Wpa Writers Program Work Projects (45 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1951 PRINTING. NO DUST JACKET. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly foxed. Cloth covers show light edge wear with rubbing to corners. Book is slightly shelf-cocked. Binding is tight, hinges strong. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY!; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.02.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.02.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Like New. No Markings Or Creases.

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

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Gifter's inscription on endpage. (Copper Trade, Mines, Mining).

First printing (per Hastings House "First Published . . ." statement upon copyright page). [2], 58 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket with moisture staining and some soiling and toning; large chips to spine paper with old tape overlay repair atop title portion at center and to small end portions; other scuffs/nicks at edges and folds; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Dark brown cloth. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. The book's inclusion within the American Guide Series is not specified upon the title/copyright leaf but rather upon the dj's front flap.

First Printing; Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Hardcover is blue with gold lettering on spine. Sewn pages are clean and tight. Faint signs of someone perhaps flipping through the pages, otherwise interior appears as if unused. Extensively illustrated with 98 b/w photographs. Laid in is the original order card to 'Cora A. Miller, Chairman, History Committee, K. S. N. A.' A project of the famous depression era WPA [Works Projects Administration]. Sections: Background; Campfire and Candlelight; Lanterns; More Lanterns; Lighthouses; Nurses are Trained; Lamp in Hand; Public Health Nurse Appears; War, Prosperity, Depression; Nurses Organize; Two Days (1892-1941) ; two appendices: brief histories of hospitals and nursing schools in Kansas; chronology of progress In care of sick and prevention of disease in Kansas; index. ; B&W Photographs; 6 x 9; 292 pages; Cover has light shelf wear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing, sunning. DJ consists of only back cover and flap.

Ex-library copy. Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). 120 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 15.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth rubbed; spine sunned with ink and black ink library markings; board corners and spine ends bumped; front board's gilt lettering remains bright. Library stamps on text block edges; library stamps and marks on title page and on pages 5, 31, and 120; other markings possible but eluded discovery upon a cursory perusal; some foxing to initial leaves but overall interior pages are clean. Binding is firm.

Ex-government bureau library copy. First edition (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages). 316 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth rubbed; impression of removed sticker at lower spine. Past owner's ink signature on front free endpaper; Bureau of Public Roads Library stamp on title page; stray ink mark on rear flyleaf verso; Library of Congress duplicate stamp on rear free endpaper; rear endpapers slightly worn along their fore-edges; no other institutional marks readily apparent upon a cursory perusal and interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

Second edition. -- Includes photographs, key map to the tours on front endsheets. -- Hardcover, light blue covers. Condition: very good, no jacket.

Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. xxiii, [1], 430 pages, 12 unnumbererd pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded in pocket) ; 21 cm. G. Minimally marked ex-lib. hand lettering on spine stamp on front end paper. Missing rear map.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: good-. 1st Edition. Compiled by the workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in the State of New York. 271pp + b/w photos; text unmarked, previous owner name inside front cover, light foxing to eps; 2 fold-out maps in back pocket; 7.5" tall; darkening & light shelf wear to edges of cover; chips & tears (some taped) to edges of dj in new protective mylar. Hardcover (dj).

"First published in April 1940" (stated at top of copyright page). xxvi, 530 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Tan cloth; brown lettering to spine and front board; spine has two-line "Federal | Writers' Project" above center; mild staining to rear board; boards' bottom fore-edge corners bumped with interior leaves affected likewise. Past owner's personal bookplate affixed atop ffep map; old tape repair to tear at bottom of Geronimo photo in book's third plate section with slender peeled adhesion to preceding recto; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

"First published in 1943" (stated at top of copyright page). xii, 308 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Reddish-brown cloth rubbed and soiled; 3.5cm tear at head of front joint; shallow wear to frayed spine ends with additional slender fraying along joints; spine lettering dulled but discernable; board corners bumped and worn. Text block edges well toned with light staining. Interior leaves toned with scattered stains and soiling. Binding is still firm. This is a book which was adversely affected by wartime production restrictions as paper quality was certainly below that of pre-1941 WPA publications.

xxx, 652 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket clipped/trimmed with portions of panels and flaps oddly tipped-in between rear flyleaf verso and rfep recto. Dark gray cloth; brown spotting to spine cloth; blue stamped lettering to spine and front board remains bright. Text block's top edge soiled; moisture stain at fore-edge heel with interior leaves shallowly and lightly affected at corners. Some toning to endpapers; past owner's name-address label affixed at front pastedown's top left corner. Binding is firm.

First edition (per Binfords & Mort's "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). Hardcover. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Red cloth rubbed; some sunning particularly to spine which has shallow loss at its frayed ends. Text block edges toned. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York: Hastings House, 1943. First edition, 1943. Copper colored cloth with faded gilt spine lettering, frontis illustration, other black and white plates throughout the text, no dustjacket. Light fraying to rear joint, light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Second printing (originally published August 1940). xxviii, 561 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Light blue cloth; usual light sunning to spine; slight scuffing to spine ends and at boards' bottom corner tips. Light toning/soiling to text block's top edge and fore-edge. A few leaves shallowly creased/curled at corners; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Large foldout color map (copyright 1940) present in rear pastedown pocket.

Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with black titles. xxii, 442 pages illustrations, maps (some folded, in pocket) 21 cm. VG-. Ex-lib with minimal markings. Hand lettering on spine, stamp inside front cover, and card in rear. Map is present and in good condition.

Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in yellow cloth with red titles. lii, 433 pages illustrations (maps, plans) plates 21 cm. VG. Toning to spine. name penciled to front end paper. Else clean and unmarked.

First Edition, First Printing. -- Many photographs. Key to tours map on front endsheets, and transportation map on rear endsheets. -- Hardcover, black covers. Condition: very good minus (covers very slightly warped; cover lettering a little dulled; no 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. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with black titles. xxxiii, 718 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm. Plates in eight groups, each preceded by half-title not included in paging, map on lining papers. First published in 1940/A selected reading list of Texas books. "In Texas, A Guide to the Lone Star State, all these elements have been linked together to form a picture of the State as it is. There are 15,000 miles of tours telling the motorist where to go, what to see, and how to get there. Tours take you to places where you can fish or hunt in unspoiled streams and forests, as well as to inspect the old missions, the modern cities and ranches, and the Little Mexicos. Sixty-four pages of gravure illustrations make up a composite portrait of the State's people and natural setting, and 31 maps make travel through city and country easy for the driver"--Jacket flap. VG. No jacket. Exterior toning. Front board slightly cracked.

Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; originally published December 1940). xxxii, 660 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Aquamarine cloth with slight soiling; light sunning to spine. Light toning to fore-edge and top edge. Light toning to front endpapers and rear free endpaper. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Introduction by Roy F. Nichols; Foreword by S.K. Stevens; Preface by Pennsylvania Writers; Project State Supervisor C.C. Lesley. Foldout b/w map (copyright 1940) present in rear pastedown pocket.

Eighth printing (as stated at top of dj's front flap; copyright page cites reprinting of the July 1954 revised edition). xxx, 654 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with light soiling; chips, creases, and short tears with several verso tape repairs; front flap retains publisher's printed price "$6.50" at top right. Brown cloth; light bumping to spine ends and board corners. A few small stains and light soiling to text block's top edge and bottom edge. Past owner's name-address label affixed to front pastedown; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. Sponsored by The Missouri State Highway Department. The Missouri WPA guidebook was originally published in 1941. {WPA-Shelf#CVA-01080}.

Eighth printing (as stated at top of dj's front flap; copyright page cites reprinting of the July 1954 revised edition). xxx, 654 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with soiling and foxing; some scratches to rear panel; shallow chipping and short tears at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price "$6.50" at top right. Brown cloth; light scratches to rear board. Top edge foxed; some soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Endpapers foxed/toned; interior leaves are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Sponsored by The Missouri State Highway Department. The Missouri WPA guidebook was originally published in 1941. {WPA-Shelf#CVA-01069}.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Columbus and Fremont, OH: Ohio State Archaeological & Historical Society; City of Fremont, 1940. First edition, 1940. Depression era WPA publication illustrated in black and white. Softcover, stapled binding, 115 pages plus folding map at rear. Light edgewear to covers, sound binding with staples visible at the title page, very minor insect old insect damage to the far bottom corner of the front free endpaper, pages clean, no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Works Project Administration selected artists (illustrator). 1st Edition. X-lib. Publisher's blue cloth No dustjacket. 1947 First edition; third printing stated. Federal Writers' Project. Map endpapers, but, NO folding map in rear pocket; B&W Photographs; 548 pages. Index.

First edition (as stated upon title page). xx, 236 pages. Hardcover; H 28.75cm x L 22cm. No dust jacket present (as issued?). Dark blue pebbled cloth; a few minor surface blemishes; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Light soiling and toning to endpapers; front free endpaper has ink stamp "55" upper left and seven-line handwritten ink inscription at upper right; a few spots of soiling and minor foxing to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. Sponsored by Pittsburgh mayor Cornelius D. Scully, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, and the Allegheny Centennial Committee. Foreword by the Hon. Cornelius D. Scully; Preface by State Supervisor C.C. Lesley; Bibliography; Index. Text divided into eight sections: "History Of Old Allegheny," "By The Sweat Of Their Brow," "The Finer Things," "Guardians Of The Public," "Captains Of The Ship," "Builders Of The Past," "Places To See," and "Builders of 1940.".