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Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 13301
Condition: Very Good+
Slight wear to extremities; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America. Consecutively paginated; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 4873
Condition: Very Good
Front hinge well started. Bookplate loosely attached to fep; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 13300
Condition: Very Good+
Slight wear to extremities ; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 16140
Condition: Very Good+
Slight wear to extremities; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 13299
Condition: Very Good+
Light wear to extremities; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America. consecutively paginated; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 11426
Condition: Very Good
Rear board starting to separate from book block ; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 9235
Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Large open tears to DJ. Two corners bumped; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 4871
Condition: Very Good
Remnants of DJ clinging to spine. Bookplate to verso of ffep. Slight separation opposite half-title ; Extremely detailed guide to the USA, including sections on general history, labor, music, art, architecture, literature, government, and indians. Each region of the country has a chapter on its states, which have every possible iota of information available at the time. As things have changed a bit since 1949, it is a fascinating historical document of the times ; 8vo; 1348 pages View more info
By: Colby, Merle
Price: $100.00
Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1940
Order Number: 9086
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
DJ lightly chipped. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper; Vivid photogravures of the last frontier state; B&W Photographs; 8vo View more info
By: Cook, Fred S
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Volcano, CA, California Traveler, Inc:
Order Number: 4932
Condition: Very Good+
Slight discoloration to front cover; No date, circa 1970's. Compiled from manuscripts written but not published by the WPA. Yellow booklet with B&W photos of various points of interest ; B&W Photographs; 12mo; 108 pages View more info
Price: $350.00
Publisher: Athens, Universtiy of Georgia Press: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 6934
ISBN: 0385013248
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Open tears to DJ spine but front and back intact. Slight browning to DJ rear ; A study of the folklore, traditions, and superstitions of the African-American community, mostly centered on the Savannah area ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 274 pages View more info
By: Howard, Donald S
Price: $125.00
Publisher: New York, Russell Sage Foundation: 1943
Order Number: 4867
Condition: Very Good
Open tear to ffep. Wear to extremities; Comprehensive history of the Work Project Administration, started by President Roosevelt to alleviate hardships caused by widespread unemployment. Numerous charts and statistics illustrate the text; Ex-Library; 8vo; 879 pages View more info
By: Huxley, Julian
Price: $90.00
Publisher: Surrey, The Architectural Press: 1944
Order Number: 6902
Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Open tears & wear to DJ. Binding not tight ; The Tennessee Valley Authority provided low cost electricity to rural regions of Appalachia, a project on a scale unimaginable today. Noted author Huxley provides the full story; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 144 pages View more info
By: Koenig, Samuel
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Stamford, Stamford Jewish Historical Society: 1991
Order Number: 5030
ISBN: 0962956007
Condition: Near Fine
Written under the auspices of the WPA in 1940, this extraordinarily detailed study of the Jewish community in Stamford, was not published until 1991, as it was deemed too controversial. Dr. Koenig seems to have left no stone unturned in his effort to study the sociological aspects of the community. Contains several graphs, charts, and photos; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 177 pages View more info
By: Miller, Paul W
Price: $140.00
Publisher: New York, Oliver Durrell, Inc: 1949
Edition: Second Edition
Order Number: 4892
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
Small open tears to top rear of DJ. Slight browning to edges and DJ flaps ; The American guide series turns to the jewel of the south, Atlanta, with a complete look at its history up to the post-WWII period ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 318 pages View more info
By: Survey Of Federal Archives
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Newark, Historical Records Survey Project: 1940
Order Number: 5926
Condition: Very Good
Burgundy-colored cover shows shelf wear and slight dampstaining has caused bleed-through to first few pages; Extensive inventory of correspondence and records regarding the War Department on the eve of WWII. Scarce; 4to; 200 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Bryan, O., City of Bryan: 1941
Order Number: 11934
Condition: Very Good+
Wear to extremities; scarce; American Guide Series; 8vo; 117 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Johnstown, The City of Johnstown: 1941
Order Number: 13131
Condition: Very Good+
Slight wear to extremities; A tribute to the people and industry of Johnstown. Unpaginated; B&W Photographs; Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 17762
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ with chipping along edges and with DJ top spine missing. Faint stamp on title page. Rear map missing; American Guide Series; Photogravures; 8vo; 458 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office: 1938
Order Number: 5927
Condition: Very Good
Spine slightly rolled. Covers show shelf wear and slight staining. Minor wrinkling internally ; A self-explanatory title, which was presented to President Roosevelt to keep him updated on the expenditures and projects of the Works Progress Administration ; 4to; 147 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1983
Edition: First Edition Thus
Order Number: 17117
ISBN: 0394532694
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
"Still the best" said Walker Percy. ; 8vo View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $175.00
Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce: 1941
Edition: Second Edition
Order Number: 17123
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ browned and with small chips along edges. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Usual browning to endpapers. ; No rear map as issued; Photogravures; 8vo; 651 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1966
Edition: Fourth Edition
Order Number: 11659
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Ex-lib with dewey markings on DJ spine, card pocket to half title page and ink stamp to title page. Apparent tape residue to endpapers; New and completely revised edition, twenty-six years after the first; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 532 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $275.00
Publisher: New York, The Viking Press: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 18064
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ price clipped and with a few small open tears. Tanning to endpapers; NF map in rear pocket ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 558 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $225.00
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 18218
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
DJ spine a bit sunned. DJ with light chipping along edges. One corner lightly bumped. ; Folding map in rear pocket ; American Guide Series; Photogravures; 8vo; 561 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $150.00
Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press: 1943
Order Number: 18242
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ lightly chipped and creased. Small open tear to DJ top spine. A few DJ tears are neatly tape repaired ; A tight copy with a NF map in rear pocket. This second edition is almost harder to find than the first edition. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 634 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $175.00
Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1939
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 18244
Condition: Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket
DJ torn chipped and with spine and back missing. Typical browning to endpapers. ; NF map in rear pocket ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 429 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $225.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 17085
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ worn and with two open tears to front and one in back. ; American Guide Series; Photogravures; 8vo; 531 pages View more info
By: Wpa [ Federal Writers Project]
Price: $145.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1943
Order Number: 16858
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 View more info
By: Wpa [ Federal Writers Project]
Price: $175.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1945
Order Number: 18226
Condition: Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
DJ with the usual tanning and with very light edgewear. A very handsome and tight copy; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 746 pages View more info
