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.
Tallahassee: The Florida State Department of Agriculture, (1941). First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. The volume is stapled yet has a flat spine. 87pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs and a large fold-out color map of the Everglades is attached to the rear interior cover. This is a very clean, bright and solid copy. Compiled by.....
New York: Oxford University Press, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of South Carolina. Sponsored by Burnet R. Maybank, Governor of South Carolina. Octavo, xxvii, 514 pages. Illustrated throughout with three maps in text, a tour key map at the front endpapers, and a large.....
New York: Hastings House, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original oblong volume, printed paper on boards with black cloth spine. 836pp. Reproduced, with an introduction by The Federal Writers' Project of Kentucky, Works Progress Administration. An American Guide Series volume. As mentioned above, this is a reproduction issue of a volume originally issued in 1854 by William.....
New York: M. Barrows And Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. In original yellow cloth binding, with lettering and state map stamped in blue. Octavo, xiii, 422pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey. Profusely illustrated with two in-text maps. This copy has what Scharf &.....
New York: M. Barrows And Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Good / Good. In original yellow cloth binding, with lettering and state map stamped in blue. Octavo, xiii, 422pp. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of New Jersey. Profusely illustrated with two in-text maps. This copy has what Scharf &.....
(Philadelphia): William Penn Association, 1937. First edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original wrappers, lettered in blue. 28, (1)pp. Sponsored by Western Pennyslvania Committee on Folklore. Compiled by The Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated with unattributed line drawings though several examples do have an "OT".....
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1939. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original light brown cloth lettered in dark brown. Octavo, xx, 421pp. As Told By The People And Written By Members Of The Federal Writers' Project Of The Works Progress Administration In North Carolina, Tennessee, And Georgia. A clean and solid copy copy. This volume is.....
Tulsa: The Mid-West Printing Co., 1938. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. 79pp. Compiled by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Oklahoma. Sponsored by The Tulsa Federation of Women's Clubs. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated throughout with large aerial photograph of Tulsa as a frontispiece. Four maps, three in-text.....
Mitchell, SD: South Dakota Writers' League, 1938. First edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. 58pp. Written by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration in South Dakota. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated throughout. This copy signed at the half-title, H.E. Beebe with the date of July, 1938. I can find no certain attribution but it is.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1937). Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Octavo, (xxiii), 392pp. Written by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Vermont. An American Guide Series volume. Later printing because there is no date on the title page. Illustrated.....
New York: Fleming Publishing Company, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original tan cloth. Square 12mo. Unpaginated but (58)pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings by Ralph W. Lermond of the Virginia Art Project. Compiled by workers of the Virginia Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia. This book was issued in variant.....
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. 1140pp, (1). Map endpapers. Four maps and two folding maps in pocket attached to the inside rear cover. Illustrated throughout with photos. Federal Writers's Project /Works Progress Administration.The second book to come out from The American Guide Series, and by.....
Harrisburg, PA: The Pennyslvania Museum Extension Project, (1939). First edition. Loose_leaf. Near Fine. A rare and amazing collection of 109 hand-colored costume plates from the Western Costume Series and 23 plates from the Asiatic Costume Series for a total of 132 plates. Also included, and absolutely integral to the collection, is a complete matching set of single page typed/mimeos providing.....
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1942. Third printing. Hardcover. Fine / Good. Original illustrated brown cloth. Small quarto, xii, 211pp. Prepared By Workers Of The WPA Federal Writers' Project In The City Of New York. Illustrated throughout, with one full page map of the world and with illustrated endpapers. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The jacket is creased.....
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, (1941). Second edition. Hardcover. Good / Near Fine. Original pale green cloth. The first edition was issued in 1941 as well. Octavo, xxvii, 651pp. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Wisconsin. With twelve in-text maps. The green cloth is mottled on the front panel.....
Washington DC: Works Progress Administration, 1936. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Large "folio" sized, soft cover publication. Stiff buff covers, lettered in black. Previous owner signature to the front cover of Robert F. Martin. Mr. Martin was an author and researcher active in the 1930's and a member of the National Industrial Conference Board. Contains maps and charts and.....
New York: The MacMillan Company, (1939). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Original dark blue cloth, lettered and lined in gilt. Octavo, xli, 427 pp. A very good copy of the true first edition of this now scarce American Guide Series work and one of the very few, Idaho being the other exception, to have a listed author. This.....