Wpa Work Progress Administration (28 results)
Published by Deaprtment of Education no date, South Carolina
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG+, no dj. 1st .. 12mo. 81pp. One of the scarcer WPA Guides.
Published by James Ladd Delkin, California 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star seller1st. 12mo. Mildly EX LIB: Bookplate from the N. E. Historic Genealogy Collection, stamped withdrawn, no pockets, etc. Couple small tape stains on covers from where an old mylar was applied. VG EX LIB in a VG, lightly stained price-clipped DJ.
Published by U. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG+, NO dj. 2nd ptg. 12mo. 445pp. P O name top of title page. Has the map in the rear pocket.
Published by Hastings House, NY 1942
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG-, NO DJ BUT EX LIB. 1st EX LIB. 12mo. 528pp. Public Libary bookplate, properly discarded. 1/2" tear top spine. cloth, some edgewear. Has the map rear pocket.
More imagesPublished by Hastings House, New York 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.Turn-The-Page Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 35.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd printing. A foundation bookplate pasted onto half title. Full cloth binding. Map endpapers. xxvi, 595pp. Photos. Dust jacket is fair to good only, chipped at corners, with a large splash of coffee staining around both flap folds. Now in a new mylar cover. American… Guide Series. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG, NO DJ. 1st. 12mo. 593pp. Spine lettering hard to read, but a solid copy otherwise. Has the map. in the rear pocket.
Published by Oxford U. Press, NY 1952
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG-/FAIR ONLY (see notes). 4th ptg. 12mo. 490pp. Bit of mottling to spine cloth, hinge shows at last page of index. Several large chips, edgewear to price-clipped DJ. No pocket map, just simple front end paper map.
Published by Macmillan, NY 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good+ (see notes). later ptg. 12mo. 427pp. Last 2 end papers starting away from hinge. Has the map rear pocket.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG/Poor (see notes). 1st. 12mo. 476pp. Book is quite decent, but DJ is badly chipped, tears and wear. Has the. map rear pocket.
More imagesPublished by Wise & Co. Inc., New York 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 42.50
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light rubbing to boards ; Profusely illustrated with color photographs. This is the later edition of a book that was originally published in 1940 by the City of New York under Mayor LaGuardia. The first edition states: Compiled by the Writers' Program of the Wor…k Projects Administration in the City of New York. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 749 pages.
Published by Hastings House, NY 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG/Good only (see notes). 4th ptg. 12mo. 595pp. Light sunned spot top spine of book. Chip top of DJ, 3" from back onto. top spine, 3/4" deep. 1/2" chip heel of clipped DJ.
Published by Hastings House, NY 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG/Good+ only (see notes). 4th ed revised. 12mo. 471pp. P O name. 1 1/2" tear bottom rear of somewhat worn DJ. In mylar.
Published by Oxford U. Press, NY 1941
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG-, NO dj. 2nd ptg. 8vo. 710pp. Bookplate front down end paper, large P O name stamp 2nd end paper. Some general wear, foxing. Has the map rear pocket.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.Turn-The-Page Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean and unmarked hardcover. Lacking jacket. Green boards, shelf rubbed along edges. Map front endpapers. xxi, 392pp. Photos. Folded state highway map in rear pocket, not the original WPA map. Lacking original map. American Guide Series. Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Published by Hastings House, NY 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG-, NO dj. 2nd ptg. 12mo. 523pp. Spine cloth sunned, lettering just readable. Has the map in the rear. pocket.
Published by Oxford U. Press, NY 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good only (see notes). 1st. 12mo. 514pp. Some wear head and heel of book, spine worn and its lettering almost. unreadable. Has the map in pocket, somewhat worn. One of the scarcer WPA Guides.
Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: AardBooks, Fitzwilliam, NH, U.S.A.AardBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: VG+/VG- (see notes). later printing. 8vo. 392pp. Map end papers, NO separate map. DJ has a couple of 1/4" tears and. some edgewear. In mylar.
Published by James Ladd Delkin, Stanford University 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 63.75
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Boards with slight rubbing to extremities. Small dark spot on fore edge. ; Including the beautiful photogravures. Schoyer 79.; American Guide Series; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages.
More imagesPublished by University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.Turn-The-Page Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 75.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Prior owner's name, and some numerals, inked on front endpapers. A clean, square copy in full cloth binding. xv, 421pp. Jacket is rubbed, with toned spine, small chips and clear tape over corners. Offered now in a new mylar cover. Size: 8vo - 8"…- 9" Tall.
More imagesPublished by Weisen-Hart Press, Cincinnati, OH 1943
- Hardcover
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.Riverow Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover w/DJ. Condition: Good/Good. Cincinnati, OH: Weisen-Hart Press. Good/Good. 1943. . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 570pp., Shelf wear, paint stain on spine; dust jackets clipped; pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White Plates; Maps (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Hastings House, New York 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
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US$ 106.25
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Board with a bit darkening, light soiling and rubbing. Browning to endpapers. Internally handsome and tight; Including the beautiful photogravures; American Guide Series; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 122 pages.
Published by Hastings House, New York 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Printing. DJ with very light chipping. Small open tear to DJ top spine. A bit musty ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxi, 545 pages.
Published by Works Progress Administration, San Francisco 1939
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. ii, 171p., wraps, illus., very good condition, 8.5x11 inches, mimeographed on one side only as issued.
Published by Weisen-Hart, Cincinnati 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
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US$ 148.75
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light rubbing to spine ends and with gilt lettering on spine a bit faded. Former owner's name on front pastedown. Hinges with a tiny bit of play. Rear 50 pages have a hint of waterstaining. ; In light brown cloth boards and 1788 on the front board, indicating that this is the first… printing with a later issue binding (one of 3 variants). Under the Work Progress Administration famous writers went back to work on a steady paycheck. According to Schoyer, this is the last big volume under the WPA that was published. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 570 pages.
Published by Armenian Historical Society, Boston 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Gilt lettering a bit faded. Small holes to last two pages, not affecting readability. Internally a handsome and tight copy. ; While small in number, Armenians have had influence over the history and development of Massachusetts; Photographures; 8vo 8" - 9…" tall; 145 pages.
More imagesPublished by Oxford University Press (1940), New York 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
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US$ 200.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ a bit tanned and with a small, open tear to DJ front. Light chipping to DJ spine ends. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A very handsome and tight copy with the slightest tanning to the endpapers.; This is the rare 1st edition with no y…ear on title page. "First Published May 1940" on copyright page, without subsequent printings. Grey cloth boards with lettering and pictorial design in blue. VG+ folding map in rear pocket. Including the outstanding photogravures. Schoyer 622.; Photogravures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxix, 699 pages.
More imagesPublished by Richard R Smith, New York 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dustjacket with light chipping. Crease along the fold of the front flap. Closed tear to DJ rear. Price clipped. Boards with slight rubbing to extremities and a bit of fraying to bottom spine.; Including VG+ map in slightly torn rear pocket. Green c…loth binding with gilt lettering. Schoyer 2.; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 442 pages.
More imagesPublished by Knight Printing Company, Fargo 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 637.50
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. DJ a bit darkened and separated on spine. 1" loss to DJ rear top and top spine and two small open tears to DJ front. DJ spine tape repaired. Otherwise with small chipping and some closed tears. One closed tear was fixed oddly enough with a colorful po…ststamp on front bottom DJ. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. The slightest of fading to the gilt lettering. Former owner's name on half-title page. A handsome and tight copy - as rare as it gets.; The North Dakota guide is one of the hardest ones to find. The first printrun was only about 3,000 copies and the printer broke up the type afterwards (In comparison: The IOWA guide had a printrun of 10,000 copies for the first edition). Thanks to the great efforts of Ethel Schlasinger, Director of the Writers' Project in North Dakota, this guide was published in a timely manner - much earlier than many other volumes of the American Guide Series. Ethel Schlasinger was quite possibly the most talented state director and with just 20 years old, the youngest. - Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Folding map in color pasted in rear pastedown as issued. Schoyer 470.; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xx, 371 pages.
