Workers Writers Program Works Projects (16 results)
The Minnesota Arrowhead Country : American Guide Series
WPA / Works Projects Administration, Workers of the Writer's Program (compiled b
Published by Albert Whitman & Co.
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Western Reserve Historical Socie 1941
- Softcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Visible Voice Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 11.71
£ 3.41 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Western Reserve Historical Society January 1941 Binding: Trade Paperback FRONT COVER IS NOT ATTACHED BUT PRESENT,100 PAGES WITH SOME PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS.
More imagesPublished by Oxford University Press, New York 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: MABA
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Published April,1941 on the copyright page with no additional dates. Covers are soiled and there is a stain on the fore-edges. Staining is seen on the pages, from the front of the book to approximately p.97, however the dampness has caused the pages to ripple front to bac…k along the bottom corners inward for about and inch and a half. The back hinge is cracked exposing the webbing, but the text block is sound. The map is not present and the pocket has been torn. Pages are otherwise, clean and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with photgraphs in black and white.
California: A Guide to the Golden State
Workers of the Writers Program of the Works Projects Administration for the State of California
Published by Hastings House Publishers,, New York 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: MABA
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stated fourth printing of the 1939 First Edition printing. The book is bound in light green cloth with title on the front cover and spine .there is a small gauge on the back edge of the spine. Spine has faded. Spine caps bumped and have fraying. Endpapers illustrated . Profusely illustrated… with photographs in black and white. The map is in fine condition in the back pocket.
New York: A Guide to the Empire State
Workers of the Federal Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration for the State New York
Published by Oxford University Press, New York 1955
- Hardcover
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.Cat's Cradle Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Sixth Edition. Sixth Edition. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with label at lower spine. Travel and description authored by New Deal writers. Ex-Library; 8.25" tall; 781 pages. Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
More imagesMonterey Peninsula
Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in Northern California
Published by James Ladd Delkin, Stanford University 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: MABA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 19.14
£ 3.00 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. The American Guide Series. Stated Second Edition. American Centennial Edition. Includes the preface from the First Edition.The book is in very good plus condition bound in clean green cloth. Corners are sharp and the binding is firm. Endpapers are tanned. Otherwise, pages…are age-toned, clean and unmarked. Chapters 1. The Peninsula through Four Centuries, 2.The Three Cities: Monterey, Pacific Grove and Carmel.3. The Shore and Valley. Profusely illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs in black and white. The Lone Cypress, Ghost Cyress, The Beach at Carmel. Phographed by American photographers -Sibyl Anikeyev Anikeef) Howard b. Hoffman ,Edwin Grabhorn and Richard W. Kerrigan.200 pages.
Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State
Workers of the Writers Program of the Works Projects Administration in the state of Indiana
Published by Oxford University Press, New York 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: MABA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 21.48
£ 3.00 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stated Third printing in 1947. Covers lightly soiled. Corners are rolled and the spine leans. Pages are clean, smooth and unmarked. The map is present in the back pocket. The binding is firm.Profusely illustrated with photographs in black and white.
Published by Hastings House, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. xvii. 531p., maps, photos, light shelfwear else very good first edition in light blue coarse weave cloth boards. No dj. American Guide series. Dykes 27.
Published by John F. Blair, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1994
- Softcover
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Foreword by Charles L. Perdue, Jr. Preface by Roscoe E. Lewis. Trade paperback. xx, 418pp. Gentle bumps at the spine ends else bright and fine in glossy wrappers.
Vermont: A Guide to The Green Mountain State( American Guide Series)
Workers of the Writers Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Vermont
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: MABA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 27.34
£ 3.00 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. First Printing.Same date on copyright page as on title page. Bound in green cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Spine is slanted. Light foxing on the end pages. Otherwise, the book is clean and unmarked. Binding is firm. Profusely illustrated…with photographs in black and white. No map in the back pocket. 329 pp.
Published by State of Florida Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee, FL 1942
- First Edition
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Contact seller2-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 19.53
£ 5.31 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Self-wrappers. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo, 213 pages, green self-wrappers Compiled by the WPA, apparently issued 1942, not 1931. Printed by the Florida Grower Press, Illustrated. With a section written specifically to help teachers to use this material in schools. Color Plates (illustrator).
Monterey Peninsula
Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in Northern California
Published by James Ladd Delkin 1941 1941
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Wonderland Books
Contact seller4-star sellerfirst edition ed. hardback very good condition in a dust jacket with some wear, a chip on the top of the spine and an area of soiling on the bottom of the spine and rear.
More imagesPublished by NY. 1966. Oxford Univ. Press 1966
- Hardcover
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.Chris Fessler, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerblue decorative cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 6th printing. endpaper maps. xxvii+490p. b&w pho…to illustrations. 4 additional b&w maps. chronology. bibliography. glossary. 1940 census figures. index. american history. american indian history. history of wyoming. ~ Since April 1938, every main highway, all main side roads, and the important trails in the State, including those in the Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park, have been logged and checked by the staff, in order that the latest data could be made able to the traveler. Following the pattern prescribed for the Guide Series covering the forty~eight States, the Wyoming Guide is a combination of essays on general subjects and detailed descriptive material on all of the important tours in Wyoming. It therefore should be enjoyed, not only by those touring the State, but by fireside travelers as well.
The Square Dance Including Round Dances, Quadrilles, Novelties and Mixers
Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration of the State of Illinois
Published by Chicago Park District 1940 1940
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Wonderland Books
Contact seller4-star sellered. paperback near very good condition with some wear and soiling- there are a few rubber stamped names- spiralbound.
Published by Northport, New York, Bacon, Percy & Daggett, (1941). 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Alexanderplatz Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. A volume in the American Guide series, sponsored by the Florida State Planning Board. Cloth with dust jacket. Very near fine in very near fine dust jacket, a lovely copy. Jacket signed in the design by (Irving) Politzer. Foreword by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Stoneman Douglas later wrote the Everglades title for th…e Rivers of America series, dubbing it "the river of grass." The name caught on and her advocacy was instrumental in saving the Everglades from complete destruction. Sadly, the name of Marjory Stoneman Douglas will now forever be associated with the infamous school shooting in 2018.
More imagesPublished by Hastings House, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Preface by Roscoe E. Lewis. xii, 380pp. Blue buckram stamped in blue lettering. Ex-library with the usual markings, lacking the rear endpapers, hinges cracked, spine darkened with cloth soiled, a good only copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. An important work detailing the arrival of t…he first Africans in 1619 until the rise of Jim Crow laws in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with interviews from hundreds of slaves, extensive research and literature relevant to the times.
