Writers Program Works Projects Administration (31 results)
American Wild Life Illustrated (Color photography by Austin Baylitts)
Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the City of New York
Published by Wise & Co. 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: GloryBe Books & Ephemera, LLC, Deforest, WI, U.S.A.GloryBe Books & Ephemera, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Pages slightly tanned. Covers scuffed. Contents clean. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.
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.
American Wild Life Illustrated
Writers Program of The Works Projects Administration in the City of New York
Published by Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., NY 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.Top Notch Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover is rubbed and scuffed, Inside hinge weak. Pgs. are clean with no markings in text. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Baylitts, Austin (illustrator).
More imagesOklahoma : a guide to the Sooner state
Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Oklahoma
Language: English
Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Old Bookie, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Old Bookie
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Hardcover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. xxvi, 442 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (6 on 1 folded leaves, in pocket), portraits ; 21 cm. ; navy full cloth with gilt lettering. Stain on fore edge, not invading text. Maps NOT present.
More imagesAMERICAN WILD LIFE ILLUSTRATED
Writers Program of the Works Projects Administration in the City of New York
Published by Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., New York 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN, Ralston, NE, U.S.A.Betty Mittendorf /Tiffany Power BKSLINEN
Contact seller5-star sellerCloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Green cloth binding. A WPA book. Color and b & w photos. 749 pages. Illustrated eps. Binding weak- some mending to spine. Light yellowing to pages due to paper content. Spine worn. Austin Baylitts, Photographer (illustrator).
Published by Western Reserve Historical Socie 1941
- Softcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Visible Voice Books
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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.
Published by Albert Whitman & Co. 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Ally Press Center
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 5.5 X 8.25 inches. 231 pages. Green cloth hardcover with green type. Very Good. No DJ, but the back flap of the DJ has been laid in, which includes three praising blurbs. Solid square binding. Former owner's small Samp on FEP, otherwise unmarked. Printed end pages with arr…owhead map.
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
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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
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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
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Condition: Used - Very good
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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
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Condition: Used - Very good
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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.
More imagesTexas : a guide to the Lone Star state
Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Texas
Language: English
Published by Hastings House, New York 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: Old Bookie, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Old Bookie
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. No Jacket. xxxiii, 718 pages illustrations (including maps) plates, portraits 21 cm ; grey full linen ; dj. Dj chipped. Prev owner's bookplate on reverse of front free endpaper. Adams Herd 54, Six-Guns 46. One volume of the WPA Writers' Project Guide to the States, the most comprehensive travel and history guide ever…undertaken, done as a part of Depression recovery measures. The Guides cover history, travel, natural sciences, and a bevy of other topics. Even approaching 80 years after first publication, the Guides contain useful and interesting information about their states. Author John Steinbeck packed a complete set of 48 with him during the journey which became Travels with Charley.
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
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 27.31
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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
£ 19.51
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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).
More imagesPublished by Hastings House. Texas Highway Commission. Works Projects Administration WPA. 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Erik Hanson Books and Ephemera, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Erik Hanson Books and Ephemera
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 718 pages. Blue cloth binding is moderately bumped on the corners and sunfaded on the spine, as typical. Cartoon-ish map endpapers, other maps in text, photo and drawing illustrations.
Published by Binfords & Mort 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with no DJ in good condition. Bound with red cloth over boards, gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Faint dark ring/stain on the front cover, but otherwise clean. Lettering has light wear in some places, but still legible. Plastic/mylar cover is in place of a DJ. Pages are yellowed…from age, light staining on the inside of the front and back cover, but otherwise are clean. Edges are lightly foxed. No number line. Copyright date is 1940. 315 pages. A removable map of Nevada is included on the inside of the back cover, tucked into its envelope. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book.
Pennsylvania - A Guide to the Keystone State - American Guide Series
Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration. (WPA)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University, New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.Jerry Merkel
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 62.43
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition with very good map in back pocket. Map has a 3 inch tear at top edge. Book is lightly faded on spine and is rubbed at spine tips and corners with a hard bump at bottom front corner. 660 pages with index plus 103 illustrations.
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 RHINELANDER LOGGING MUSEUM
Rhinelander Logging Museum, Workers of the Writers Program, Works Projects Administration
Published by Workers of the Writers Program, Works Projects Administration, Rhinelander, 1940 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.Gene W. Baade, Books on the West
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. (48pp.). Wonderfully illustrated with orange-ochre colored woodcuts of logging scenes, including one on the front cover. A fine piece of work done under the auspices of the Works Projects Administration. Rare. One authority states, "In 1962, the Museum considered repri…nting this booklet, but the original plates could not be located." Very slight soiling, a fine copy.
American Wild Life Illustrated
Austin Baylitts, Writers' program of the Works Projects Administration in the City of New York
Published by Wm. H. Wise & Co. 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.ALEXANDER POPE
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£ 45.26
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked. Bright straight, clean attractive book. Compiled by the Writers' program of the Works Projects Administration in the City of New York. Illustrations by Austin Baylitts featuring natural history, animals, Wildlife photography, Unmarked bright covers slightly shaken, no dust jacket. 749pp…. Austin Baylitts (illustrator).
- Softcover
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.GoldBooks
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£ 192.97
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Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Oxford University Press.sponsored by the New York State Historical Society, New York [1940] 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Stony Hill Books
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£ 66.33
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Apparent First Printing, no others indicated; hardcover in light gray-blue cloth clean tight and unmarked Very Good + condition, large folding map in rear pocket appears never opened, very slight age fading and browning to cover edges and spine and endpapers at joints, oth…erwise near Fine condition.
More imagesPublished by Oxford University Press 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.ALEXANDER POPE
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 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. Works Project Administration selected artists (illustrator).
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.
Festal Days, Songs and Games of the Franco-Americans of New Hampshire
Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of New Hampshire
Published by Granite State Press 0, Manchester, NH
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop
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£ 152.17
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Not Issued. 1st Edition. Light blue cloth, lettered in dark blue. Lightly rubbed spine extremities, covers mildly tanning toward edges. Firm binding, clean interior. 1st ed. 49 pp. Former owner's signature in pencil on upper front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Very scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tal…l. Book.
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.
