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réf. 61099bdKey West Fla.; Key West Administration n.d. ca. 1935. Oblong octavo stiff illustrated tan wrappers stapled 32 pp. Color illustrations created by local artists double-page color map color bird’s eye view. Fine. unknown books
1935réf. 61100bdKey West Fla.: Key West Administration n.d. ca. 1935. Oblong octavo stiff black wrappers with art deco decorations stapled 16 pp. Color illustrations double-page color map color bird’s eye view. Fine. Key West Administration, n.d. [ca. 1935]. unknown books
1939réf. 7389fdJacksonville: The Historical Records Survey Project 1939. Octavo cloth-backed flexible boards iv 29 pp. Near-Fine; former-owner signature. The Historical Records Survey Project, 1939. hardcover books
1973réf. 192fdiNew York: Hastings House 1973. Octavo blue cloth hardcover xix 733 pp. Neatly inked notations to ffep; otherwise Near-Fine in Very Good mylar protected dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. Hastings House, (1973). hardcover books
1949réf. 2712qsNew York: Hastings House 1949. Second Printing. Sponsored by State Department of Education. Octavo brown cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers 538 pp. Near-Fine with light edgewear; in a badly torn mylar protected dust jacket. Hastings House, (1949). Second Printing. Sponsored by State Department of Education. hardcover books
1947réf. 2711qsNew York: Oxford University Press 1947. Sponsored by James H. Price Governor of Virginia. Octavo green illus. cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxix 710 pp. Lacking rear map; Good with neatly inked notes to endpapers minimal wear to covers. Oxford University Press, (1947). Sponsored by James H. Price, Governor of Virginia. hardcover books
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 books
1949réf. 188dNew York: Hastings House 1949. Second Printing. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission. Octavo blue cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxii 442 pp. Map in rear pocket. Neatly inked notations to endpapers; otherwise Very Good with light edgewear; in a badly torn mylar protected dust jacket. Hastings House, (1949). Second Printing. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission. hardcover books
1951réf. 2843qsNew York: Hastings House Publishers 1951. Sponsored by the Colorado State Planning Commission. Octavo white cloth map illus. endpapers xxxiii 511 pp. Very Good. Hastings House, Publishers, (1951). Sponsored by the Colorado State Planning Commission. hardcover books
1952réf. 2833qsNew York: Hastings House 1952. Sponsored by the State of South Dakota. Octavo blue cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxvii 421 pp. Near-Fine with lightly rubbed edges; in a Good dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. Hastings House, (1952). Sponsored by the State of South Dakota. hardcover books
1950réf. 2834qsNew York: Oxford University Press 1950. Sponsored by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Octavo blue cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xix 352 pp. Near-Fine with foxing age darkening to endpapers in a Very Good mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes light chipping. Oxford University Press, 1950. Sponsored by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. hardcover books
1973réf. qms225New York: Haskell House Publishers Ltd. 1973. Octavo grey cloth hardcover gilt letters xvii 341 pp. Near-Fine with small blemish about the size of a pencil eraser to upper cover. Haskell House Publishers Ltd., 1973. 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
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
1937réf. RDIGCAP00tpmModern Pilgrim 1937. Very Good. Digges Jeremiah. Cape Cod Pilot. American Guide Series. Works Progress Administration. Provincetown: Modern Pilgrim 1937. 1st edition. 403pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Book condition: Very good with soiled and slightly toned extremities. The corners and spine ends are lightly bumped and frayed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with bumped and cipped edges. Head of spine is held by tape. Extremities browning. In dust jacket protector. Modern Pilgrim hardcover books
1938réf. RWORNEW01tpmHoughton Mifflin 1938. Very Good. Works Progress Administration. New Orleans City Guide. American Guide Series. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1938. 430pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing and gently bumped corners. Pages have toned extremities and the front free endsheet has faint red stains. Folded map laid in sleeve on the rear pastedown. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
1949réf. RFEDIOW00fpHastings House 1949. Very Good. Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Iowa. Iowa: A Guide to the Hawkeye State. American Guide Series. New York: Hastings House 1949. Fourth printing. xxviii 583pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Orange cloth with brown lettering. Book condition: Very good. Head of spine lightly bumped. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Price clipped. Edges rubbed and chipped with small losses on head of spine back top corner and along bottom edges . Hastings House hardcover books
1937réf. RWORIDA00tpmCaxton Printers 1937. Good. Works Progress Administration. Idaho: A Guide in Word and Picture. Fisher Vardis. Caldwell Idaho: Caxton Printers 1937. 1st edition. 431pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and designs. Book condition: Good with lightly rubbed edges and bumped corners. The spine ends are chipped and the hinges are slightly weak. Pages are slightly stiff rippled and have a slight yellowing. Caxton Printers hardcover books
1948réf. 29141London: Economic Cooperation Administration 1948. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Oblong Quarto. In green paper wrappers with white title to front cover. Minor wear to edges of wrappers. Clean bright interior with graphs throughout. 184 pages. ECO/041416. Economic Cooperation Administration paperback books
1948réf. 28625London: Economic Cooperation Administration 1948. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Quarto. In green paper wrappers with white title to front cover. Top inch of spine is chipped. Minor wear to edges of wrappers. Clean. 184 pages. ECO/090315. Economic Cooperation Administration paperback books
1936réf. 28706London: Institute of Public Administration 1936. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in orange paper wrappers with black title to front cover and spine panel. Slight browning to spine and edges of covers. Pages 239 - 349. ENG/091015. Institute of Public Administration paperback books
1938réf. 2605Monroe Township New Jersey: The Monroe Township Committee 1938. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon Federal Writers Project title part of the wonderful American Guide Series which was overseen by the WPA. Clean and VG in its original pictorial wrappers. Octavo 140 pgs. The Monroe Township Committee unknown books
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 books
1970réf. 231521970. War on Drugs Press photographs of drug enforcement addiction treatment and anti-violence intervention in Houston New Orleans and El Paso 1970-1992 documenting how the War on Drugs functioned across policing rehabilitation public messaging and newspaper circulation. Several prints retain typed caption slips assignment sheets and Houston Chronicle stamps locating the group within newsroom and wire-service use rather than private snapshot production. The strongest images show not only arrests and seized evidence but the wider apparatus surrounding narcotics policy: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center U.S. Customs canine inspection work in Houston a New Orleans anti-drug and anti-violence rally at the Desire Housing Project and rehabilitation scenes tied to Bridge House and Charity Hospital detox with Black urban communities especially central to the visual language of late 1980s coverage. Photo archive of 12 silver gelatin press photographs all 8 x 10 inches Houston El Paso and New Orleans 1970-1992. The group includes a February 16 1970 press image identified as "Dope Raid" showing officials examining a crate of seized drug paraphernalia; a 1971 "Drug raid" photograph; and a 1979 image of the control center of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Intelligence Center with consoles screens desks and seated staff in a surveillance-heavy operations room. A likely 1975 evidence display isolates a syringe spoon folded packet and narcotics sample against a dark ground with an attached caption describing a "$5 package of cocaine" and a glassine of heroin; another early 1970s image bears a clipping caption about Drug Enforcement Administration agents seizing a tug and a large marijuana cache. Late period photographs shift toward street-level enforcement and public intervention: a 1990 Houston image captioned "Drug Traffic Houston" shows U.S. Customs using a dog named Magnum to search vehicles; a 1992 Houston Chronicle photo records Sgt. G.U. Rodriguez inspecting a Corvette after a chase connected to a drug dispute involving fake drugs and real guns; one image marked "Operation Crackdown" shows a Texas officer handcuffing a young Black man on the lawn outside an apartment building; another captioned "Crowd at service ctr. made into booking desk" shows a packed intake scene around tables and paperwork. The New Orleans photographs are especially strong: one print shows Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand speaking beneath a banner reading "Preventing Violence in the Black Community" at an anti-drug and violence rally at the Desire Housing Project in 1988; another shows a group discussion at Bridge House captioned on verso as "John speaking about crack addiction;" a third presents Ron identified on verso as "a crack addict seeking rehabilitation" seated in silhouette by a wired window at Charity Hospital detox with a wall poster reading "Charity is a Winner!" The group traces American drug policy imagery from early raid and evidence photographs in 1970s press usage through the institutional expansion of intelligence coordination neighborhood sweeps addiction treatment and anti-violence campaigns during the crack era. These photographs depict both the scale and the impact of the War on Drugs: federal intelligence and customs work local police enforcement medical detox residential recovery and public-facing community rhetoric all appear here in concrete captioned form. Editorial markings stamps clipping residue light creasing and surface wear from newsroom handling; overall good condition. The concentration of captioned Texas and Louisiana press images reveal how narcotics policy was staged enforced and narrated in the urban Gulf South as well as depicting the community response and its notable effect on African American communities. unknown books
1938réf. 621469Raleigh: The North Carolina Historical Commission 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First editions. Complete in three volumes. 491 568 760pp. Maroon cloth gilt. Spines sunned and covers lightly rubbed page edges a trifle foxed and soiled and final 75 pages of Vol. II with a tiny stain on the bottom edge a very good or better set. The North Carolina Historical Commission hardcover books
