Lincoln: Woodruff Printing Company, 1940. First edition thus. Wraps. Fine. Illustrated stiff blue paper wrappers. Yapp edges. 32pp with five small illustrated tail pieces at the end of chapters. 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.....
Portland, Ore. Binfords & Mort, (1940). Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original bright red textured cloth, lettered in black. Octavo, xviii, 315pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Nevada. Sponsored by Dr. Jeanne Elizabeth Wier, Nevada State Historical Society. Five maps in text with a large full.....
New Castle: New Castle Historical Society, 1950. Third edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Soft covered volume. Originally compiled by the Delaware Federal Writers' Project In the American Guide Series. The book was a bit of wave to it.
Chapel Hill: The University Of North Carolina, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth, stamped in gilt to the front panel and spine. Octavo, xxxiv, 601pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration, for the State of North Carolina. Sponsored by North Carolina Department of Conservation.....
(Newburyport)? Historical Society Of Old Newbury, 1937. First edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original illustrated gray wrappers, lettered in black. Octavo, (vi), 69pp. Compiled and Written by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts. Reproduced from a typed text but not a mimeo. Three full page drawings and seven in-text. From the Foreward - ".....
San Antonio: The Clegg Company, (1939). First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original oversized large quarto illustrated wrappers. 22, (1)pp. Compiled and Written by the Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas. Maury Maverick, Mayor of San Antonio. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated throughout with drawings, photos and one large map. This copy has one curious.....
New York: Hastings House, (1939). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original beige coarse grained cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in dark brown. Octavo, xii, 244pp. Compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. An American Guide Series volume. This copy is the later state because the "US 30" has been dropped from.....
Salt Lake City: Utah State Department of Public Instruction, 1940. Third edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original stapled blue wrappers. Quarto size, 47, (1)pp. Compiled and Written by Utah Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration. An American Guide Series publication. A mimeo production, printed on one side only. The final leaf presents the song "Utah, We Love Thee." According to Powell, the.....
No Place: (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original red paper on boards, with darker red cloth on spine. Lettered and stamped in black. Small octavo, 81pp. Compiled, Written and Illustrated by Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration. An American Guide Series volume. No date in the book but the 1938 edition of the Catalog for the American Guide Series, lists.....
Mitchell, SD: (1937). First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original brown card stock wrappers, lettered and illustrated in dark brown. (12)pp - unpaginated. A Brochure Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration, in South Dakota. An American Guide Series publication. Sponsored by The Parent Teachers Association. A collection of eleven short and sometimes whimsical stories. Three illustrations, one being full.....
Portage: 1938. First edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original blue wrappers, lettered in black. 85pp. Compiled and Written by Federal Writers' Project of Wisconsin, Works Progress Administration. Sponsored by the Portage Chamber of Commerce. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated with photographs throughout and three full page maps. This book comes with the original shipping envelope, which shows some wear and.....
Portage: 1942. Second edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original green wrappers, lettered in black. 85pp. Compiled and Written by Federal Writers' Project of Wisconsin, Works Progress Administration. Sponsored by the Portage Chamber of Commerce. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated with photographs throughout and three full page maps. The contents of the book remain unchanged. The original date of 1938 remains.....
Princeton: Republican Printing Company, 1939. First edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illustrated wrappers. 48pp, (7). Illustrated throughout with one map. Federal Writers' Project (Illinois)/ Works Progress Administration. An American Guide Series publication. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects. Dykes, #85.
Philadelphia: Willia Penn Association, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original dark red cloth, lettered in black. Octavo, 263pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennyslvania - Berks County Unit. Sponsored by the Firemen's Union Of Reading. An American Guide Series volume. Illustrated. Folding map in a pocket.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Extra large "folio" format, bound in gray/green stiff card stock and lettered in black. Dated, October 15, 1936. Spine bound in original black binders tape. Contains charts, maps, graphs and illustrations. "This report reviews the various kinds of projects operated by the Works Progress Administration and outlines the.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large "folio" format, bound in light tan stiff card covers, lettered in black with a small Tulane University Library stamp. Dated, December, 1937. No other markings. In the opening Letter of Transmittal, Harry Hopkins states - "This report places primary emphasis on activities of the first 10 months.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large "folio" sized soft covered publication. Bound in buff stiff card stock, lettered in black with the date of June, 1937 stated. "Provision of jobs on socially desirable and useful projects for persons destitute as a result of prolonged unemployment is the purpose for which the Works Program.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1937. First edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large "folio" sized soft covered publication bound in bluish/gray stiff paper, lettered in black. From March, 1937. Small Tulane University stamp to the cover. No other markings. "Following sections deal with various aspects of the Program: the work accomplished, the employment provided, the projects operated, and the funds.....
Washington DC: Work Projects Administration, 1941. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Large, "folio" size soft covered book bound in stiff tan card stock covers, printed in black. From June 30, 1941. Small Tulane University stamp to the front cover. The Preface contains the following statement - "The report contains special sections on the participation of the WPA in the.....
Washington DC: Work Projects Administration, 1942. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Large, "folio" size soft covered book bound in stiff tan card stock covers, printed in black. From June 30, 1942. A few marks in red pencil to the cover. "The report contains special sections on the war activities and the vocational training activities carried on by the WPA.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, United States Goverment Printing Office. 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Large "folio" format, soft-bound and bound in gray/green heavy paper. Lettered in black and red. "This report ... summarizes the expansion of the Program as a whole, the distribution of the available funds, the experiences of the participating agencies, and the provisions governing.....
Rhinelander, WI: The Rhinelander Logging Museum, (1940). First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. 12mo, unpaginated but (45)pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program, Work Projects Administration in the State of Wisconsin. Illustrated by the Wisconsin Art Project with five ochre wood-cuts, including the frontispiece. Three small tail-pieces also adorn the book. As new. A beautiful copy of this.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original bright red cloth. Octavo, xxvi, 500pp. Written by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Rhode Island. Illustrated with four in-text maps, a tour key map to the front endpapers which is unusual for books in this series, repeated.....
San Antonio: The Clegg Company, 1941. Second edition. Spiral_bound. Fine. Original spiral bound card stock booklett. Illustrated front panel. Octavo, (iv), 111pp. The second edition is a revised version of the original 1938 version. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated throughout with six.....
(Roxbury): The Boston School Department, 1937. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original brown wrappers, lettered in black. 54pp. Illustrated frontispiece. Compiled by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Massachusetts. Virtually as new. As fine a copy as one could hope to find. Powell, # 618.