Delaware Guide First State, First Edition (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st Edition. edgewear and tear to price clipped dj. price sticker partially removed from ffep.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. 448 pages. B1-2493. First edition. Spine is lightly faded, else near fine.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxv, 422 pages. B1-2493. Revised edition of the 1952 first edition. With a foreword by J. Caleb Boggs. Library stamp on half title.

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 214 pages. First edition. Divided into four major sections: Delaware's Counties, Delaware History, Delaware Government and Delaware People.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxv, 422 pages. B1-2493. First edition. With a foreword by J. Caleb Boggs. Covers faded. Name in ink on front pastedown.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 422 pages. Revised edition of the 1952 first edition. With a foreword by J. Caleb Boggs. Jacket chipped.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. 448 pages. B1-2493. First printing. Signed by both authors. Covers slightly faded.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 422 pages. Revised edition of the 1952 first edition. With a foreword by J. Caleb Boggs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP) was a federal government project in the United States created to provide jobs for out-of-work writers and to develop a history and overview of the United States, by state, cities and other jurisdictions. It was launched in 1935 during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as Federal Project Number One or Federal One. FWP employed thousands of people and produced hundreds of publications, including state guides, city guides, local histories, oral histories, ethnographies, and children's books. In addition to writers, the project provided jobs to unemployed librarians, clerks, researchers, editors, and historians. 1st edition. This copy is good in blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and front cover. Ex-library, with typical library stamps and labels. The binding is sound, albeit library tape-reinforced. There is minor scuffing and soiling otherwise. The text is very clean and unmarked, other than the library stamps. It lacks the folding map in the rear pocket. but there is a state map on the front endpapers. First editions of this title are uncommon in the trade. . LB15.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. moderate sunning to back strip, age discoloration to end papers along hinges from binder's glue, otherwise a clean, square copy, octavo, 549 pages, blue cloth, has a large folding color map in rear pocket.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxv, 549 pages. B1-282. First edition. Lacking the dust jacket. Lacking the folded map. Covers rubbed. Front hinge starting. Edited by Jeannette Eckman, Anthony Higgins and William H. Conner. Written as part of the Federal Writers' Project. Well illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG/G as some wear to dj, map in rear pocket as issued, 2nd printing, xxv + 538pps + index, well photographed document of the period.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. American Guide series. Map included.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Dust jacket with chipping, rubbing and; American Guide Series; 8vo; 549 pages; Map in pocket in rear. Jacket has been laminated and shows very minor wear. Some darkening to endpapers. Top page edges spotted. Near Fine foxing. Tape repair on backside of jacket. Some foxing to fore-edge.

Condition: VG-, NO dj. 1st. 12mo. 549pp. Signed by an ed. Some foxing to edges, some discoloration in gutters, spine lettering hard to read. Has the map rear pocket. Inscribed and signed to a friend by Anthony Higgins, one of the editors.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine faded. Endpapers darkened. Small bookplate. Light spotting to top edge. Front hinge has a bit of play. Map in rear pocket missing. ; Blue boards with gilt lettering. Publishing date: June 1938 with no subsequent listing on copyright page. Schoyer 120. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxv, 549 pages.

Hardcover. Second Printing. Very good+ in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board. The cloth on the spine is slightly faded and the front end sheets are tanned due to the glue used in binding. . Reportedly the first printing of the book was restricted to only 10,000 copies. 549 pages with index, bibliography, chronology, text, maps and photographs through-out with the fold-out map of the state in a rear pocket of the book.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Dust jacket with chipping, rubbing; American Guide Series; 8vo; 549 pages; Map in pocket in rear. Jacket with light rubbing, few small closed tears and a little edgewear. A little browning to the endpapers. Near Fine and foxing. Tape repair on backside of jacket. Some foxing to fore-edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Third edition, revisd and enlarged. Tall octavo. 360pp. Author Cy Liberman's copy with his ownership signature, and corrections, mostly in the index, with some notes on a slip of paper laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ with light chipping and small open tears. 1" loss to DJ bottom spine. Price clipped. Boards a bit faded. Endpapers tanned. Browning/spotting to edges. Rear map missing. ; This is the first edition with the year in roman numerals on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 549 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. DJ with moderate chipping. 1" loss to spine ends. Small hole to DJ spine. Small open tear to DJ back. Boards with moderate shelfwear and browning to spine ends. A bit of tanning to endpapers. Slight foxing and tanning to edges. Former owner's name and blindstamp on front free endpaper. ; VG+ map in rear pocket. This is the first edition with the year in roman numerals on title page and no subsequent printings listed on copyright page; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 549 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chip to head of spine. Stated first published in June 1938. Fine folding map in rear pocket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. DJ price clipped and with light wear to edges and light fraying to spine ends. Endpapers tanned as usual; NF map in rear pocket; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 549 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. DJ in archival cover. Stated first published in June 1938. Fine folding map in rear pocket.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. octavo, 538 pages, plus Index; folding map in rear pocket. Dust jacket with price of $2.50 on flap. American Guide Series, illustrated in black and white.