writers program works project administration (23 risultati)

Good, corners bumped, waterstained top spine and covers. Cloth Spine ends lightly frayed and chewed, spine chipped along fore-edge. Price and initials on front fly.

Condizione: Fair. Signed Copy First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Signed by Robinson on his bookplate on front endpage. Stamped on front endpage verso. Rear hinge cracked. From the Art Reference Collection of wildlife artist and outdoorsman Alan James Robinson. This collection was used by Robinson to create his wonderful art and Cheloniidae Press books. (Animals, Wildlife).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library copy, good in rebound black cloth. From the Fayetteville High School Library. Typical library markings. Foldout map at frontispiece has been repaired, and folding map at rear of book is in two pieces, with slight loss on the fold. Light dampstasining at edges of text block. Hinges are tight; all illustrations and maps are present, includes an Index; 447 pages.

Ex-library copy. Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). 120 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 15.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth rubbed; spine sunned with ink and black ink library markings; board corners and spine ends bumped; front board's gilt lettering remains bright. Library stamps on text block edges; library stamps and marks on title page and on pages 5, 31, and 120; other markings possible but eluded discovery upon a cursory perusal; some foxing to initial leaves but overall interior pages are clean. Binding is firm.

Ex-government bureau library copy. First edition (not stated but per matching dates upon title and copyright pages). 316 pages. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.5cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Blue cloth rubbed; impression of removed sticker at lower spine. Past owner's ink signature on front free endpaper; Bureau of Public Roads Library stamp on title page; stray ink mark on rear flyleaf verso; Library of Congress duplicate stamp on rear free endpaper; rear endpapers slightly worn along their fore-edges; no other institutional marks readily apparent upon a cursory perusal and interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

"First published in April 1940" (stated at top of copyright page). xxvi, 530 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Tan cloth; brown lettering to spine and front board; spine has two-line "Federal | Writers' Project" above center; mild staining to rear board; boards' bottom fore-edge corners bumped with interior leaves affected likewise. Past owner's personal bookplate affixed atop ffep map; old tape repair to tear at bottom of Geronimo photo in book's third plate section with slender peeled adhesion to preceding recto; interior leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm.

"First published in 1943" (stated at top of copyright page). xii, 308 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Reddish-brown cloth rubbed and soiled; 3.5cm tear at head of front joint; shallow wear to frayed spine ends with additional slender fraying along joints; spine lettering dulled but discernable; board corners bumped and worn. Text block edges well toned with light staining. Interior leaves toned with scattered stains and soiling. Binding is still firm. This is a book which was adversely affected by wartime production restrictions as paper quality was certainly below that of pre-1941 WPA publications.

xxx, 652 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket clipped/trimmed with portions of panels and flaps oddly tipped-in between rear flyleaf verso and rfep recto. Dark gray cloth; brown spotting to spine cloth; blue stamped lettering to spine and front board remains bright. Text block's top edge soiled; moisture stain at fore-edge heel with interior leaves shallowly and lightly affected at corners. Some toning to endpapers; past owner's name-address label affixed at front pastedown's top left corner. Binding is firm.

First edition (per Binfords & Mort's "First published . . ." statement upon copyright page). Hardcover. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Red cloth rubbed; some sunning particularly to spine which has shallow loss at its frayed ends. Text block edges toned. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. This books was compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Illinois. Very Good Condition. No dust jacket, but previous owner created a dust jacket from copying the front and back of the soft cover book and is in a protective Brodart cover (see pictures of both). Reprint by Community Development Fund of Galena. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscriptions.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

hardback about very good condition in blue cloth.

Softcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. This books was compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Illinois. Very Good Condition. No dust jacket, but previous owner created a dust jacket from copying the front and back of the soft cover book and is in a protective Brodart cover (see pictures of both). Some minor discoloration due to age. Corners are slightly worn. No marks on the text block. No marks of previous ownership or inscriptions.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Second printing (as stated upon copyright page; originally published December 1940). xxxii, 660 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. No dust jacket (i.e. lacking). Aquamarine cloth with slight soiling; light sunning to spine. Light toning to fore-edge and top edge. Light toning to front endpapers and rear free endpaper. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Introduction by Roy F. Nichols; Foreword by S.K. Stevens; Preface by Pennsylvania Writers; Project State Supervisor C.C. Lesley. Foldout b/w map (copyright 1940) present in rear pastedown pocket.

Eighth printing (as stated at top of dj's front flap; copyright page cites reprinting of the July 1954 revised edition). xxx, 654 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed with light soiling; chips, creases, and short tears with several verso tape repairs; front flap retains publisher's printed price "$6.50" at top right. Brown cloth; light bumping to spine ends and board corners. A few small stains and light soiling to text block's top edge and bottom edge. Past owner's name-address label affixed to front pastedown; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding retains some crispness. Sponsored by The Missouri State Highway Department. The Missouri WPA guidebook was originally published in 1941. {WPA-Shelf#CVA-01080}.

Eighth printing (as stated at top of dj's front flap; copyright page cites reprinting of the July 1954 revised edition). xxx, 654 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14cm. Dust jacket rubbed with soiling and foxing; some scratches to rear panel; shallow chipping and short tears at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price "$6.50" at top right. Brown cloth; light scratches to rear board. Top edge foxed; some soiling to fore-edge and bottom edge. Endpapers foxed/toned; interior leaves are clean. Binding retains some crispness. Sponsored by The Missouri State Highway Department. The Missouri WPA guidebook was originally published in 1941. {WPA-Shelf#CVA-01069}.

First edition (as stated upon title page). xx, 236 pages. Hardcover; H 28.75cm x L 22cm. No dust jacket present (as issued?). Dark blue pebbled cloth; a few minor surface blemishes; gilt stamping to spine and front board remains bright. Light soiling and toning to endpapers; front free endpaper has ink stamp "55" upper left and seven-line handwritten ink inscription at upper right; a few spots of soiling and minor foxing to interior leaves which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. Sponsored by Pittsburgh mayor Cornelius D. Scully, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, and the Allegheny Centennial Committee. Foreword by the Hon. Cornelius D. Scully; Preface by State Supervisor C.C. Lesley; Bibliography; Index. Text divided into eight sections: "History Of Old Allegheny," "By The Sweat Of Their Brow," "The Finer Things," "Guardians Of The Public," "Captains Of The Ship," "Builders Of The Past," "Places To See," and "Builders of 1940.".

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. 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.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Works Project Administration selected artists (illustratore). 1st Edition. X-lib. Publisher's blue cloth No dustjacket. 1947 First edition; third printing stated. Federal Writers' Project. Map endpapers, but, NO folding map in rear pocket; B&W Photographs; 548 pages. Index.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First edition. Compiled by Workers of the Writer's Program of the Works Project Administration for the City of New York. Introduction by The Honorable Fiorello H. La Guardia. Octavo. 341pp. Owner name penned and address label on front endpapers, light foxing on illustrated pages, spine ends soiled and bumped, else very good in a good only edgeworn and chipped dust jacket with internal tape repair along the extremities.

Condizione: good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 486, endpapers and edges soiled, pencil erasure on front endpaper, spine faded, pencil mark on front board.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition, First Printing. American Guide Series edition. Original price of $2.50 printed on dust jacket front flap. Jacket 1/2 of Arizona missing in chip to head, archival repaired tears along with edgewear now protected with paper backed polyester film. Book has no writing or marking.

First edition. A volume in the American Guide series, sponsored by the Florida State Planning Board. Cloth with dust jacket. Very near fine in very near fine dust jacket, a lovely copy. Jacket signed in the design by (Irving) Politzer. Foreword by Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Stoneman Douglas later wrote the Everglades title for the Rivers of America series, dubbing it "the river of grass." The name caught on and her advocacy was instrumental in saving the Everglades from complete destruction. Sadly, the name of Marjory Stoneman Douglas will now forever be associated with the infamous school shooting in 2018.

Hardcover. Condizione: 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.