Written and Compiled by the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (28 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Contents Include: First Fifty Years; The Indian Wars; The Eighteenth Century - Revolution; The Nineteenth Century; Points of Interest; Sudbury - 1939; sudbury - 1940-1986. Card covers. Good to good+ tight condition. Second Revised Edition 1987. 94 pages. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.

50th anniversary edition reprint of the original May 1938 edition published by The Viking Press. xxxiv, 545 pages. Paperback: H 21.25cm x L 13.75cm. Glossy paper covers rubbed with slight scuffing at edges; bumping/creasing at spine heel and at front cover's adjacent lower left; spine sunned. Slight soiling and a few stains to text block edges with a few leaves affected at margins; three leaves creased at their top fore-edge corners from past fold-ins; interior leaves overall remain quite clean. Binding retains some crispness. ISBN 0878053697.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Modern Age Books, New York, copyright 1938. xxvii, 344 pages. 30 photos, folding map inside lower cover. 8 x 5.5", clothh, no dj. Library spine number, bookplate, pockets, stamps, cover worn, text clean, tight, fair/none.

Hardcover. xv, 75p., foreword, numerous b&w gravure photos, folding map at rear, very good early reprint [no date on title page] in orange cloth boards with sunned edges. American Guide Series.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xxiii, 424 pp., illus. Slight lean to spine, covers mildly shelfworn and rubbed at edges, page edges lightly foxed, discoloring to endpapers, previous owner name on front free endpaper. Interior clean and unmarked but for faintly visible erased pencil marks on one page only (Preface). A fairly nice copy of the first edition, unfortunately lacking both the folding map and the dust jacket, and so offered As Is.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1939 1st edition, 'American Guide Series, VG/NO Dustjacket, orange cloth with black letterong on cover & spine that all read fine, spine color faded, fold-out map attached at rear, bottom corners lightly bumped, no markings found, sound binding.

Revised edition (originally published 1938). lxii, 416 pages plus unpaged plates. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket with blue front panel illustration parodying the Clark Mills equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in the Vieux Carre's Jackson Square; dust jacket well wrinkled with several short tears; front flap's top right corner scuffed but retains publisher's printed price. Aquamarine cloth with slight toning at edges. Slight toning to endpapers; interior leaves are clean. Binding is firm.

Hardcover. xxx, 523p., endpaper key map, preface, foreword, Minnesota in pictures photo section, chronology, bibliography, index, map missing from rear pocket, ownership name, heavily toned and foxed endpapers and edges, remains of tape on endpapers and dj, price-clipped and heavily-worn and chipped dj with flaps starting to separate. American Guide Series. Dykes 149. Powell 704.

Third printing (first published by Viking Press in May 1938). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Black cloth mildly mottled; spine slightly cocked; slight fraying at spine ends; board corners worn; spine's gilt stamping quite dulled; front board's gilt stamping remains reasonably bright but certainly not vibrant. Light foxing to text block's top edge; light stray ink mark on bottom edge. Some foxing/toning to endpapers; peeling and glue residue from removed bookplate on front pastedown with paper abraded at top margin obscuring an ink inscription; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Rear pastedown pocket lacks its foldout state map. Fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #22|NCE-009}.

Hardcover. vi, 122p., front photo section, introduction, index, illustrated with numerous b&w photos and maps including a large folded map in colors at rear in pocket, good first edition in red cloth boards with sunned spine. American Guide Series. Dykes 399, Powell 1763.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good in glossy wraps. 8vo., 735 pp. Bibliography, Index. Black and white photos. Second paperback printing. Sponsored by the Public Library of Newark and the New Jersey Guild Associates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is the second printing from 1947. No wear to the binding. No distortion of the book from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Large folding map in a pocket inside the rear cover. Light edge tears to the map.No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket. Book in a clear mylar protector.

Hardcover. xxxvi, 675p., endpaper maps, forewords, general information, calendar of events, chronology, bibliography, index, illustrated with maps and b&w plates from photos, folding color map in rear pocket, likely early reprint as the date is dropped from title page, very good in blue cloth boards and gilt, bookplate of Lewis T. Gagnon on half-title page. American Guide Series. Dykes 130, Powell 578.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. In Very Good - Illustrated Dust Jacket. xv, 75 pp + unpaginated Illustrations. Large fold-out map tipped to rear free end-paper. Sponsored by the Bret Harte Associates. American Guide Series, Later Printing without any date on title-page. The reprint measures 1/4" taller than first printing, and apparently issued only in cloth, 1939. Not Price Clipped. Only the faintest wear to dj, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light-red cloth with black lettering to front board and spine. Size: Tall 8vo. Book.

First edition, early printing (but not a first printing for lack of "1938" at foot of title page per Houghton's contemporary practice). lxiv, 430 pages plus unpaged plates. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth; usual slight fading to spine cloth with its gilt stamping a bit dulled but still legible; front board's gilt stamping remains reasonably bright. Text block edges toned. Light toning and a touch of soiling to endpapers; past owner's O'Casey family Mississippi and Ireland genealogical-themed bookplate affixed upon front free endpaper verso; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. City map illustration to front endpapers; foldout color map (lightly toned and, unfortunately, no longer following its original folds) present in rear pastedown pocket; brief Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins; Foreword (introductory letter) by New Orleans Mayor Robert Maestri who was also the guidebook's co-operating sponsor; Preface by Lyle Saxon and Edward P. Dreyer; eight unpaged sections of b/w plates (mostly photos but including six illustrations by Caroline Durieux); b/w illustrations as chapter headpieces and/or tailpieces; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Primary text divided amongst three sections titled as "New Orleans: The General Background," "Economic and Social Development." and "Sectional Descriptions and Tours" which feature numerous chapters including "History," "Racial Distribution," "Folkways," "Architecture," "Creole Cuisine," "The Carnival" (i.e. Mardi Gras), "Cemeteries," "Some Negro Cults," etc. Perhaps the best city guide published under the WPA auspices but, of course, New Orleans' insouciance provides content unique among American metropolises. Bibliographical references: Dykes #119; Powell #587; Bienes Catalogue #129; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue #225-#233. Acquired from the estate of Birmingham, Alabama pathologist, bibliophile, and genealogist Dr. Albert Eugene Casey (1903-1982) who served as director of laboratories at Birmingham Baptist Hospitals from 1942-1972 with his aforementioned personal bookplate ffep verso. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, Octavo, blue leather over boards stamped in gilt. Guide book to Massachusetts written and compiled by the Federal Writers Project of the WPA, includes a map on the front end paper and a large folding map in the rear pocket. Part of the American guides series. Very good, light wear to cover and no dust jacket.

Paperback. 38p., 6x8.25 inches, illustrations, light wear otherwise a very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. American Guide Series. Dykes 282, Powell 1391.

Paperback. 38p., 6x8.25 inches, illustrations, bar-code label on inner rear cover otherwise a very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. American Guide Series. Dykes 282, Powell 1391.

Hardcover. [ix] 134p., endpaper maps and folding map in rear pocket, frontis-portrait of General Anthony Wayne, foreword, preface, note, general information, chronology, bibliography, index, illustrated with photos and maps, good first edition stated in lightly worn gray boards and heavily-worn & chipped dj. Larger pieces missing from rear panel. American Guide Series. Dykes 281.Powell 1839, Roos 2269.

First edition (not stated). [6], 36, [2] pages (plus covers). Staple-bound pamphlet; H 23.5cm x L 15.25cm. Paper covers; front cover illustrated with dramatic scene of flood-born houses and debris; bottom corner of rear cover creased; slight nicks at spine ends with minor abrasion lengthwise. Sponsored by the Mayor and City Council of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Foreword by Mayor Daniel J. Shields. Note by State Director Paul Comly French attributing authorship to Peter J. Toner of the Cambria County Unit under the editorial direction of Charles V. Waters, the pamphlet's woodcut style illustrations to Edward Giordano and Herbert Palmer, and "Johnstown and Environs" map (pgs 30-31) to Horace Allen under the direction of William J. Hagerty. Includes 2 b/w photos by US Army Corps of Engineers; Epilogue; Reference/Bibliography list. The sixteenth in a series of pamphlets published by the prolific Pennsylvania Federal Writers' Project, THE FLOODS OF JOHNSTOWN enjoyed a large printing as it was utilized in the city's lobbying effort for federal flood control aid but copies are now rather uncommon. A majority of copies encountered have a Johnstown News Company blue-ink stamp upon their front covers as that business was apparently a primary local retailer (however this copy is not marred by such a stamp). Bibliographical references: Powell 1390; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 532; Bienes Catalogue 215; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 40. Mild thumbing to fore-edges of interior leaves else a very good copy. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller.

Second printing (per publisher's statement upon copyright page; first published in May 1938) INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY "THE HOLCOMBS." [2], i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Khaki cloth with dark green stamping to spine and front board; toning, foxing, and some mottling to cloth. Toning and foxing to text block edges and endpapers; some foxing to several initial and rear leaves with light occurrences to interior pages which otherwise remain clean; vertical creases at centers of pages 229-230 and 317-318 from past folds. Nine-line ink inscription "To: Mrs. Lester Brown | on a very special Occasion - | 'Forgetting the number | remembering the Day | We're wishing you happiness | along life's way' | With love | 'The Holcombs' | 12-14-'43" on the half-title page (the inscribee being of a prominent Kosciusko, Mississippi family). With state tour map on front endpapers, Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins, Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb, single page city tour maps, and a concluding Appendix section which features a state chronology, a Bibliography, and Index. Total of 74 b/w photographs by Willa Johnston, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, J.R. Cofield, W. Lincoln Highton et al but, most notably, including three images by Eudora Welty ("Gathering for a Political Rally" on page 9, "Shantyboat Life" on page 16, and "A One-Mule Power Cane Press" on page 449) and four by Gene Holcomb ("A 'Dog-Trot' Cabin" on page 143, "Lighthouse, Biloxi" on page 174, "Manship Home, Jackson" on page 219, and "Gathering Pecans" on page 430). Unfortunately missing folding state map in rear folder. Bibliographical references: Dykes 155; Powell 717; Roos 3083; Bienes Catalogue 149; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 302 to 304; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 22. Eudora Welty's contribution is referenced as #H2 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK. State Editor Gene Holcomb also contributed photos to MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST; YESTERDAY AND TODAY 1699 1939 which was the only other Mississippi Federal Writers' Project publication that enjoyed a broad release (there were other state FWP imprints, most notably serviceman guidebooks to Hattiesburg, Vicksburg, and Jackson, but nearly all others were community service related). Holcomb did work on the Missouri WPA guidebook after his Mississippi tenure but information regarding his post-WPA career is elusive. Gene Holcomb married Elizabeth Coleman Holcomb (1908-1983) in 1938 and she is cited in James B. Lloyd's LIVES OF MISSISSIPPI AUTHORS, 1817-1967 (University Press of Mississippi, 1981) as a Tupelo resident who served as Director of the Lee-Itawamba Library System from 1953-1975. Mrs. Holcomb authored a 1950 book on Tupelo's First Baptist Church. This bookseller has encountered several copies of the Mississippi state guidebook signed by State Director Eri Douglas but this is the first one encountered with an association to the Holcombs. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #17}.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. (CK).

42p., 6x9 inches, frontis-map of the Northwest Territory, illustrated with drawings by Earle Sargeant, light foxing otherwise a very good first edition booklet in blue-gray pictorial stapled wraps. American Guide Series. Dykes 242, Powell 1228.

41p., 6x9 inches, frontis-map of the Northwest Territory, illustrated with drawings by Earle Sargeant, very good first edition booklet in orange pictorial stapled wraps. American Guide Series. Dykes 240, Powell 1226.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Olive cloth; usual light toning to spine; spine's gilt stamping dulled but discernable with front board's gilt stamping still reasonably bright. Text block's top edge soiled. Endpapers toned; past owner's ink signature at top of front pastedown; top portions of front free endpaper and half-title lacking likely done to removed another ownership inscription as a remnant of an ink one is still present on half-title verso; slight edge-wear to rear flyleaf; interior text pages overall remain clean. Rear pocket retains its large color foldout double-sided state map (credited to the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, New York City); map has some toning and short tear at edge. Binding slightly shaken between half-title and title; text block is otherwise firm. State tour map on front endpapers (aforementioned ffep removed top portion affects map's border margin but not state image itself) plus a total of fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg (tour maps for Biloxi and Jackson are presented on the verso of the color foldout state map). Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. {WPA bibliographical references: Dykes 155; Powell 717; Roos 3083; Bienes Catalogue 149; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 302 to 304; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 22. Eudora Welty's contribution is cited as #H2 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #20}.

First edition, first printing (per Viking's requisite "First published . . . " statement upon copyright page). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. Lacks dust jacket. Olive cloth rubbed, small light stain at top of front board, a few soiling spots along rear joint, gilt stamped lettering for publisher's imprint at spine heel dulled but with spine's and front board's title lettering still reasonably bright. Foxing to edges; usual strong toning to front endpapers with ink ownership inscription at top of front free endpaper; light foxing to half-title and title page; strong toning to rear pastedown and opposing rear pocket verso; past owner's pencil notes on rear pastedown; foxing to rear flyleaves; slender light moisture stains at upper fore-edge margins of last 75 pages or so with last 20 pages or so having creased top fore-edge corners; second rear flyleaf slightly pulled. A few foxing spots to interior pages but majority of text leaves remain quite clean. Binding stressed between half-title and title pages and between first and second rear flyleaves but otherwise firm. Rear pocket retains the laid-in large color foldout double-sided state map (credited to the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, New York City) which has some light staining and foxing as well as a few extraneous creases but otherwise follows its original fold-lines. A good+ copy. State tour map on front endpapers plus a total of fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg (tour maps for Biloxi and Jackson are presented on the verso of the color foldout state map). Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. {WPA bibliographical references: Dykes 155; Powell 717; Roos 3083; Bienes Catalogue 149; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 302 to 304; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 22. Eudora Welty's contribution is cited as #H2 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #14}.

Hardcover. 368p., frontispiece, foreword, introduction, index, illustrated with b&w photos, good first edition stated in green buckram cloth boards an unclipped yet with price rubbed-out & tape repaired (on back) dj. American Guide Series. Massachusetts guide. Dykes 134.

First edition, first printing (per publisher's requisite "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). i-xxiv, 1-545 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 13.75cm. Dust jacket soiled and foxed/toned; shallow chipping at spine and flap fold ends; 5cm tear at spine head with small chip at center; other short tears and creasing/bumping at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Olive cloth; usual light toning to spine; gilt stamping and front board's gilt stamping still reasonably bright. Text block's top edge obtrusively foxed; strong foxing to fore-edge with lighter foxing to bottom edge. Strong toning/foxing to front endpapers and rear pastedown; past owner's two-line ink inscription at top of front pastedown and again at top of front free endpaper; light foxing to initial leaves succeeding ffep and to rear leaves preceding rfep; non-authorial gift ink inscription to past owner on half-title page; occasional light foxing to interior text leaves which, overall, remain fairly clean. Rear pocket retains its large color foldout double-sided state map (credited to the Federal Writers' Project, WPA, New York City) albeit with mild foxing/toning. Binding is firm. State tour map on front endpapers plus a total of fourteen maps amongst text including tour maps for the towns of Columbus, Holly Springs, Natchez, and Vicksburg (tour maps for Biloxi and Jackson are presented on the verso of the color foldout state map). Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission. Foreword by WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Preface by State Director Eri Douglas and State Editor Gene Holcomb. B/w photographs throughout with images by Willa Johnston, Gene Holcomb, O.N. Pruitt, Earl M. Norman, and W. Lincoln Highton as well as three images by Eudora Welty: GATHERING FOR A POLITICAL RALLY on page 9, SHANTYBOAT LIFE on page 16, and A ONE-MULE POWER CANE PRESS on page 449. Concluding appendix section features Chronology, Bibliography, and Index. {WPA bibliographical references: Dykes 155; Powell 717; Roos 3083; Bienes Catalogue 149; Scharf & Schoyer Catalogue 302 to 304; September 1941 WPA Writers' Program Publications catalogue - page 22. Eudora Welty's contribution is cited as #H2 in Noel Polk's EUDORA WELTY; A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HER WORK.} Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {MS Shelf #21}.