Workers of the Writers Project of the Works Projects Administration in the City of New YorkBiblio.com
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1988réf. 1400764White Plains NY: Kraus International Publications 1988. First revised reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Three volumes. VG-. Black spine with silver lettering. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. No dust jackets as issued. Bindings slightly cocked with minor soiling on covers. Text blocks have very minor soiling. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-Volume Area ND-MV. 1400764. FP New Rockville Stock. Kraus International Publications hardcover
1966réf. 548320New York: Arno Press / Museum of Modern Art Film Library 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Volume 1 only. Small quarto. 723pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Boards lightly soiled near fine lacking a dust jacket. Arno Press / Museum of Modern Art Film Library hardcover
1939réf. 46471Macon Georgia:: The J. W. Burke Company. G/NONE. 1939. Hardcover. Slender hardback first edition bound in dark-red and gray cloth. Covers show light minor wear with touch of spine slant. Hinges sound uncracked. Pages tight clean with endpapers and some pages foxed. Tour map missing. No DJ. Not library discard. ; . The J. W. Burke Company, hardcover
1941réf. 024431Chicago IL: Albert Whitman & Co. 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light green pebbled cloth with dark green lettering on spine and front board with an illustration of an arrowhead on the front board Interior pages are slightly toned; the book is tight and square. The price clipped jacket has a couple of tiny chips at edges and a little soiling to the rear panel. Includes an Introduction by Margaret Culkin Banning five maps including endpapers and numerous illustrations glossary chronology bibliography and an index; 231 numbered pages. The book was sponsored by the Minnesota Arrowhead Association whose Executive Secretary S. Valentine Saxby inscribed the book to C. A. Bolte on 10/12/43 all on the half title page. A title in The American Guide Series. Albert Whitman & Co. hardcover
réf. 603323Winston-Salem North Carolina: Hastings House 1940. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Preface by Roscoe E. Lewis. xii 380pp. Blue buckram stamped in blue lettering. Ex-library with the usual markings lacking the rear endpapers hinges cracked spine darkened with cloth soiled a good only copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. An important work detailing the arrival of the first Africans in 1619 until the rise of Jim Crow laws in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with interviews from hundreds of slaves extensive research and literature relevant to the times. Hastings House hardcover
1940réf. 80285Lincoln: Woodruff Printing Company 1940. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. A serious attempt to present information about the state's African American population. The preface acknowledges Fred D. Dixon and Albert J. Burks two African American employees of the Nebraska Writers' Project for their invaluable research. Octavo. 48 pp. with drawings by Paul Gibson. In the original printed orange paper wrappers which are a bit toned with a minor stain to the front panel; otherwise very good. Woodruff Printing Company unknown
1940réf. 579671Lincoln Nebraska: Woodruff Printing Company 1940. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Drawings by Paul Gibson. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled orange wrappers printed in black. Staples partially pulled through very good. Historian activist and W.E.B. Du Bois literary executor Herbert Aptheker's copy with his ownership Signature. Woodruff Printing Company unknown
1938réf. 73412Elizabeth: Colby and McGowan 1938. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xvi 387pp. Ink name on front free endpaper else a very good hardback in a rubbed jacket that is sunned on the spine and has a closed tears and internal tape repairs. Colby and McGowan hardcover
1940réf. 65253Chicago Park District 1940. paperback. near very good condition with some wear and soiling- there are a few rubber stamped names- spiralbound. Chicago Park District paperback
1941réf. 7429Boston: State Teachers College at Westfield 1941. Very Good. Boston: State Teachers College at Westfield 1941. Slim octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth; 114pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven leaves of photographs printed on rectos only. Light shelf wear and minor soiling spine gilt a bit dulled else Very Good and sound. State Teachers College at Westfield unknown
2000réf. 43965Private Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. circa 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Hardcover facsimile reprint of the 1941 history of Union County Kentucky with index.; MCN36254; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages . Private Printing hardcover
1942réf. 54165Urbana OH: Gaumer Publishing Company 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. very good/fair. 147p octavo. WPA Guide. A very good copy in a fair dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards darkened at spine ends. Stamp on front end paper and a gift inscription from the previous owner penned opposite the title page. Dust jacket has creasing chips and closed tears along edges. Jacket covers are rubbed and lightly soiled spine very darkened. Gaumer Publishing Company hardcover
réf. 2717qsNew York: Hastings House MXMXLV. Sponsored by the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts; Co-sponsored by the Salt Lake County Commission. Octavo gray cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxvi 595 pp. Very Good with slight sunning to edges; in a Good mylar protected dust jacket with heavy edgewear that includes chipping. Hastings House, MXMXLV. Sponsored by the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts; Co-sponsored by the Salt Lake County Commission. hardcover
1941réf. 59800NY: Hastings House 1941. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxvi 553pp maps and index. Address label on verso of half title spine sunned with some dulling to the lettering else very good in publisher's blue cloth; lacking the jacket. Hastings House hardcover
réf. VT448Houghton Mifflin Boston 1966. Hbk 392pp illustrated in b/w maps and photographs with endpaper maps lacks dj now in custom acetate dust jacket fine green cloth boards with black lettering lightly used and an excellent clean tight unmarked text Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1966 hardcover
réf. 436683Albert Whitman & Co. Hardcover. Good. The twenty-first of thirty booklets in the Elementary Science Series created by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction; this one concerned with the titular elements: rivers tornadoes glaciers and similar features and how they affect the landscape. Book Condition: Good. Some damage to hinges binding slightly exposed '109' written in black ink on endpaper inside front board some marking and shelf wear to spine and cover edges. Albert Whitman & Co hardcover
1941réf. 203380Duell Sloan and Pearce 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Edition First Printing. Not price-clipped $3.00 price intact. Published by Duell Sloan and Pearce 1941. Octavo. Book is very good with marks/residue from removed bookplate on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with some shelf wear edgewear and tears. A scarce copy of this landmark publication of the WPA and part of the acclaimed American Guide Series. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover
1941réf. 7435New York: Oxford University Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover 490 pages. Very Good/Poor. First Edition. Light wear to boards with bumped lower and upper outer spine. Light foxing to outer text block and front and back paste-downs. Envelope affixed to back board paste-down housing large map of Wyoming. Map in good condition with light wear and foxing. Inscription cut and pasted to flyleaf page. Dust jacket shows heavy signs of reading wear scuffing and chipping to multiple areas with large tear along back flap. Oxford University Press hardcover
1941réf. 77907Stanford University: James Ladd Delkin 1941. Hardcover. 207p. first edition chronology glossary bibliography index inserted plates in photogravure very good first edition stated with minor toning on end papers in decorated green cloth boards in price-clipped dj. American Guide Series. James Ladd Delkin hardcover books
1944réf. 316981Cynthiana KY: The Hobson Book Press 1944. Hardcover. 300p. illus. cover slightly shelf worn spine lettering a bit dull else good condition. American guide series. The Hobson Book Press hardcover books
1939réf. 69266Newark: WPA 1939. Pamphlet. 6p. 8.5x11 inches wraps a few small rust stains on front wrap else very good condition. Stories of New Jersey bulletin #9 1939-40 series. WPA unknown books
réf. 61368bdTallahassee Florida: Nathan Mayo n.d. Octavo paperbound black & white illus. white wrappers 87 pp. Very Good with light edgewear. Nathan Mayo, n.d. unknown books
1940réf. UWORNEW00drpOxford University 1940. Good. Work Projects Administration. New York: A Guide to the Empire State. NY: Oxford University 1940. 782pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Stamped on top and bottom edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with rubbing and bumping. Former library sticker on foot of spine. Taped to boards. In DJ protector. Oxford University hardcover books
1943réf. RWOROHI00drpOxford University 1943. Very Good. Work Projects Administration. The Ohio Guide. NY: Oxford University 1943. 2nd printing. 634pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends. Small sticker-stamp on rear free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with small losses in spine ends and top corners. . Rear pocket glued to rear pastedown with large fold-out map inside. Oxford University unknown books
1942réf. 323244Salt Lake City: Sponsored by the Utah State Inst. of Fine Arts & Utah State Road Commission 1942. Pamphlet. 90p. Staplebound booklet in good condition; 5.5x7.5 inches illustrated with black and white photos and maps; some fading to cover and light pencil tracing on cover illustration price stamped under title and some corner creasing. American Guide Series. Sponsored by the Utah State Inst. of Fine Arts & Utah State Road Commission unknown books
