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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
194080285Lincoln: Woodruff Printing Company 1940. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. A serious attempt to present information about the state's African American population. The preface acknowledges Fred D. Dixon and Albert J. Burks two African American employees of the Nebraska Writers' Project for their invaluable research. Octavo. 48 pp. with drawings by Paul Gibson. In the original printed orange paper wrappers which are a bit toned with a minor stain to the front panel; otherwise very good. Woodruff Printing Company unknown
194065253Chicago Park District 1940. paperback. near very good condition with some wear and soiling- there are a few rubber stamped names- spiralbound. Chicago Park District paperback
19417429Boston: State Teachers College at Westfield 1941. Very Good. Boston: State Teachers College at Westfield 1941. Slim octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth; 114pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece seven leaves of photographs printed on rectos only. Light shelf wear and minor soiling spine gilt a bit dulled else Very Good and sound. State Teachers College at Westfield unknown
194159800NY: Hastings House 1941. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxvi 553pp maps and index. Address label on verso of half title spine sunned with some dulling to the lettering else very good in publisher's blue cloth; lacking the jacket. <br/><br/> Hastings House hardcover
1941203380Duell Sloan and Pearce 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Edition First Printing. Not price-clipped $3.00 price intact. Published by Duell Sloan and Pearce 1941. Octavo. Book is very good with marks/residue from removed bookplate 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. Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover
19417435New York: Oxford University Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover 490 pages. Very Good/Poor. First Edition. Light wear to boards with bumped lower and upper outer spine. Light foxing to outer text block and front and back paste-downs. Envelope affixed to back board paste-down housing large map of Wyoming. Map in good condition with light wear and foxing. Inscription cut and pasted to flyleaf page. <br /> Dust jacket shows heavy signs of reading wear scuffing and chipping to multiple areas with large tear along back flap. Oxford University Press hardcover
193969266Newark: WPA 1939. 6p. 8.5x11 inches wraps. Stories of New Jersey bulletin #9 1939-40 series. WPA unknown books
