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3734326<p>Wilmington Delaware n.p. ca. 1918. Broadside. 20½ x 12½ inches. Heavy stock paper. Folds; light wear and toning with two small losses at corners; about very good.</p> <p>The Federal Fuel Administration of Delaware issued this broadside in the summer of 1918 outlining five rules for coal orders as consumers prepared for the winter. Established at the outset of the First World War the U.S. Fuel Administration controlled coal distribution and pricing appointing state administrators to prevent shortages. Delaware’s administrator Charles H. Ten Weeges was granted enforcement powers over both retail and wholesale transactions.</p> <p>Emphasis is placed on limiting deliveries to “normal requirements†with some consumers restricted to receiving “no more than two-thirds of normal requirements.†Orders were to be placed with consideration for needs through March 31 1919. The broadside warns that “Any person who willfully make a false statement upon their application is subject to prosecution under the Lever Act which imposes a penalty of $5000 fine or two years’ imprisonment or both.â€</p> <p>A revealing document of wartime rationing and its impact on the Delaware home front.</p> unknown
195010486New York: Oxford University Press 1950. Second Edition. 300pp. Octavo 20.5 cm Light blue cloth with the title in blue on the front board. Map endsheets and pastedowns. Very good/Very good. Price clipped jacket lightly worn at the extremities with an ink smudge on the front panel. Ownership stamp small on the front free endsheet. Revised edition of the first state guide published in the American Guide Series. Idaho Federal Writers' Project employees compiled information put into the guide but Vardis Fisher the state director wrote most of the guide. Vardis Fisher a native Idahoan was recommended to be the Idaho state director by a friend and former colleague Harold Merriam. This guide managed to bring national attention to Idaho and bolster the economy through tourism. Through its promotion of the landscape people and history of Idaho the Idaho guide reshaped the national perception of Idaho from a setting in a cheesy dime novel to a place of rugged landscapes and rich customs. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs and maps. Scharf/Schoyer 163. Powell 282. Adams Herd 1118. Howes F153. Oxford University Press unknown
1976GB000KT48B8I3N00Metropolitan Museum of Art 1976. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
1936Cat333N.p.: International News Photos 1936. Press photograph 8 x 10 inches by Arthur Rothstein distributed by International News Photos with original caption on verso dated 1936. Minor edge wear and toning to caption else very good. In the mid-1930s prolonged drought across the Great Plains combined with falling agricultural prices forced thousands of farm families into foreclosure and displacement. The crisis central to what would become known as the Dust Bowl led to widespread liquidation of farms and personal property often through public auctions held under distress conditions.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a stark press image documenting one such sale in Nebraska. The original caption reads in part: “This farm auction shop is typical of the mid-west where farmers driven from their land by the drought are forced to sell at auction their farm machinery household effects in order to procure enough money to move to more fertile spots. The government is aiding the stricken farmers through loans and relief. It is thought that not less than 100000 families may be moved from their farms by the government.†The photograph shows the exterior of a “Sale Room†with equipment and household goods assembled for liquidation. Rothstein working for the Resettlement Administration produced some of the most widely circulated images of rural dislocation during the Depression. Images such as this were distributed through press agencies to illustrate both the severity of the crisis and the federal government’s expanding role in relief and resettlement and were reprinted later. This is an attractive original copy with fine contrast with 1936 press markings verso. International News Photos unknown
199556085Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1995-8. First Edition. First printings. Three large octavo volumes 25cm. Green cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on spines and front covers; pictorial dustjackets; 795636608pp. Mild lean to text block of v.2 else a uniformly Fine unmarked and new-appearing set. National Aeronautics and Space Administration unknown
19342986<p>11 x 8-3/4 inches. 70pp the bulk of text/photograph to recto only with a brief caption to verso; a handful of pages paginated 86-91 recto only. Illustrated with 21 b&w photographs pasted to the leaves of which 18 are approx. 7 x 11 inches and three are 5 x 6-3/4 inches. Grey paper binder with brad bound with a long metal strip. Lacking front cover; rear cover partially detached; chipping and paste action to edges of many leaves; scattered light soiling to leaves not affecting photographs. Good.</p><p>A record of work done by the Civil Works Administration in Bettendorf Iowa in 1934. The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived program created early on in the New Deal lasting only from 1933-1934 and providing only manual labor jobs primarily construction work such as laying pipe for sewer systems building bridges and playgrounds etc.; over four million people found work through the program.</p><p>Included here are short descriptions of 12 projects completed by the CWA in Bettendorf almost all illustrated with a photograph or multiple photographs many of which show the men working as well as the project itself. The projects range from grading and quarrying streets to building a levee painting the Bettendorf Grade School cleaning and repairing sewers and even somewhat remarkably -- given the purview of the CWA -- revising the city's maps to provide updated information about storm drains sanitary sewers water mains and city property ownership.</p><p>Detailed documentation of CWA projects is uncommon and we find no holdings for any Scott County Iowa CWA records in OCLC.</p> Civil Works Administration of Scott County, Iowa paperback
1943308106Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1943. Ephemera. Near fine. A Second World War homefront poster encouraging Americans to participate in the federal efforts to ration scarce foodstuffs and goods. The text is presented in fields of red white and blue.<br /> <br /> 22 by 28 inches. O.P.A. Poster 1943-O-518863. A near fine copy folded as issued. Minor splits at the folds. SHIPS FOLDED. This is an original World War II poster not a reproduction. Government Printing Office unknown
19459116District of Columbia: Government Printing Office 1945. Poster 48.3 x 53 cm. folded as issued. Government Printing Office document 1945--O-629743. A government-issued poster encouraging Americans to grow victory gardens to support the war effort. The poster depicts an arrangement of various vegetables including peas in the shell cabbage and carrots in the foreground. In the background is a view of a garden with a man and woman cultivating and weeding. In an official wartime activity begun two and a half decades earlier in the Great War Americans were urged to supplement the food they had available for personal use by planting vegetable gardens both to support the war effort and due to food shortages and rationing. The gardens known as "victory gardens" were promoted widely by both the government and industry. Gardens were planted during World War I as well but were called "war gardens" until the end of the war when the term "victory garden" came into use. Creased at the folds otherwise very near fine. Government Printing Office unknown
178318774St. Petersburg: J.J. Weitbrecht 1783. Contemporary half calf marbled sides sprinkled edges. 8vo. Second known copy of a commercial publication of statutes promulgated in French by the Russian Empress Catharine the Great concerning import duties for commercial merchandise in Russian ports and at other frontiers of the Russian Empire as they were determined and accepted in 1782. There is an exception for Astrakhan a major port and market city in southern Russia at the head of the Volga river which was under the government of Siberia which apparently maintained its own commercial regulations.This publication is very rare WorldCat lists only 1 copy Kress Library of Business and Economics Harvard University. Other libraries worldwide have only the microfilm of the Kress copy.A faint stain and one tiny hole in the margin of the first 20 pp. Cover slightly rubbed. Otherwise in good condition.l Goldsmiths'-Kress 12431.16. J.J. Weitbrecht, unknown
13790Printed heading Anglo-Jewish Association Woburn House Upper Woburn PLace WC1 London January and February 1946. Total 4pp. 12mo good condition. Letter 1 25 Jan. 1946 He gives brief biographical detail showing prior acquaintance and praises an article of Bilainkin on Yugoslavia in the magazine 'Illustrated'. He says the Anglo-Jewish Asociation is "considering the publication in the near future of a National Jewish Monthly Magazine . and the Publicity Committee have asked me to approach you to become a co-opted member". He suggests lunch. The Asociation he says has up to then been publishing "a little magazine which has just been circulated to its members" every two or three months "but something more like 'World Affairs' is what is envisaged for the format of the Monthly"; 1 Feb. 1946 He flatters Biliankin about his books and gives details for a meeting place etc. He is disappointed that he won't be ab;le to meet the "Publications Committee" of the new proposed Jewish Monthly Magazine. but I will tell you all about it when we meet." 911 Feb. 1946 He's delighted to have met him after so many years and "was most interested to have your opinion of the proposed 'Jewish Monthly. and will convey your ideas on the subject to the Members of the Publicity Committee ." He sends him forms to be filled in to expedite closer involvement with Jewish organisations. Note: Phineas L. May was an entertainments officer during the War and published "A Cartoon History of Anglo-Jewry" - among other things. The "Jewish Monthly" started up in 1947. [Printed heading] Anglo-Jewish Association, Woburn House, Upper Woburn PLace, WC1 [London], January and February 1946. unknown
191951665Chicago: United States Railroad Administration; Poole Bros 1919. Very good. 62pp. Slim octavo 23 cm x 20 cm with the covers and pages folded once vertically through the center. Saddle stitched pictorial wrappers. The edges of the front wrap are moderately rubbed and chipped and there are single light 2 x 1 1/2" stains in the top edges of the front wrap and preliminary pages. Else the pages are clean and free of markings. Contents include America's Playground for Americans: An Appreciation of Colorado and Utah by Edwin L. Sabin. United States Railroad Administration; Poole Bros unknown
1938152845New York: National Service Bureau 1938. First Edition. First Edition. <br /> <br /> The Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project sponsored and published a series of monographs throughout the late 1930s this volume being a compilation of articles on folk songs and spirituals throughout the US published in the New York Times by Robert Winslow Gordon. <br /> <br /> Gordon founded the Archive of American Folk Song later renamed the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress in 1928 and was a pioneer in the use of Edison cylinder recordings to document folk music. <br /> <br /> Very Good in wrappers with light soil toning and wear to the extremities. National Service Bureau unknown
1937000010042Galena IL: Works Progress Administration Sponsored by The City of Galena 1937. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. 6 9-79 1 pp. Blue paper wrappers printed in blue and gold. Illustrated with a frontispiece etching several etched in-text and full-page designs and around ten plates of black and white photographs at the end. A folding color map tipped in the rear. Part of the American Guide Series. Bruccoli B2. Compiled and written by Federal Writers' Project Illinois Works Progress Administration. Nelson Algren wrote eight chapters of this guide including the section on U.S. Grant and the history of the town's economy. With interviews of the residents of Galena and a blurb on the Native American burial grounds in the area. The history of Galena's mining and farming industries and its natural history is also discussed. The guide has a brief history of Ulysses S. Grant and how he made his home in Galena. A historic guide to the legends sights and scenery of the charming town of Galena IL. A touch of sunning to the spine and minor foxing to the verso of the final leaf of photographs. Works Progress Administration [Sponsored by The City of Galena] unknown
1968E480424uqmug170301Oxford University Press 1968. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. Anti theft tag was removed from the inside of the back cover and some paper was lost in the removal. Marker stain on back cover. Priority shipping available on this item. No international shipping. Oxford University Press hardcover
193832395Washington: Government Printing Office 1938. Very Good -. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1938. Research Monograph XVII. Tall octavo 25.5cm; xxiv161pp. Photos tables and graphs throughout. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers a bit toned and edgeworn; lower inch of spine chipped away with adjacent tears; label for "William G. Mather 205 Horticulture Building" stricken in pencil for "Leadley" at bottom front. Tears starting along rest of front hinge with textblock opening easily between a couple gatherings but binding is holding. Pages unmarked. <br /> <br /> Works Progress Administration Monograph XVII. Government Printing Office unknown
1938365978Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1938. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. This report evaluates the various characteristics of rural families on relief in terms of their effect on the families' need for aid."—letter of transmittal.<br /> <br /> Research Monograph XVII<br /> <br /> xxiv 161 pages. Illustrated with half-tone photographs most uncredited but at least two are by Dorothea Lange one by Ben Shahn and many by Russell Lee. First edition First printing. Very good in gray printed wrappers also issued in cloth. United States Government Printing Office unknown
1939365979Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1939. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A comprehensive analysis of rural migration in the United States"—letter of transmittal.<br /> <br /> Research Monograph XIX.<br /> <br /> xxi 192 pages. Illustrated with half-tone photographs including images by Dorothea Lange and other WPA photographers. First edition First printing. Very good in gray printed wrappers probably also issued in cloth. Some pages are foxed. United States Government Printing Office unknown
1938365977Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1938. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A survey and summary of state-level reports on youth unemployment and prospects with less than optimistic conclusions "the baffling economic situation" is one heading. Of course the solution to widespread unemployment was the coming war.<br /> <br /> Research Monograph XV. <br /> <br /> xx 167 pages. Illustrated with half-tone photographs most uncredited but at least one is by Dorothea Lange and two are by Ben Shahn. First edition first printing. Very good in gray printed wrappers. United States Government Printing Office unknown
1939152848San Francisco: Works Progress Administration 1939. First Edition. First Edition. <br /> <br /> The Works Progress Administration's Division of Social Research sponsored and published a series of monographs throughout the late 1930s this volume being a thorough history of regional San Francisco burlesque. <br /> <br /> Near Fine in pictorial wrappers with brief wear at the heel. Works Progress Administration unknown
1939152843San Francisco: Works Progress Administration 1939. First Edition. First Edition.<br /> <br /> The Works Progress Administration's Division of Social Research sponsored and published a series of monographs throughout the late 1930s this volume being a thorough history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy. <br /> <br /> Very Good in pictorial wrappers with light wear and soil throughout and silver fish damage to the first leaf. Works Progress Administration unknown
194030095Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1940. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Octavo. xxii 124 pages. Illustrations and figures. Black and white photographs by Dorothea Lange and Ben Shahn. Gray wraps with black lettered title and Plantation illustration on front cover. Library discard stamp on the front cover. Name top right corner of the front cover. Light wear to the covers. Small chips head and base of the spine. Interior contents clean. List of Research Monographs on verso of front wrap. Government Printing Office unknown
1942365976Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1942. First Edition. Trade paperback. Very good. A study of public school vocational training programs based on interviews with more than 3000 students who had received full-time training under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Act.<br /> <br /> Research Monograph XXV. <br /> <br /> xxxii 152 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white halftone photographs mostly by uncredited WPA photographers. First edition First printing. Very good in gray printed wrappers. United States Government Printing Office unknown
193834102Elizabeth New Jersey: Colby and McGowan 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/fair. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover with yellow dust jacket. 2 xvi 1 387 pages 1. Blue cloth hardcover has very light shelf wear. Light toning to the end papers. Previous owner name on the right front flyleaf. Dust jacket is faded completely on the spine and faded around the edges. Some spotting creasing and a few small chips to the jacket. Colby and McGowan hardcover
194120473New York: Hastings House. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-. 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 . Hastings House hardcover
19417625Ogden: The Utah Historical Records Survey 1941. First Edition. 271pp. Quarto 27 cm 1/4 brown cloth over brown printed wrappers. Very good. WPA work for this central Utah county. Dale L. Morgan 1914 - 1971 was an American historian accomplished researcher biographer editor and critic. He specialized in material on Utah history Mormon history the American fur trade and overland trails. His work is known both for its comprehensive research and accuracy and for the fluid imagery of his prose. The Utah Historical Records Survey unknown
