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Lamps on the Prairie: A History of Nursing in Kansas
by Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Kansas
Emporia, KS: Emporia Gazette Press, 1942. Very Good/Good. Emporia, KS: Emporia Gazette Press, 1942. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket printed in white and black; 292pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Chips and several long closed tears to jacket extremities, rear jacket flap significantly split along fold, spine sunned, upper board gilt a bit discolored, corners bumped, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound in...
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£36.63
NEW MEXICO A Guide to the Colorful State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Light chipping to DJ. ; Revised edition, twenty-two years after the original publication. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 472 pages .
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£61.86
WASHINGTON City and Capital
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ flap pasted on half title page. Rear map missing; Divided into two sections, the city and its history and environs, and the various government functions. By far the largest of the WPA guides, contains 14 maps and 14 plans ; American Guide Series; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1141 pages .
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£77.32
THE AMERICAN GUIDE-THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHWEST A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Hastings House. Very Good+. 1949. Hardcover. Light soiling to back board; The third of a four volume set covering the entire US. Containing information found in the one-volume American Guide. Continuous pagination ; 8vo; 331 pages .
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£15.46
NEW JERSEY A Guide to its Present and Past
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Viking Press. Very Good. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Endpapers a bit browned. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Glue residue from nicely removed bookplate. Front hinge nicely repaired. Lacks map in rear pocket; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 735 pages .
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£69.59
DELAWARE A Guide to the First State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
New York: The Viking Press. Very Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine faded. Endpapers darkened. Small bookplate. Light spotting to top edge. Front hinge has a bit of play. Map in rear pocket missing. ; Blue boards with gilt lettering. Publishing date: June 1938 with no subsequent listing on copyright page. Schoyer 120. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxv, 549 pages .
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£57.99
NEW HAMPSHIRE
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+. 1938. Hardcover. Slight wear to extremities; Early edition without date to title page. No folding map, as issued; The American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 559 pages .
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£30.93
HERE'S NEW ENGLAND A Guide to Vacationland
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit faded and with spine sunned. ; A guide to the highlights of the six New England states for your vacation pleasure. Photos bound in before the title page, of quaint houses and scenic views. Project director Alsburg wanted to produce six regional guides covering all then-48 states, but this is the only one to see the light of day. Map in rear pocket. Includes a brochure "New England Art Museums, Summer...
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£38.66
DEATH VALLEY A Guide
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. Light wear to DJ with small open tears and part of the front image scraped away ; Fold-out map of the region to rear endpaper ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 75 pages .
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£30.93
THE AMERICAN GUIDE A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States
by Alsberg, Henry G
New York: Hastings House. Very Good+. 1949. Hardcover. Slight wear to extremities; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages .
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£15.46
MASSACHUSETTS A Guide to its Places and People
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1937. Hardcover. Endpapers browned. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Spine a bit faded. Front hinge weak; Early reprint. No date to title page; Photographures; 8vo; 675 pages .
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£30.93
THE AMERICAN GUIDE A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States
by Alsberg, Henry G
New York: Hastings House. Very Good-. 1949. Hardcover. Rear hinge gapping; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages .
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£15.46
NEW HAMPSHIRE A Guide to the Granite State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Very Good+. 1938. Later Printing. Hardcover. Slight browning to pages. Boards with very light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name on first blank page; Photogravures; American Guide Series; 8vo; 559 pages .
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£30.93
NEW YORK A Guide to the Empire State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover; Seventh Printing. DJ with light chipping and small closed tears at DJ spine ends. Price clipped. Slight gapping to hinges, but holding strongly. ; Including the beautiful photogravures. ; American Guide Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 782 pages .
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£77.32
ARIZONA The Grand Canyon State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1966. Fourth Revised Edition. Hardcover. Light wear with faded spine and open tears to price clipped DJ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 532 pages .
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£27.06
NEW JERSEY A Guide to its Present and Past
by Wpa [Federal Writer's Project]
New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover; Fourth Printing. Light wear to DJ and one tiny hole to DJ rear. Else a handsome copy. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 759 pages .
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£77.32
DEATH VALLEY A Guide
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. Light wear and small open tears to DJ. Bookplate. Boards faded; folding map tipped into rear endpaper; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 75 pages .
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£38.66
UTAH A Guide to the State
by Wpa
New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover; Second Printing. Light chipping and slight darkening to DJ and with small open tear to DJ top spine. ; A very handsome copy. With photogravures; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 595 pages .
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£96.65
NEW HAMPSHIRE
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1938. Hardcover; Later Printing. Boards with light wear to extremities. Light fraying to spine ends. Slight browning to pages ; Photogravures; The American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages .
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£30.93
LOUISIANA A Guide to the State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Hastings House. Very Good-. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine sunned. Hinges have a bit of play. ; Including the outstanding photogravures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxx, 746 pages .
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£96.65
Cavalcade of the American Negro
by Illinois Writers' Project; Work Project Administrations [WPA]; Adrian Troy [frontispiece]
Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. Very Good. Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. First Edition, wrapper issue. Octavo. 95 pp. Black and white frontispiece by Troy. Illustrated wraps. Wraps toned and edgeworn with curling and creasing at corners. Remnants of previous owner's stamp to front wrap. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. WPA publication produced in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the end of slavery for the American Negro Exposition, or the Black...
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£48.83
NEW YORK A Guide to the Empire State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit darkened and with light rubbing to extremities. Slight browning to endpapers and with former owner's writing to front free endpaper. A handsome and tight copy. ; VG+ folding map in rear pocket. Including the outstanding photogravures. First edition with "November 1940" and no subsequent printing on copyright page ; Amercian Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxi,782...
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£100.72
Military History of Kentucky Chronologically Arranged: The American Guide Series
by [W.P.A] Workers of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Kentucky
Frankfort, KY: The Military Department of Kentucky, G. Lee McClain, The Adjutant General / Printed by the State Journal, 1939. Very Good. Frankfort, KY: The Military Department of Kentucky, G. Lee McClain, The Adjutant General / Printed by the State Journal, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 493 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards with some sparse patchy chewing. Binding gives a little but holding soundly....
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£101.74
WASHINGTON City and Capital
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good-. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine lettering faded. Former owner's notes on first blank page. Faint foxing to half title page. Front hinge weakening. Rear map and last pages missing ; It is said that when President Roosevelt received his copy, he exclaimed, 'Where is the steamer trunk that goes with it? ' A huge book, over 1100 pages, really comprising two books, one a guide to the city and one a guide to the workings of the...
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£57.99
THE AMERICAN GUIDE A Source Book and Complete Travel Guide for the United States
by Alsberg, Henry G
New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. Large open tears to DJ. Two corners lightly bumped; Maps in endpapers. Minutely detailed overview of America; 8vo; 1348 pages .
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£19.33
