Three (two different, one duplicate) U.S. Department of Agriculture watermelon farming booklets bound within a 1941 Bogalusa, Louisiana WPA project binder.

WPA - W.P.A. - Works Progress Administration - Work Projects Administration.

Published by Bogalusa, LA: WPA Bookbinding Project, Women's and Professional Division, January 1941.

About this Item

Maroon cloth boards attached by rusted metal clasp; boards rubbed with some soiling and fading; chipped paper title label "Watermelons" at top of front board. Front board pastedown has two ink stamps: "Varnado High School | Varnado, La." at top and at bottom right is "Repaired by | W.P.A. | Bookbinding Project | Women's and Professional Division" with handwritten ink notations "1-7-41" and "Bogalusa, La." Some light foxing, soiling, stains, and edge-wear to three bound-in booklets: {#1} U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1394. WATERMELONS. May 1938 (GPO imprint at rear matching 1938). 28 pages plus covers. {#2} U.S. Department of Agriculture. Department Bulletin No. 1499. THE MELON APHID AND ITS CONTROL. June 1926. 16 pages plus covers. {#3} U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1394. WATERMELONS. May 1938 (contrasting GPO imprint at rear 1939). 28 pages plus covers.

Seller Inventory # Z626X-7676

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three (two different, one duplicate) U.S. Department of Agriculture watermelon farming booklets bound within a 1941 Bogalusa, Louisiana WPA project binder.
• Publisher: Bogalusa, LA: WPA Bookbinding Project, Women's and Professional Division, January 1941.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • WPA