustrated wrappers. 49pp, (2). Illustrated throughout with the last un-numbered page being a map. Compiled and Written by Federal Writers's Project of Illinois, Works Progress Administration. An American Guide Series publication. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Dykes, #83. Dykes calls it "very scarce indeed."...
Lincoln: Woodruff Printing Company, 1941. First edition thus. Wraps. Fine. Illustrated stiff purple paper wrappers. Yapp edges. 31 pp with six small illustrations. Written and Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program / Work Projects Administration / in the State of Nebraska. Sponsored by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. On the copyright page it states in part - "Most.....