Compiled Writers Program Work Projects (74 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Baylitts, Austin (Photographer) (illustrator). Exterior wear includes some scuffs and soils, with normal edge wear and fading. A study of American wild life with many photographs. 749 pages. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover - VG - No dust jacket if issued - Book is clean and tight with light wear - Illustrated - Index - 749 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). In very nice used condition. Spine is faded and cover shows some wear. Binding is tight and pages are toned but clean. Full of wonderful b&w period photos. Pictorial endpapers.

New revised edition (as stated upon copyright page). xxxiv, 717 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with light soiling and small stains; chips, tears, scuffing, and creasing at edges; front flaps' top corner is price-clipped. Light brown cloth. Some soiling and light toning to text block edges all three of which have past owner's ink name stamp; several small stains to top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Updated and revised from the original 1940 edition. ISBN 0803870558.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A Very Good copy with light shelfwear, bumping and slight fraying to corners, and sticker from previous owner on front cover verso; dust jacket missing.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. Austin Baylitts (illustrator). Decorative cloth cover with embossed bison on cover and embossed eagle on spine. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine, fading to both. Corners are rubbed. Edge wear to the bottom.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hastings House January 1940 Binding: Hardcover.

New Revised Edition (as stated upon title page). xxiv, 411 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with a slight scuffing/nicks and short tears at edges; some soiling to white rear panel; a few foxing spots evident to panels but much stronger upon dj's blank verso; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Dark blue cloth spine lightly bumped at ends; gray boards. Foxing to text block edges and endpapers; interior pages remain clean. Binding retains some crispness. A very good+ copy in a very good dust jacket. With six unpaged sections of b/w plates (all new for this revised edition) plus three city maps for Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile amongst text; four appendices include Chronology, Bibliography, Map of Alabama in Sections (on pages 391-400 as opposed to the rear pocket large foldout map provided in the 1941 and 1949 editions), and Index. Text divided into three major parts: "Alabama Yesterday and Today" (titled "Past and Present" in the original edition), "Cities" (originally "Courthouse Squares") providing history, description, and points of interest for Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa, and "Tours" (same as the original). Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#9} ISBN 0803803915.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover shows some wear. Back and white illustrations. Several illustrations in color. Pictures on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Slight staining and wear on spine and edges of book cover. Owner's name written in pen and date written in pencil on front endpage. Some foxing on endpages and prelims. Some notes in pen and marker throughout book. ; American Guide Series.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Austin Baylitts (color photographs) (illustrator). Reprint. Originally published in 1940, this is the 1946 reprint; Illustrated end pages, textblock is clean and tight; Dark green cloth, embossed buffalo decoration on front cover, rubbed/worn corners/edges/spine, bumped head and foot of spine bumped corners. 749p., including index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Paperback. 94p., foreword, preface, notes on illustrations, suggested reading and bibliography, index, illustrated with b&w photos, very good reprint of the 1940 edition in cloth boards. American Guide Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.2.

Condition: Very good. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Very good condition (no dust jacket). Former owner's pencil name on ffep, with interesting pencil marginal annotations that add to the content of the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. xvii, 341p., illustrated endpapers, foreword, introduction, profile of the Port, bibliography, index, illustrations, very good First Edition stated in blue pictorial cloth. [American Guide Series]. Dykes 222, Powell 1156.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Good. Unpaginated (approx. 16p.) Wraps toned and front spotted. Pamphlet. From prefatory note by Harry Graff, State Supervisor, Ohio Writers' Project: "The Ohio Writers' Project hives the historical background of the State capitols; describes them thoroughly, along with other State buildings; relates some of the early history of the capital cities; sets down the origin of the State seal, flower, bird, and flag; and includes lists of all Ohio Governors and Secretaries of State, together with the years in which they held office." Sponsored by John E. Sweeney, Secretary of State, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Columbus, Statewide sponsor of the Ohio Writers' Project, Federal Works Agency and Work Projects Administrations. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9"x6").

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dustcover has rubbing on folds with closed tear along back fold and light shelfwear, small tear to back lower edge, small abraded edge (one inch) of back edge of hardboards; Hardboards with very light wear, bright gilt on spine, sharp tips, very clean, no markings, solid and straight vg+/vg-; 8.40 X 5.70 X 1.40 inches; 749 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Deluxe reprint with forest green covers and an embossed buffalo on the front. Very nice copy. Minor bump to one corner, and perhaps a touch of fading to green tinting at top edge of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Sewn binding is strong. Interesting and bittersweet to see the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Presumed First. Sponsored By The United States Naval Academy. V. Sl. Edgewear/Shelfwear/ Soiling To Covers. Internally Very Well Cared For. P/O Sig, Stamp And Glue From Bookplate. B/W Illus. Index. 158 Pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Edition Not Stated. First page has tears along spine/ staples, else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Plastes (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 200 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Brown. First Printing Of Second Revised Edition, 1946. Near Fine, Bright And Clean But Browning To Endpapers. No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Light Wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Eighth printing (1959) of Revised Edition of 1954. Book was first published in 1941 by the Missouri State Highway Department. Book and protected, unclipped jacket are in Very Good condition, slight fading to brown boards, and wear to corners of dust jacket. Previous owner's signature and date on front free endpage, and inked checkmarks by other titles listed on rear flap. Overall, a crisp copy. I llustrated. Else - Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 654 pages.

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.

Second printing with corrections (as stated upon copyright page; originally published 1940). xxxii, 782 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket toned, soiled, and chipped/torn; front panel and front flap detached but only subtly evident as dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector; front flap retains publisher's printed price at bottom right. Teal cloth. Text block edges toned; a few small stains to upper fore-edge. Some tearing to rear pastedown pocket which retains its color foldout map. Endpapers toned; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Hardback. No dustjacket. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers, some browning to edges of interior pages. No statement of later printing on copyright page.

Condition: VG. Photos (illustrator). Buckram binding, owner bookplate and names, slight soil on spine. Many photos including one of the 'Desert of Tents' after the 'Great Fire'. Includes index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Very good copy in hardcover with poor jacket. Light shelf-wear, dust-staining to top edge of page block, off-setting on endpapers. Jacket has rubbing, chipping, large piece missing from top of spine and middle of the spine. Now in mylar.

First printing (per Hastings House's "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). xxxviii, 458 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Reddish-orange cloth soiled; sunning to spine. Some toning/soiling to text block edges. Toning to endpapers; past bookseller's pencil note at ffep's top right; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Foldout map NOT PRESENT in rear pastedown pocket. Sponsored by the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission and the University of New Mexico. Photograph contributors include Ernest Knee and Laura Gilpin.

Paperback. 80p., preface, appendix, illustrated with b&w photos ,first edition trade paperback in lightly worn tan pictorial wraps with bump to front wrap along right deckled edge, small stain to right of title. [American Guide Series]. Dykes 176, Powell 948.