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By: Algren, Nelson
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Iowa City, University of Iowa Press:
Order Number: 5921
The Federal Writer's project undertook a project to examine America's culinary traditions, especially ethnic dishes. Writer Algren wrote the manuscript in the late thirties but it remained unpublished until after his death in 1981. Contains recipes and essays on regional dining traditions; B&W Photographs; 8vo; xix, 123 pages View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Hastings House: 1949
Order Number: 13301
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 As things have changed a bit since 1949, it is a fascinating historical document of the times ; 8vo; 1... View more info
By: Colby, Merle
Price: $100.00
Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan & Pearce: 1940
Order Number: 9086
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: 4931
Slight discoloration to sliver of 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
By: Cook, Fred S
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Volcano, CA, California Traveler, Inc:
Order Number: 4932
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
By: Digges, Jeremiah
Price: $175.00
Publisher: New York, Modern Pilgrim Press: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 14325
Two bookplates to front endpaper. Apparent paint smudge to front endpaper. Wear & browning to DJ ; Jeremiah Digges is the pen name of Josef Berger, who, contrary to the claim on the DJ flap, wrote the book singlehandedly and recieved a royalty, the only time in the program this happened. Charming anecdotes about the Cape Cod area, some of which are even true; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 403 pages View more info
Price: $350.00
Publisher: Athens, Universtiy of Georgia Press: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 6934
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
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
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
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
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
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
Wear to extremities; scarce; American Guide Series; 8vo; 117 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $70.00
Publisher: Galena, The City of Galena: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Order Number: 13242
Spine discolored. Previous owner's name to first page. Very minor dampstaining to first few pages; History and environs of Galena, Illinois. Fold-out color map in rear; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 79 pages View more info
By: Wpa
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Johnstown, The City of Johnstown: 1941
Order Number: 13131
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
