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1940203364M. Barrows 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Published by M. Barrows 1940. Octavo. Book is very good. Price-clipped dust jacket is very good with some shelf wear and edgewear/tears. A scarce copy of this landmark publication of the WPA and part of the acclaimed American Guide Series. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. M. Barrows hardcover
1941GB000PGH4L2I5N00Oxford Univiversity Press 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Oxford Univiversity Press hardcover
194817635NHNew York: Oxford University Press 1948. 561 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ yellow spotting to binding. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ rubbed and worn but complete. Lightly soiled. Includes the large folding map in rear pocket. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press Hardcover
MA04L-00017Oxford University Press. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Oxford University Press 1940. 1st edition. 8vo. xxviii561pp. Illus. Fair book. Good dust jacket. Front hinge broken. In polypropylene bag. Maryland travel and description guidebooks Inquire if you need further information. Oxford University Press unknown
1941ZB1279368Northport: Bacon Percy & Daggett 1941. first edition first printing; 202 pp. plates; original orange cloth hardcover very good in an edge-worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Northport: Bacon, Percy & Daggett hardcover
194190215Northpoint NY: Bacon Percy & Daggett 1941. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Good. xx 202 pages. Illustrations. Maps. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. No dust jacket present. Some cover wear noted. Writing inside both covers. Some page soiling noted. This is one of the American Guide series. The cover title is "Guide to Miami and Environs". Foreword by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. The books in the series were to contain accurate and thorough accounts of American history according to a letter to State directors on the project. Each book's primary purpose was to not only outline the history of the individual states but the following as well: Geography Agriculture Tourist attractions Ethnic groups ArchitectureArts and Industry. Three different types of guides were published: state regional and city guides. Each guide had its own distinct features but followed the same uniform structure. The city guides had the most narrow scope out of all three types as the focus was on a single location. Because of this their maps could be in the greatest detail not only giving an overview of a city's layout but individual neighborhoods as well. City Guides highlighted points of special interest in greater detail. In the Philadelphia guide sites such as Carpenters' Hall and Girard College an-all boys boarding school in the city's northern section each had several pages dedicated to them. The maps that were included in each book added value to them as material objects and not just literature. With the increasing mobility afforded by the number of Americans who owned automobiles the guides served as reliable and durable resources for travelers moving throughout the country. The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project FWP a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration 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 of the then 48 states of the Union with descriptions of every major city and town. The series not only detailed the histories of the 48 states but provided insight to their cultures as well. In total the project employed over 6000 writers. 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. Many books in the project have been updated by private companies or republished without updating. Although not then a state a guide for Alaska was published and also for Puerto Rico but not for Hawaii. If there had been room in Rocinante I would have packed the W.P.A. Guides to the States all forty-eight volumes of them.The complete set comprises the most comprehensive account of the United States ever got together and nothing since has approached it." — John Steinbeck Travels with Charley 1962. As part of the Federal Writers' Project established under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 and the Works Progress Administration over 6500 men and women were employed around the country as writers collecting stories interviews and photographs on a variety of subjects. The project attracted many unemployed writers and artists offering a wage of twenty dollars a week. President Franklin D. Roosevelt enlisted Henry Alsberg a journalist and playwright to head the project. As part of this the FWP developed and published a series of books that served as guides to the 48 existing states. Each book's primary purpose was to not only outline the history of the individual state but its culture and geography as well. Their predecessor Baedeker's Handbook for Travelers: United States lacked much of what was needed to give a picture of America during the 1930s. Alsberg insisted that the new series of books paint a picture of American culture as a whole and celebrate the nation's diversity. From 1937 to 1941 thousands of writers set out around the country to capture America's culture conducting fieldwork interviewing citizens and observing and recording folk traditions and local customs. Writers from all over the country sought to capture American culture during the Great Depression a difficult task given the dire circumstances. Alsberg tasked Benjamin A. Botkin a folklorist and scholar with running the folklore division of the project. Botkin was responsible for coordinating and managing the writers a task that was too large for Alsberg to handle as the volume of work coming in was plentiful for the project. In this role Botkin not only influenced the writers' folklore division but also had a great influence on their coverage of culture. The project's beginnings did not come without challenges. During its infancy various writers' organizations pressured the project because of the parameters that were set by the FWP. With the project bringing many established writers back into the workforce the Authors' Guild of America became aggressive in the pursuit of relaxing guidelines for the writers and also developed a disdain for the project's employment of writers with a lack of experience. With the FWP's main focus on creating jobs for the unemployed the Author's Guild and organizations similar to it continued to criticize the amateurism of many writers on the project. The solution to this critique was a simple one: find enough work for all of the writers. The roles of the writers enlisted to work on the project not only included their initial role as writers but also as photographers geographers and cartographers allowing the creation of additional white collar jobs. Bacon, Percy & Daggett hardcover
194159822Stanford: James Ladd Delkin 1941. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 198pp index. Address label on verso of front free endpaper some light superficial insect damage to edges of front board else very good in publisher's green cloth; lacking the jacket. <br/><br/> James Ladd Delkin hardcover
1937043810Newbury MA: Historical Society of Old Newbury 1937. First edition 1937. Depression era WPA publication. History and folklore of Old Newbury and coastal Massachusetts written for children and illustrated in black and white. Softcover stapled binding 69 pages. Covers age-darkened aroudn the edges with some rubbing to extremities and two small holes on the spine edge where the staples have poked through sound binding lightly age-toned but clean pages no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical Society of Old Newbury Paperback
1940056082New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover no dustjacket "First Published in December 1940" 660 pages the large folding map in the rear pocket the gray cloth has moderate edge-wear confined to the corners and spine-ends the map has tiny areas of wear at the folds but very little loss the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine . Oxford University Press hardcover
1940203379Oxford 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition Sixth Printing 1957. Published by Oxford 1940. Octavo. Book is very good. Price-clipped dust jacket is very good with some shelf wear edgewear and tears. A scarce copy of this landmark publication of the WPA and part of the acclaimed American Guide Series. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Oxford hardcover
193721931William Penn Association 1937. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Stated first edition. Hardcover no dust jacket. Light shelfwear to covers with light wear to head and foot of spine and corners. Small tear to front endpaper. Pages show toning to edges and gutter. No writing to text. 704 pages index b&w photos and illus. There are 2 folded maps laid in by rear pocket. Pocket has a tear along one ege. Larger is colored map of the city smaller is b&w map of highway bypasses around the city. Second map is scarce. William Penn Association hardcover
194059804Portland: Forest City Printing Company 1940. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxi 318pp index. Ink name and address on front pastedown else very good in publisher's oatmeal cloth lettered in green; lacking the jacket. <br/><br/> Forest City Printing Company hardcover
1940203371Forest City Printing 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Not price-clipped $2.50 price intact. Published by The Forest City Printing Company 1940. Octavo. Book is very good with previous owner inscription on flyleaf. Dust jacket is very good with some shelf wear edgewear and tears. A scarce copy of this landmark publication of the WPA and part of the acclaimed American Guide Series. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Forest City Printing hardcover
19401589009484Forest City Printing 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Forest City Printing hardcover
194259828Roanoke: School Board of Roanoke City and the School Board of Roanoke County 1942. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 376pp index; folding map tipped in at rear. Light foxing to prelims else very good in publisher's red cloth; lacking the jacket. <br/><br/> School Board of Roanoke City and the School Board of Roanoke County hardcover
1941ZB1282445Rockford: Graphic Arts Corporation 1941. 144 pp. original illustrated paper wrappers endpapers pulling away from the internal staples else very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Rockford: Graphic Arts Corporation unknown
1941100401Springfiield OH: The Springfield Tribune Printing Co. sponsored by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce 1941. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Octavo 9.25 in. x 6.25 in. pp. 136. Illustrated with black and white photographs and fold-out map of the city. Dark red cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine. Touch of shelfwear to boards. Light age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior. "American Guide Series Illustrated. The Springfield Tribune Printing Co. sponsored by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce hardcover
1940043805Cincinnati OH: The Hamilton County Good Government League 1940. First edition 1940. Depression era collection of Cincinnati folklore and stories illustrated in black and white by Gladys Carambella. Softcover 48 pages. Very good condition with a touch of light surface soil to the covers firm binding clean pages no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Hamilton County Good Government League Paperback
19881400764White Plains NY: Kraus International Publications 1988. First revised reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Three volumes. VG-. Black spine with silver lettering. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. No dust jackets as issued. Bindings slightly cocked with minor soiling on covers. Text blocks have very minor soiling.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-Volume Area ND-MV. 1400764. FP New Rockville Stock. Kraus International Publications hardcover
1966548320New York: Arno Press / Museum of Modern Art Film Library 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Volume 1 only. Small quarto. 723pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Boards lightly soiled near fine lacking a dust jacket. Arno Press / Museum of Modern Art Film Library hardcover
1938mon0000162062Random House 1938-01-01. hardcover. Good. 1.3000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.4000 in. No jacket. WPA project. Very mild shelfwear. Random House hardcover
193946471Macon Georgia:: The J. W. Burke Company. G/NONE. 1939. Hardcover. Slender hardback first edition bound in dark-red and gray cloth. Covers show light minor wear with touch of spine slant. Hinges sound uncracked. Pages tight clean with endpapers and some pages foxed. Tour map missing. No DJ. Not library discard. ; . The J. W. Burke Company, hardcover
1941024431Chicago IL: Albert Whitman & Co. 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light green pebbled cloth with dark green lettering on spine and front board with an illustration of an arrowhead on the front board Interior pages are slightly toned; the book is tight and square. The price clipped jacket has a couple of tiny chips at edges and a little soiling to the rear panel. Includes an Introduction by Margaret Culkin Banning five maps including endpapers and numerous illustrations glossary chronology bibliography and an index; 231 numbered pages. The book was sponsored by the Minnesota Arrowhead Association whose Executive Secretary S. Valentine Saxby inscribed the book to C. A. Bolte on 10/12/43 all on the half title page. A title in The American Guide Series. <br/> <br/> Albert Whitman & Co. hardcover
1940603323Winston-Salem North Carolina: Hastings House 1940. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Preface by Roscoe E. Lewis. xii 380pp. Blue buckram stamped in blue lettering. Ex-library with the usual markings lacking the rear endpapers hinges cracked spine darkened with cloth soiled a good only copy lacking the scarce dust jacket. An important work detailing the arrival of the first Africans in 1619 until the rise of Jim Crow laws in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with interviews from hundreds of slaves extensive research and literature relevant to the times. Hastings House hardcover
1940579671Lincoln Nebraska: Woodruff Printing Company 1940. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Drawings by Paul Gibson. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled orange wrappers printed in black. Staples partially pulled through very good. Historian activist and W.E.B. Du Bois literary executor Herbert Aptheker's copy with his ownership Signature. Woodruff Printing Company unknown
