Work Projects Administration City New (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Gilt titles are a bit dull. Light shelfwear. Previous owner's name to reverse of front free endpaper. No other writing/markings. Binding is sound. 749 pages. Includes pronouncing index. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

Hard Cover CLOTH. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). PICTURE AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL UPON REQUEST. 749 pages; green and white illustrated endpapers showing pictures of animals. Black and white photography. Front hinge weak. Inscription: "March 30, 1951, To Joe from Nana Kay and Gramp.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Baylitts, Austin (Color Photography by) (illustrator). Green leatherette covered boards with a blind stamp of a buffalo standing in front of an outline of the United States. Gold lettering at the front cover and at the spine. Blind stamp at the spine of an eagle. Inside boards and FFEP are illustrated with a map of the United States with animals inserted in front of the states. Six color plates included in this book as well as many black and white photos. Pages are clean with with no marks. Bookseller Inventory BS/BS 13475 09/2022.

Good to VG: solid, unmarked, exterior appears dusty, contents fine. Hardcover in embossed green cloth showing a buffalo, 749 pages. [Austin Baylitts, Photographs].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.05.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.05.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). Decorative cloth cover with embossed bison on cover and embossed eagle on spine. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine, fading to both. Corners are rubbed. Edge wear to the bottom.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. ** 1ST EDITION ** With 341 pages. Cloth-bound hardcover without dustjacket. In pictorial boards. FORMER LIBRARY BOOK, please expect library markings snd indicia. Aside from library markings, book has no significant flaws. Clean and stain-free, Sound and solid. Firm and tight in binding. Square and straight. No pages loose, missing, or torn. Corners not bumped. Hinges undamaged. Aside from library markings, no writing, underlining, highlighting anywhere in book.Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B45.

Condition: Fair. Signed Copy . Book Good. No dust jacket. Signed by Robinson on his bookplate on front endpage. Bookplate inside. From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. (Wildlife, Animals, United States).

Decorated Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). 749 pages. Illustrated with B&W and color plates. Green embossed boards with gilt lettering. Picture of Buffalo on front cover. Has gold string page marker. Endpapers decorated with pictures of animals. Lightly soiled, spine faded, edge wear to spine ends.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover - VG - No dust jacket if issued - Book is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated - Index - 749 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Baylitts, Austin (Photographer) (illustrator). Dark green leather-like boards with embossed illustration of a buffalo on face, a gold title box on face and spine. Wear to edges. Illustrated end papers. Front inside hinge is cracked before title page. Gift inscription to previous owner dated Christmas 1949. Pages are clean throughout, although tanning some with age. Binding is tight and square. Compiled by the writers' program of the Work Projects Admin. in the city of New York. Illustrated throughout.

Decorated Boards. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Baylitts, Austin (Color Photographs by) (illustrator). First Edition. Book has no writing or marking. Ep's lightly toned, light edge and corner rubbing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Baylitts, Austin (Photographer) (illustrator). Exterior wear includes some scuffs and soils, with normal edge wear and fading. A study of American wild life with many photographs. 749 pages. Book.

Hardcover. xvii, 341p., illustrated endpapers, foreword, introduction, profile of the Port, bibliography, index, illustrations, very good First Edition stated in blue pictorial cloth. [American Guide Series]. Dykes 222, Powell 1156.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). In very nice used condition. Spine is faded and cover shows some wear. Binding is tight and pages are toned but clean. Full of wonderful b&w period photos. Pictorial endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. DJ has tears on top back and is attached with tape. Owner's name on fep and title page. Binding is sound-text is clean. (File: Writer's).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dustcover has rubbing on folds with closed tear along back fold and light shelfwear, small tear to back lower edge, small abraded edge (one inch) of back edge of hardboards; Hardboards with very light wear, bright gilt on spine, sharp tips, very clean, no markings, solid and straight vg+/vg-; 8.40 X 5.70 X 1.40 inches; 749 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. no additional printings listed . NOT an ex library book. Clean pages with illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket has chips bottom front corner, top of spine. Tape on reverse side.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Austin Baylitts (color photographs) (illustrator). Reprint. Originally published in 1940, this is the 1946 reprint; Illustrated end pages, textblock is clean and tight; Dark green cloth, embossed buffalo decoration on front cover, rubbed/worn corners/edges/spine, bumped head and foot of spine bumped corners. 749p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

HARDBACK BLUE. Condition: Fair. edges of coverfading, corners bumped, shelf worn, black and hwite plates, some markings on title pages, spine faded DATE PUBLISHED: 1941 EDITION: 341.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No DJ book is worn on edges and spine, but it is very sturdy.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts, Photographer (illustrator). Blue cloth binding. Color frontispiece. B & w and color photographs. 749 pages. Illustrated eps. Int. good. Slight yellowing to pages. Slight shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A Very Good edition that has aging to the pages and boards and some rubbing to the outer edges of the boards ; The Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the City of New York publishes American Wild Life Illustrated, a coffee table book with stunning full-color images of animals in their natural habitats.; 8vo; 749 pages.

Revised edition (originally published 1938). lxii, 416 pages plus unpaged plates. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket with blue front panel illustration parodying the Clark Mills equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in the Vieux Carre's Jackson Square; dust jacket well wrinkled with several short tears; front flap's top right corner scuffed but retains publisher's printed price. Aquamarine cloth with slight toning at edges. Slight toning to endpapers; interior leaves are clean. Binding is firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 447pp+ index; all three maps present, but one is loose. Bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, ink name on title page, extremities lightly worn, else very good in publisher's red pebbled cloth; lacking the jacket.

Octavo, grey cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xvii, 341 pp. Near-Fine, with small blemish (about the size of a pencil eraser) to upper cover. New York, Maritime, Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover shows some wear. Back and white illustrations. Several illustrations in color. Pictures on request.

First edition, early printing (but not a first printing for lack of "1938" at foot of title page per Houghton's contemporary practice). lxiv, 430 pages plus unpaged plates. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth; usual slight fading to spine cloth with its gilt stamping a bit dulled but still legible; front board's gilt stamping remains reasonably bright. Text block edges toned. Light toning and a touch of soiling to endpapers; past owner's O'Casey family Mississippi and Ireland genealogical-themed bookplate affixed upon front free endpaper verso; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. City map illustration to front endpapers; foldout color map (lightly toned and, unfortunately, no longer following its original folds) present in rear pastedown pocket; brief Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins; Foreword (introductory letter) by New Orleans Mayor Robert Maestri who was also the guidebook's co-operating sponsor; Preface by Lyle Saxon and Edward P. Dreyer; eight unpaged sections of b/w plates (mostly photos but including six illustrations by Caroline Durieux); b/w illustrations as chapter headpieces and/or tailpieces; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Primary text divided amongst three sections titled as "New Orleans: The General Background," "Economic and Social Development." and "Sectional Descriptions and Tours" which feature numerous chapters including "History," "Racial Distribution," "Folkways," "Architecture," "Creole Cuisine," "The Carnival" (i.e. Mardi Gras), "Cemeteries," "Some Negro Cults," etc. Perhaps the best city guide published under the WPA auspices but, of course, New Orleans' insouciance provides content unique among American metropolises. Bibliographical references: Dykes #119; Powell #587; Bienes Catalogue #129; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue #225-#233. Acquired from the estate of Birmingham, Alabama pathologist, bibliophile, and genealogist Dr. Albert Eugene Casey (1903-1982) who served as director of laboratories at Birmingham Baptist Hospitals from 1942-1972 with his aforementioned personal bookplate ffep verso. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.