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ALABAMA A Guide to the Deep South

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers Project]

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1975

Seller ID: 16876

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

DJ price clipped; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 411 pages
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LOUISIANA STATE GUIDE

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers Project]

Price: $145.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1943

Seller ID: 16858

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

Boards mildly dampstained and with light residue from sticky DJ. Endpapers and edges a bit browned. Former owner's name on page facing title page. DJ price clipped, browned, lightly dampstained, glue residue from a previous taping job and lightly chipped. ; Numerous photogravures. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 746 pages
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A GUIDE TO KEY WEST

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1949

Edition: Second Revised Edition

Seller ID: 16978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Light chipping to spine ends. Small spots to front board ; Photogravures; 12mo; 122 pages
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A GUIDE TO KEY WEST

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1949

Edition: Second Revised Edition

Seller ID: 20018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on page opposite half-title page. Spine a bit slanted. ; Photogravures; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 122 pages
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A PICTURE OF LYCOMING COUNTY

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Williamsport, Commisioners of Lycoming County : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 5232

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boards with a bit of edgewear and with gilt spine lettering faded. Minor staining to front board. Small apparent ink stain p 159 and children's drawing on p 130 ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 223 pages
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A PICTURE OF LYCOMING COUNTY

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Williamsport, Commisioners of Lycoming County : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 17791

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Light wear to boards. Gilt spine lettering a bit faded. Stamped on front free endpaper; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 223 pages
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A SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDE

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Pierre, State Publishing Company : 1952

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 5741

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Light shelf wear and small open tear to DJ, which is price clipped; The rough-and-tumble pioneer history of South Dakota is here chronicled, along with the ususal tours and points of interest. A very handsome copy; B&W Photographs; 8vo; xxvii, 421 pages
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A SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDE

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1952

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 20126

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. ; The rough-and-tumble pioneer history of South Dakota is here chronicled, along with the usual tours and points of interest. Maps in endpapers. A handsome and tight copy; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxvii, 421 pages
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A SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDE

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Pierre, State Publishing Company : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20697

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

The slightest of browning to the endpapers. A handsome and tight copy. ; The rough-and-tumble pioneer history of South Dakota is here chronicled, along with the ususal tours and points of interest. One of the scarcest of the WPA guides, this first edition had a print run of just 2500, after which the plates were destroyed. VG+ folding map in rear pocket. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiii, 441 pages
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A SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDE

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1952

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 20713

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. One small ink spot on front boards. Former owner's name on half-title page. ; Decorative maps in endpapers. Detailed map on several pages at the end of the book. Schoyer 567.; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxvii, 421 pages
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ALBANY GUIDE

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 20236

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good

Pages are in handsome condition, but detaching from each other; No date or title page; circa 1938. Similar in layout to a cities section of state guide, starting with Albany-Past and Present, and continuing with a scenic motor tour. Cover shows aerial view front and back; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo; 28 pages
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ALMANAC FOR NEW YORKERS 1938 Accomodated to the Five Boroughs but May with Sensible Error Serve for the Entire Metropolitan Disctrict and Even More Distant Points

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $90.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Age Books : 1937

Seller ID: 20420

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

DJ missing. ; An almanac with historical facts for the year 1938. A very handsome and tight copy; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 120 pages
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COLORADO A Guide to the Highest State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1959

Seller ID: 20118

Binding: Hardcover; Seventh Printing

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Small chips and closed tears to DJ. Small loss to DJ spine ends. ; Sixty-four pages of photogravures enliven this guide to all things Colorado, from frontier days to mining booms and busts, to the prewar era. Seventh printing from 1959, by which time the cover price was $6.50, as against the original issue price of $2.50. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiii, 511 pages
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COLORADO A Guide to the Highest State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $80.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1943

Seller ID: 20311

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good

Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Pages of one corner a bit dog-eard ; Including the outstanding photogravures. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiii, 511 pages
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COPPER CAMP Stories of the World's Greatest Mining Town Butte, Montana

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1943

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20373

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Boards with moderate wear to extremities and with spine a bit darkened. ; Primarily authored by William Burke, this story of Montana's 'largest and strangest city' is a collection of anecdotes and characters of the town where the dust never settled. Some seriously wacky people, labor-management struggles, and blind, illiterate judges populate this volume of stories of the mining frontier ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
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COPPER CAMP Stories of the World's Greatest Mining Town Butte, Montana

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Books Inc. : 1943

Seller ID: 20692

Binding: Hardcover; Second Printing

Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket

DJ with light chipping and foxing. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest foxing to endpapers. ; Primarily authored by William Burke, this story of Montana's 'largest and strangest city' is a collection of anecdotes and characters of the town where the dust never settled. Schoyer 326 ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages
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DEATH VALLEY

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton and Mifflin : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 5043

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Small open tears and shelfwear to DJ; There's more to Death Valley than high temperatures. Read about the history, ecology, and the spectacular scenery. With fold-out map of the region in rear. Photogravures; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 75 pages
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DELAWARE A Guide to the First State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $180.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 17072

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

DJ price clipped and with light wear to edges and light fraying to spine ends. Endpapers tanned as usual; NF map in rear pocket; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 549 pages
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DELAWARE A Guide to the First State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20330

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

DJ with moderate chipping. 1" loss to spine ends. Small hole to DJ spine. Small open tear to DJ back. Boards with moderate shelfwear and browning to spine ends. A bit of tanning to endpapers. Slight foxing and tanning to edges. Former owner's name and blindstamp on front free endpaper. ; VG+ map in rear pocket. This is the first edition with the year in roman numerals on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 549 pages
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DELAWARE A Guide to the First State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20508

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

DJ with light chipping and small open tears. 1" loss to DJ bottom spine. Price clipped. Boards a bit faded. Endpapers tanned. Browning/spotting to edges. Rear map missing. ; This is the first edition with the year in roman numerals on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 549 pages
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FEDERAL THEATRE PLAYS Prologue to Glory; One-Third of a Nation; Haiti

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Random House : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 5919

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Light wear to boards. Spine a bit browned. ; During the Depression, it was felt that dramatists, actors, and stage crew were valuable cultural resources, so the government supported the creation and performance of original works of drama. This volume contains Prologue to Glory, about the early days of Abe Lincoln; One-Third of a Nation, about tenement life; and Haiti, about that nation's struggle for independence. Stated first printing. With one photograph from each production ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xiii, 81, 121, 80 pages
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FLORIDA SEAFOOD COOKERY Bulletin No. 119 July 1955

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Tallahassee, State of Florida Department of Agriculture : 1955

Seller ID: 20602

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

The covers are reprinted (but not noticeable). Original covers are laid-in. ; An unusual project for the WPA - seafood recipes from Florida. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages
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HENDERSON A Guide to Audubon's Home Town in Kentucky

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $90.00

Publisher: New York, Bacon, Percy, and Dagget : 1941

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 5182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

DJ a bit tanned and with light chipping. Sticker on title page; The history and notables of Henderson, Kentucky, the hometown of noted naturalist John James Audubon, are here in this first and only edition. With 25 illustrations; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 120 pages
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HERE'S NEW ENGLAND A Guide to Vacationland

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton and Mifflin : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 5894

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boards slightly faded. Rear endpaper with notes. Rear map missing. Includes numerous ephemera from this period laid-in; A guide to the highlights of the six New England states for your vacation pleasure. Photos bound in before the title page, of quaint houses and scenic views. Project director Alsburg wanted to produce six regional guides covering all then-48 states, but this is the only one to see the light of day. Including the beautiful photogravures; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 122 pages
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HERE'S NEW ENGLAND A Guide to Vacationland

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton and Mifflin : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 17077

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Bookplate. Pages a bit tanned ; A guide to the highlights of the six New England states for your vacation pleasure. Photos bound in before the title page, of quaint houses and scenic views. Project director Alsburg wanted to produce six regional guides covering all then-48 states, but this is the only one to see the light of day. ; Photogravures; 8vo; 122 pages
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HERE'S NEW ENGLAND A Guide to Vacationland

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton and Mifflin : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 19350

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Boards a bit faded and with spine sunned. ; A guide to the highlights of the six New England states for your vacation pleasure. Photos bound in before the title page, of quaint houses and scenic views. Project director Alsburg wanted to produce six regional guides covering all then-48 states, but this is the only one to see the light of day. Map in rear pocket. Includes a brochure "New England Art Museums, Summer 1947"; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 122 pages
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HERE'S NEW ENGLAND A Guide to Vacationland

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton and Mifflin : 1939

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 20471

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

DJ a bit tanned and with light chipping. Browning to DJ spine. Price clipped. Bold red cloth boards with a few spots of discoloration ; A guide to the highlights of the six New England states for your vacation pleasure. Extensive section of outstanding photogravures before the title page, of quaint houses and scenic views. Project director Alsburg wanted to produce six regional guides covering all then - 48 states, but this is the only one to see the light of day. Folding color map in rear pocket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 122 pages
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INDIANA A Guide to the Hoosier State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $300.00

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press : 1941

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 18190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

DJ with light chipping. One corner nicely tape repaired. Endpapers browned ; Folding map in rear pocket ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 548 pages
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IOWA A Guide to the Hawkeye State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 1938

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: 19656

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Slight browning to endpapers ; Fold-out map in rear pocket ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 583 pages
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IOWA A Guide to the Hawkeye State

By: Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Hastings House : 1959

Seller ID: 19801

Binding: Hardcover; Fifth Printing

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Minor chipping and one closed tear to DJ. ; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 583 pages
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