Edgar L Heermance Compiler (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. 320pp. Green stiff wraps. Spine and cover edges are browned, binding is solid and contents are clean, small red promotional sale label of Connecticut Publicity Commission with 60 cent price on front cover.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Second Printing. Spine has chipping to the ends - with varnish or similar applied - and is browned. Covers have light staining to the area of the rear lower spine corner - doesn't penetrate to the inside - and several small stains. Tiny chips or bumps to some outer corners. ; "A project of the State Planning Board initiated under CWA and completed with FERA funds." ; 320 pages.…

Paperback. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. First Edition. Hartford, CT: Emergency Relief Commission. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1935. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo., 320pp., cover light soiling, shelf wear to edges and corners, spine panel creased, otherwise good; inside hinge cracked, pencil marks to front free-endpaper and pastedown, few pencil/pen notes on few pages, tape to fix tear on page 5, Former owner's initials on title page (pencil), otherwise pages clean and bright. . black & white maps (illustrator).…

Paperback. Second Printing of June, 1935. Near fine in heavy, light green printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding with map front end papers. A small octavo measuring 8 3/8 by 5 1/4 inches containing 320 pages including an index. The spine is very slightly tanned and with a slight list. Without a dust jacket as issued. As recognized in Jerre Mangione's study of the WPA's Federal Writer's Project on page 46, The Connecticut Guide What to See And Where To Find It "helped to clinch the plan of preparing a series of state guides that could employ the services of researchers and all kinds of writers." "Although The Connecticut Guide fell short of the standards that were later" to be established for "the American Guide Series, it did provide the model for WPA's series". This title is also recognized in the American Guide Series volume for Connecticut as the "predecessor and inspiration" for the series.…