Writers Program Works Projects Administration (39 results)

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

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Baylitts, Austin (illustrator). Cover is rubbed and scuffed, Inside hinge weak. Pgs. are clean with no markings in text. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

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.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts, Photographer (illustrator). 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.

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.

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.

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 arrowhead map.

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 back 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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. 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.

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.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback published by Univ. of Georgia Press in 1941. Blue cardstock covers with black lettering on front. Prior owner has stamped his name at top of both covers and wrote his name at top of front cover. Spine is faded, and covers are faded some around edges. Corners are slightly bumped. Front cover curls up some at the corners. Prior owner also stamped his name on side edges of pages and on front endpaper, as well as writing his name with a note at top of front endpaper. Foldout map of Washington, Georgia is in back. Book is in good condition. 8vo, 136 pages, .5 lb.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 136 pages.

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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: G. 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.

"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.

Softcover. 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.

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.

Self-wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Color Plates (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. 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.

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}.

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.

first 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.

blue 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 photo 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.