Workers Writers Project (120 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback book in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover. Oversized. Semi-glossy pages. CL printing [per alpha line]. No DJ. Edge wear. Redish-orange cloth boards with black upper illustration [monkey] and text & black spine illustration [flamingo?] with gold gilt [faded] text. Light soil/spotting. Portion of half title page missing at tail corner. Pages spotted with age. Green decorative end pages with small tears at edges. B&W photos and illustrations within throughout. May have other minor incidental cosmetic defects expected with age. Else tight and square. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. KIDS/PETS/EDU/RESMAT.…

paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA. c1937. Hardcover. Edition / Printing not stated. This book is part of The American Guide Series. This is a later printing as there is no map in map pocket; the map is the front endpapers. Retired small town public library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a bookplate on the rear pastedown; a bar code on the front pastedown; checkout pocket on the FFFP verso; index number on spine; occasional pencil check marks in text. Book Condition: Good; sunfaded spine with small tears at top of spine; light soiling and rubbing to boards. No DJ. Red cloth over boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 500 pp 8vo. This book is a celebrated historical guidebook written by workers of the Federal Writers' Project under the Works Progress Administration in 1937. As part of the American Guide Series, this book documents the rich cultural tapestry, complex history, geography, and distinct character of America's smallest state during the Great Depression. The book is split into several sections designed to give travelers and historians a complete picture of the "Ocean State" and a map to help guide them there. Sections are Natural Environment & Geography, Indigenous and Colonial Beginnings, Industrial and Political Milestones, Tours and City Descriptions. A clean presentable copy.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Good decortive green hard cover. 1941 first edition ex-library with expected markings, rear pocket. Sturdy binding. 158 pp. Erasures throughout, occasional spotting. Drawings are by Sioux Indian Artists. Varied short stories filled with legends of the Sioux. Juvenile. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sioux Indian Artists (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The pages are in great condition. The cover shows some signs of wear and a mark from folding. Sioux Indian Artists (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 6 X 8.5 inches, 158 pages Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to cover with creased back corner. bookstore stamp on first two pages, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated by Sioux Indian artists.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Yellow illustrated wraps, illus. (listed), illus., 158pp. Very Good. Forty-five legends of famous South Dakota Sioux Indians. Includes material on the Black Hills, buffalo, Sitting Bull, Devils Tower, Sun Dance, Bear Butte and more.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 5th Printing. Nice book with light wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Yellow covers with illust. Work Projects Administration book. B & w illust. 158 pages. Int. vg. Sioux Indian Artists (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: As New. 5th printing. Paperback, 6 1/4 x 8 1/4", 158 pages, b/w illustrations. 45 legends gathered from chieftains of the Yankton and Rosebud reservations. First printed in 1941. Howe, Oscar (illustrator).

Paper Back. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [American Guide Series] Later printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket with loss. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pages unmarked.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. A unmarked copy with bent corners to paper covers. Overall textblock slightly warped as if from dampness. Textblock edges moderately foxed. A sound reading copy.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good+. Third Printing Limited Edition. 158 pages; 6 3/4 x 8 3/4" This is #92 out of 490 copies printed. Light wear to jacket edges and corners; jacket in a mylar sleeve. Oscar Howe (illustrator).

Paper Back. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library copy, good in rebound black cloth. From the Fayetteville High School Library. Typical library markings. Foldout map at frontispiece has been repaired, and folding map at rear of book is in two pieces, with slight loss on the fold. Light dampstasining at edges of text block. Hinges are tight; all illustrations and maps are present, includes an Index; 447 pages. …

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (Bibliography, Sources, Biographic) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

full color illustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. fifth printing of this edition. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. double page full color illustrations at front & rear of book. b&w frontis. illustration. 158p. key to Sioux symbols. b&w illustrations throughout. american indian history. religion. mythology. folklore. medicine. cosmology. ~ "Here is a compilation of forty~five legends of the famous Sioux Indians of South Dakota. All of the legends pertain to the Sioux' traditional lore, to tales told around the campfire, to legends associated with places or mountains, and battle and hunting legends. Indian foods, dances, and songs are also included." Much of the material was narrated to Project members when the Indians were assembled for pow~wows, or at church meetings. There were separate meetings between the old and young men as well. Sidney Bean, a young college graduate, and Wilbur Bordeaux, prominent young French~Indian, visited the Yankton and Rosebud reservations to gather the legends from the very old chieftains. The entire number of legends are authentic and accurate. The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council "go on record endorsing the said writings to the Federal Writers' Project of South Dakota." Cover art and text illustrations by Oscar Howe "Dakota Teaching," copyright by Mrs. Adelheid Howe From the collection of the Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa, OK. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Rather thick, 593 pages, numerous photos throughout and with very large color map in pocket at the rear. Remnants of original dust jacket laid in (lacking the spine). Map is in excellent condition. Good to very good condition, an unworn copy, light occasional staining internally.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Binding sound, hinges cracked. Pages clean, tanned. Map of New Orleans is missing. Cloth over boards is heavily shelf worn with label at lower spine. Guidebook to New Orleans, published under a New Deal program. Illustrated with black and white photographs. American Guide Series; Ex-Library; 8.25" tall; 430 pages.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. (dakota indians, legends, juvenile literature ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 559 page, well illustrated guide to early 20th century New Hampshire. Illustrations include a fold-out map in rear pocket. Name stamp and inked name on front endpapers. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. An oft-perused copy in faded blue buckram boards with no internal markings. Front hinge cracked and pulling from textblock. Rear hinge cracked with webbing conspicuous, but still holding. Wildlife-emblazoned 'Sportsman's Map of Alaska' endpapers are moderately age toned - the front free endpaper and half title page heavily so. Previous owner name of Captain in USMC on half title page. Page 333 creased and folded. MAP IS PRESENT enveloped in pasted-in rear pouch. Reprint, September 1943. In mylar.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. 38 page pamphlet.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 38 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Includes original map in pocket fixed to interior of rear cover. This book has mild rubbing and scuffing to both covers, shelfwear to the edges and corners of the covers and textblock, a shifted spine, loose hinges, mild toning and foxing to the interior of the covers, a former owner's signature on the front endpage, gentle bowing to the rear cover and rear pages due to included map, separation of the binding from the spine plate at the top of the spine, and an overall gentle aging to the pages, otherwise this book is in fair condition considering its age, with unmarked pages, a tight binding, and a strong, clean cover.…