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193944523Pennsylvania: Federal Writers Project 1939. Wraps. vg. Stapled pictorial wrappers. 36pp Illustrated. Double map. Powell. Federal Writers Project unknown
19372306200115Government Printing Office 1937. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Spine faded. Clean unmarked pages. Includes map in rear pocket. xxvi. 1140 pages. <br> The American Guide Series was a group of books and pamphlets published under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project FWP a Depression-era works program in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP but printed by individual states and contained detailed histories of each state with descriptions of every city and town. The format was uniform comprising essays on the state's history and culture descriptions of its major cities automobile tours of important attractions and a portfolio of photographs. Government Printing Office hardcover
193088400Pittsburgh PA: Works Progress Administration 1930. Poster. Very Good. Fifteen different hand-colored screenprints each 23 in. x 18 in. on heavy cardstock that feature traditional European costumes from various time periods. Includes No. 19 72 73 77 78 79 81 82 90 92 93 95 96 104 and 108 which highlight men's women's and children's costumes from the Byzantine Louis XV Louis XVI Directoire Empire-Romantic and Late Victorian eras. Light age-toning along edges with white cloth tape stretched along left edge where it was once bound. Several boards have show minor creases at bottom right corner. Print #19 has deterioration and the loss of some paper along bottom edge. Light edgewear to #81 and #82. Colors are vibrant and still "pop". Protected in archival plastic. WPA District 15 was located in PIttsburgh PA. The Museum Extension Project arm of the WPA which sponsored these specific plates focused on producing historic models puppets illustrated plates and maps for use in school districts especially those with limited access to museums. Works Progress Administration unknown
1949188dNew York: Hastings House 1949. Second Printing. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission. Octavo blue cloth hardcover map illus. endpapers xxii 442 pp. Map in rear pocket. Neatly inked notations to endpapers; otherwise Very Good with light edgewear; in a badly torn mylar protected dust jacket. Hastings House, (1949). Second Printing. Sponsored by the Alabama State Planning Commission. hardcover
19408336Duell Sloan and Pearce 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Issued as part of the American Guide Series under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project is a regional guidebook blending travel narrative natural history and cultural context focused on the iconic volcanic peak Mount Hood and its surrounding region. First Edition 1940. Octavo xxvii 132 pp. Black cloth. No ownership ink. Endpaper show some browning. Price-clipped dust jacket shows edgewear and is faded along spine. Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover
1938043812New York: M. Barrows and Company 1938. Original 1938 publication with a day by day summary of planned 1939 events historic notes etc. for each day of the year embellished with small black and white illustrations. Externally fair internally good. Tan hardcover printed in red and black 120 pages. Covers age-toned spine covering absent non-structural surface cracks to the joints good hinges sound text block age-toned but clean pages bookplate of George Franklin Weston Jr. on the front free endpaper no other names or markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. M. Barrows and Company Hardcover
19498663New York: Hastings House 1949. Sixth printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good . Octavo 530pp. illustrated. A crisp clean copy about fine with previous owner's bookplate on a preliminary leaf. In a nicer than usual example of the brittle dust jacket; very good or better with a chip at the crown affecting part of the title and a thin partial split at the rear flap joint. Uncommon in appealing condition. Hastings House hardcover
194259778NY: Smith and Durrell 1942. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First edition. xxvi 251pp index; map laid in. Address label and bookplate on front pastedown foxing to prelims gutters foxed spine sunned else very good in publisher's blue cloth. Lacking the jacket. <br/><br/> Smith and Durrell hardcover
194271145NY: Smith and Durrell 1942. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First edition. xxvi 251pp index; map in rear. Offsetting to endpapers else a very good hardback in a slightly darkened and rubbed jacket that has some internal tape reinforcement at the rear fold. Smith and Durrell hardcover
193959808NY: Hastings House 1939. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxxi 698pp index; folding map in rear pocket. Offsetting to prelims address label on copyright page foxing to edges of textblock and boards small stain to bottom spine sunned else very good in publisher's wove green cloth; lacking the jacket. <br/><br/> Hastings House hardcover
