Indiana State Library. Very Good with no dust jacket. circa 1978. Hardcover. Index typed by the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Index of names and businesses extracted from eleven historical sources. ; MCN32087; 704 pp . Indiana State Library hardcover
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1939. Wraps. vg. Pictorial wrappers. 51pp "Nauvoo is one of the most important places associated with the history of the middle west"."Powell 339 Dykes 83. Scarce. American Guide Series. A.C. McClurg & Co unknown
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co 1939. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. W. Lincoln Highton Photographer--unless otherwise. 178 4 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. DJ in a plastic sleeve is soiled worn torn chipped and missing portions at top and bottom. Preface by Henry G. Alsberg. This work was Sponsored by the Guild's Committee of Federal Writers' Publications Inc. This is on of the American Guide Series. This work is organized in the following sections: Washington: The Planner The Plan and Its Evolution; Government: The Capitol The White House The Departments and Independent Agencies; Embassies Shrines and Monuments Historic Houses Churches Museums Libraries Galleries and Learned Societies Organizations International and National Festivals and Scenes Environs Arlington Mount Vernon Alexandria Virginia and Outline Tours in Washington and Vicinity. The Federal Writers' Project FWP was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration WPA a New Deal program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as Federal Project Number One. The FWP employed thousands of people and produced hundreds of publications including state guides city guides local histories oral histories ethnographies and children's books. In addition to writers the Project provided jobs to unemployed librarians clerks researchers editors and historians. The American Guide series the most well-known of the FWP's publications consisted of guides to the then 48 states as well as the Alaska Territory Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. The books were written and compiled by writers from individual states and territories and edited by Alsberg and his staff in Washington D.C. The format was generally uniform and each guide included detailed histories of the state or territory with descriptions of every city and town automobile travel routes photographs maps and chapters on natural resources culture and geography. The inclusion of essays about the various cultures of people living in the states including immigrants and African Americans was unprecedented. In each state a Writers' Project non-relief staff of editors was formed along with a much larger group of field workers drawn from local unemployment rolls. The people hired came from a variety of backgrounds ranging from former newspaper workers to white-collar and blue-collar workers without writing or editing experience. A. C. McClurg & Co hardcover
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1939. First edition. Hard Cover. vg/vg. Small quarto. 178pp Many photographic illustrations. Nice copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. American Guide Series. A.C. McClurg & Co unknown
Works Progress Administration 1936 Softcover folio. Three volumes. 1st edition.84 91 & 146 pp. Spine bound in original black binders tape. Contains charts maps graphs and photo illustrations. "This report reviews the various kinds of projects operated by the Works Progress Administration and outlines the activities carried on by the other agencies participating in the Works Program.". 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Works Progress Administration paperback
Two-page bulletin on "Specification for Goggles" prepared by Herbert J. Brammeier for the Safety Division of the Works Progress Administration for Illinois. Undated it is mimeographed on two sheets of light green paper and bound with a staple.<br /> <br /> Accompanied by eight illustrated broadsides 8 ½" x 11" issued by the Safety Division:<br /> <br /> THESE GOGGLES SAVED AN EYE. Three copies printed in black on the recto of coated white stock.<br /> <br /> DON'T PICK ON THE OTHER FELLOW. SD Poster #9. Mimeographed on the recto of light yellow stock.<br /> <br /> LINCOLN: ON SAFETY. SD Poster #10. Mimeographed on the recto of cream stock.<br /> <br /> PLAY BALL! SD Poster #11. Mimeographed on the recto of goldenrod stock.<br /> <br /> THE MORE YOU HEAR ABOUT SAFETY. SD Poster #12. Mimeographed on the recto of light green stock.<br /> <br /> IF YOU DON'T PREVENT ACCIDENTS. SD Poster #15. Two copies mimeographed on the recto of cream stock.<br /> <br /> LIFT SAFELY! SD Poster #16. Two copies mimeographed on the recto of goldenrod stock.<br /> <br /> TO THE PUBLIC. SD Poster #17. Two copies mimeographed on the recto of pink stock.<br /> <br /> Light toning along the extremities with minimal smudging to a few of the broadsides; otherwise very good. OCLC locates no holdings. unknown
NY: Hastings House. Good/Good see notes. 1940. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 531pp . Spots of damp-damage to cloth some waviness to upper right corners of text block. 1" tear some edgewear and soiling to DJ. . Hastings House hardcover
The Writer Inc. 1939. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. The Writer, Inc. hardcover
New York City: WPA Federal Theatre ca. 1936. 9.5" x 7.5" B&W photo oblong. Good with tear to upper right corner. New York City: WPA Federal Theatre, [ca. 1936]. unknown
Government Printing Office 1937. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Spine faded. Clean unmarked pages. Includes map in rear pocket. xxvi. 1140 pages. <br> The American Guide Series was a group of books and pamphlets published under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project FWP a Depression-era works program in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP but printed by individual states and contained detailed histories of each state with descriptions of every city and town. The format was uniform comprising essays on the state's history and culture descriptions of its major cities automobile tours of important attractions and a portfolio of photographs. Government Printing Office hardcover
Baltimore: Works Progress Administration of Maryland n.d. Paperback. Good. photos 19p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28 cm. Some cover soiling and wear. "Withdrawn from the Enoch Pratt Free Library" stamp at top of page 1. An uncommon monthly periodical. We don't know how many issues of this uncommong periodical were published. This inaugural issue includes: "Negro Recreation Division Carries on Broad Program" at pages 6-7 and completed on page 16. Works Progress Administration of Maryland paperback
Pittsburgh PA: Works Progress Administration 1930. Poster. Very Good. Fifteen different hand-colored screenprints each 23 in. x 18 in. on heavy cardstock that feature traditional European costumes from various time periods. Includes No. 19 72 73 77 78 79 81 82 90 92 93 95 96 104 and 108 which highlight men's women's and children's costumes from the Byzantine Louis XV Louis XVI Directoire Empire-Romantic and Late Victorian eras. Light age-toning along edges with white cloth tape stretched along left edge where it was once bound. Several boards have show minor creases at bottom right corner. Print #19 has deterioration and the loss of some paper along bottom edge. Light edgewear to #81 and #82. Colors are vibrant and still "pop". Protected in archival plastic. WPA District 15 was located in PIttsburgh PA. The Museum Extension Project arm of the WPA which sponsored these specific plates focused on producing historic models puppets illustrated plates and maps for use in school districts especially those with limited access to museums. Works Progress Administration unknown
A collection of over 400 pages of typescript extracts of original records mostly carbons for the WPA survey for St. Johns County done between 1936-38. Extracts include deeds of emancipation land claims & deeds estate papers mortgage foreclosures guardian appointments court proceedings etc. A wealth of primary material transcripts used to create the "Inventory of the County Archives of Florida." Some edgewear & foxing to a few pages. An important group. <br/><br/> unknown books
New York 1937. Volume one numbers 4 & 5; volume 2 numbers 1-4. Six issues. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations a few in color. Wrappers occasionally dust-tanned or smudged library blind-stamp in lower fore- corner of first wrapper; chiefly very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. The last three issues here indicate efforts to achieve distribution to the public through newsstands and bookshops rather than just to individuals associated with the Project. Those issues were distributed according to a note in pictorial covers rather than in the typographic wrappers evidenced here. Don Freeman contributed several frontispieces including color and there are color plates of marionettes and costume designs. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flanagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
New York 1936. Volume one number five. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations two pages in color lithograph. Wrappers faintly dust tanned at edgesotherwise very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a multilithographed frontispiece and there are two color plates of costume designs. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
New York 1936. Volume two number two. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations two pages in color lithograph. Wrappers dust soiled with some light inky fingerprints internally very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a multilithographed frontispiece and there is a color litho of costume designs. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
New York 1937. Volume two number three. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations one in color lithograph. Lower wrapper dust darkened at edges otherwise very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a frontispiece and there is a color litho of marionettes. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
New York 1937. Volume two number four. Quarto. Stapled stiff wrappers. Photographs and illustrations one in color lithograph. Wrappers dust darkened at edges otherwise very good. Edited by Pierre de Rohan. Originally subtitled the "Monthly News Bulletin Issued for All Workers on Federal Theatre Projects Throughout America by the Bureau of Research and Publication" then finally abbreviated to the "Bulletin of the Federal Theatre Project." An essential record of the Theatre Project under the direction of Hallie Flanagan. Its aspiration to appear monthly was short-lived and a final third volume appeared evidently terminating in May 1938. Don Freeman contributes a frontispiece and there is a color litho of a stage design. The text ranges from summary reports and projections by Flannagan and others to accounts of specific productions and theatre groups in the North East as well as elsewhere. Uncommon essential. unknown books
New York: Federal Theatre No Date. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Scarce WPA program guide for the play "Doctor Faustus" produced by Orson Welles based on a Christopher Marlowe play. Music by Paul Bowles. N.D. 1937. Single sheet folded once to form a four page booklet. The play starred Orson Welles and Charles peyton among many players. Very good condition. Listed as F21 in Miller's bibliography of Paul Bowles. Federal Theatre paperback books
New York: The Devin-Adair Co. Very Good. 1942. Hardcover. Service Academy Series. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Texas. Ex-library usual markings. Rebacked in red library buckram with black printing to spine. Contents are bright complete. A Good copy. . The Devin-Adair Co. hardcover books
Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1937. First Edition. Wraps. Good. By examining the experience of the transient program this report has been able to isolate a number of widely-held misconceptions about transients and transient relief. Analysis of the reasons why migrant families left home and of their subsequent travels reveals that they were not - as is so commonly believed - irresponsible and degraded groups addicted to chronic wandering. On the contrary a large majority of them were habitually settled and self-supporting families dislodged by the depression and seeking reestablishment elsewhere. The families left home not only because they were in distress but also because of a reasonable expectation of an improved status at their destination." WPA Research Monograph VII XIII and XVIII. Tall octavo three volumes. Original printed gray paper wrappers. Some general wear and soiling with a previous owner's ink signature on the front panel of each volume. United States Government Printing Office unknown books
New York: Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Arno Press 1966. xxxiv27231pp. Large octavo. Cloth. Plates. A very good to near fine copy. Photo-offset reprint of the original 1941 publication by MOMA compiled under the auspices of the New York section of the Federal Writers Program. As would be expected a massive pioneering work. Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Arno Press hardcover books
Utah: Ogden City Commission 1940. Wraps. vg. Oversize wrappers. 77pp Some light chipping to edges of wraps. Thorough history with extensive bibliography. Much on Mormons and warfare. Dykes 344; Powell 1506. Ogden City Commission unknown
Cleveland: Works Projects Administration 1939. 10 volumes original paper wrappers approx. 2750 pp. in all minor library markings light soiling to the covers else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Cleveland: Works Projects Administration unknown
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