Works Projects Administration (221 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Pages slightly tanned. Covers scuffed. Contents clean. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Early County Records of Gloucester County, New Jersey (Slave Documents). Book.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Faded covers with many scuffs and light soils on exterior, with some large edge chips. A detailed reference of Manuscript collections from the United States in 1938. Mimeograph. 134 pages. Book.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Prepared by The Pennsylvania Historical Survey, Division of Community Service Programs, Works Projects Administration. Light blue wraps, 321 pp. Lightly toned toward edges, sunned spine panel, light edge wear. Clean interior, modestly toned. Listings for Philadelphia County newspapers in PA historical collections and archives. Although published as "Volume I," the Philadelphia County entry is the only title ever published in this abandoned series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Originally published 1941. 158pp. Illustrated by Sioux artists. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 143pp; Index. No library stamps; no ownership markings. Clean and tight. Gilt-stamped maroon cloth.

Condition: Good. Binfords & Mort 1940 ex-library copy. orange cloth boards are stained and soiled. spine age toned and slightly shaken. rear hinge cracked.

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.

Five single-sided typescript-style mimeographed leaves plus covers. Staple-bound paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.5cm. Blue paper covers toned at edges; slight curling/creasing at fore-edge corners. Brief proposal for establishing a project for inventorying early American books. pamphlets, and broadsides with state directors to seek advice/direction from Douglas C. McMurtrie [Douglas Crawford McMurtrie] who had received an appointment as Historical Advisor to the National Supervisor, the latter being Luther H. Evans. Page 5 concludes "May 13, 1937 | Third Issue" so evidently the publication had two preceding iterations. Binding is firm.

Ex-library copy. 143 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.5cm. No dust jacket. Maroon cloth rubbed; shelf reference stickers affixed at front board's top left. Initial leaves have various stamps/markings for Library of Congress surplus duplicate and WPA Research Library; card pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Binding is firm.

First edition but probable second state (no edition/printing statement provided). Unpaged - 60 pages. Hardcover: H 18.25cm x L 15.75cm. Tattered, torn, and chipped dust jacket with separated portions now laid-in a front and rear endpapers. Blue cloth (one of at least two variants, the other being tan which is quite likely primary); minor scuffing at spine ends; front board's bottom fore-edge corner worn. Binding is firm. Sponsored by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce but still under the auspices of the Virginia Conservation Commission which served as the state-wide sponsor of the Virginia Writers' Project. Brief Preface by Virginia Writers' Project State Supervisor Eudora Ramsay Richardson. Numerous b/w photographs throughout with twenty-seven images (more than a quarter of the total) credited to the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce; other photos credited to state and federal agencies including the Virginia Conservation Commission, Farm Security Administration, and Federal Works Agency as well as individuals including twelve images by Dementi (a Richmond photography studio of father-son team Anthony L. Dementi and Robert A. Dementi) and three images by noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Fourteen b/w portrait drawings by Ralph W. Lermond. An uncommon WPA book issued as part of the American Pictorial Guide Series. {WPA-Shelf#2|CVA-01212}.

xiv, 323 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth rubbed with some light stains; gilt stamping to front board and spine remains bright. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm.

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.

First edition but probable second state (no edition/printing statement provided). Unpaged - 60 pages. Hardcover: H 18.25cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket torn and separated along front panel's spine fold; chips, tears, and creases with toning and soiling; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Blue cloth (one of at least two variants, the other being tan which is quite likely primary); light foxing spots at tops of boards; slender wear at boards' bottom fore-edge corners. Binding is firm. Sponsored by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce but still under the auspices of the Virginia Conservation Commission which served as the state-wide sponsor of the Virginia Writers' Project. Brief Preface by Virginia Writers' Project State Supervisor Eudora Ramsay Richardson. Numerous b/w photographs throughout with twenty-seven images (more than a quarter of the total) credited to the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce; other photos credited to state and federal agencies including the Virginia Conservation Commission, Farm Security Administration, and Federal Works Agency as well as individuals including twelve images by Dementi (a Richmond photography studio of father-son team Anthony L. Dementi and Robert A. Dementi) and three images by noted architectural photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston. Fourteen b/w portrait drawings by Ralph W. Lermond. An uncommon WPA book issued as part of the American Pictorial Guide Series. {WPA-Shelf#4|CVA-01214}.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. trade paperback in very good+ condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First few pages are heavily dampstained. ; Bound xerox of 1939 WPA work.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Austin Baylitts, Photos (illustrator). Large octavo, hardcover, good in dark green embossed boards. vintage WPA book from the 40's. Wear at top spine else VG. No dj. 749 pp. Green and white pictorial endpapers showing wildlife. Frontis of seal family. Illustrated with Photographs. Illustrated by Austin Baylitts. Covers mammals, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, birds. Decorated endpps. Sponsored by city of NY and Mayor LaGuardia and the Work Projects Writers' Program. Book.

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.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Softcovers; several light spots on front wrap; minor shelfwear; o/w in good condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Softcovers; light creasing of upper corner of rear wraps and several leaves; a couple of nicks on fore-edge of rear wrap; o/w in good condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Softcovers; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of upper corner of wraps and leaves; o/w in good condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcovers; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of upper corner of wraps and leaves; o/w in very good condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcovers; minor shelfwear w/ light creasing of lower corner of front wrap; o/w in very good condition.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcovers; minor shelfwear; o/w in very good condition.

xiv, 167 pages. Hardcover. No dust jacket present. Blue cloth lightly rubbed; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright; slight scuffing at spine ends and board corner tips. Slight toning to endpapers; handwritten ink "7" at front pastedown's top left; no other markings readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

Third printing 1942. -- Includes map in rear pocket. Kentucky Key Tour Map on front endsheets. Many photographs. -- Hardcover, dark green cloth, 489 pages. Condition: very good (cover lettering is a little dulled; no jacket). -- Pages, maps and photos are bright, and binding is tight.