Search Results: Titles starting with W from Das Bookman

Yavapai Associates, 1941. First Edition . Original Illustrated Wraps. VG. Beautiful fold-out pictorial map of Yavapai County, compiled by the Arizona Artists Project for the W.P.A. in 1941 This map opens to 21-1/2" x 16-1/2" and is in excellent condition, bright and clean, with no rips or tears. This map is included in a magazine-format promotional booklet published by Yavapai Associates, Prescott, in 1941. The booklet measures 12" x 9" and has 12 pages in addition to the fold-out pictorial map.

Sacramento: California State Department of Education, 1942. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good. 1942, 1st edition, viii, 165pp, cloth with Eratta slip. Covers lightly soiled; ownership stamp on fep; contents clean and tight.VG overall. Unusual title about the history of a large federal water project.. It was intended to be used as a text in schools and includes 14 page guide for teachers (Appendix I).

New York: Oliver Durerell, 1949. Original Cloth. VG+++/Vg-. 1949, Revised Edition, xiv, 318pp, with photos (16), pictorial end papers, original blue cloth with pictorial DUST JACKET. Dust Jacket chipped, soiled, and rubbed with some loss to one of the 2 photos on rear panel; book is clean and bight and near fine. Part of the American Guide Series. Originally published in 1942 and Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers Project of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in the State of Georgia. This edition edited by Paul W. Miller.

New York: Museum of the City of New Yowk, 1997. Original Cloth. VG/Very Good. 1997, 1st thus, 399pp, oversize cloth with pictorial dust jacket. DJ has minor wrinkling along top otherwise near fine. The Museum of the City of New York edition by Bonnie Yochelson edition includes over 300 dutones, more than 200 of which have never before been published together. The original 1939 WPA publication was "Changing New York" and included 97 photos.

Louisville: University of Louisville, 1939. First Edition . Original Cloth. VG. 1939, 1st edition, xiv, 301pp, cloth titled in gilt. Spine faded; front hinge starting; owner name on fep; contents clean and tight. VG overall. Part of the American Guide Series, written by Kentucky Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration. Sponsored by the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. [WPA] Louisville, KY: printed by The Standard Printing Company and published by the University of Louisville, November 1939. An uncommon WPA publication reviewing the history of the University of Louisville.

Troy, New York: Whitehurst Printing, 1941. First Edition . Original Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. c1941. 1st edition, 31pp., Illustrated with black & white drawings and photographs. Very good copy in stiff wrappers; clean, bright, and tight. Compiled by Workers of the Federal Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York. Among the more scarce.

Tribune Publishing, 1938. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES - CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS IN OKLAHOMA. WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY FEDERAL WRITERS' PROJECT OF OKLAHOMA, JIM THOMPSON, DIRECTOR. WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. SKETCHES BY WALLACE SIMPSON, COWBOY ARTIST AND WALKER BOONE, ONEIDA INDIAN ARTIST. OKLAHOMA STATE TRAVEL AND TOURIST BUREAU. 1938. 36 pages. Very RARE. Very hard to find Jim Thompson item, preceding both Now and On Earth and his first short story appearance. Lists events and activities in Oklahoma, along with several nice illustrations. Good plus condition, MISSING BOTH THE FRONT AND REAR COVERS, few small creases to corners, else complete and tight, minor soiling and wear. About 6 1/4 X 9 5/8".

Board of Selectmen of Fairhaven, 1939. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good. 1939, 1st edition, 60pp, 6 halftone plates. Cover rubbed; owner's blindstamp and dedication stamp on fep; Scarce title. Compiled by Writer's Program of WPA. Part of the American Guide Series.

Bridgeport, Conn: Braunworth & Co. Inc., 1939. First Edition . Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1939, 1st edition, xii, 204pp, 6pp property index, 3 folding maps, 1 page map, many drawings, cloth with DUST JACKET. Dust jacket chipped and torn; previous owner's bookplate; Scarce title. Compiled by Writer's Program of WPA.

St Paul: St. Paul Vocational School, 1940. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. The Mayors of St. Paul - 1939, 1st edition, 72pp, illustrated wraps. Near fine. Uncommon title Compiled by the Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in the State of Minnesota.

Northport, NY, Bacon, Percy & Daggett, 1941. First Edition . Original Cloth. VG+++/Very Good. 1941, 1st edition, 120pp, cloth with illustrated DUST JACKET. Dust jacket soiled (its white!); book is NF. Part of the American Guide Series

Grand Rapids MN: Grand Rapids Golden Jubilee, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Logging Town the Story of Grand Rapids,Minnesota. Commemorative of the Grand Rapids Golden Jubilee; 1941 ,First edition, 77pp, spiral bound stiff wraps. Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Minnesota. Sponsor State Department of Education,Co-Sponsor Grand Rapids Village Council. Condition is very good a nice,flat,complete and essentially clean book. Some slight rubbing and light smudging to covers,title lettering on cover is still bright and attractive,lower left corner of front cover has about an inch blacked out mark and small abrasion just above this blacked out mark. Light wear to cover edges with some wear to cover corners. Spine intact, minor wear to spine tips,The spiral binding is intact and all interior pages are tight and intact. The interior pages are essentially clean with some occasional light smudging. The photographic plates are… Read More

Stanford University , California: James Ladd Delkin, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 1938, 1st edition, 127pp, pictorial cloth. Lightly soiled otherwise near fine. This is the hardcover edition of almanac. It is the same as the wraps edition except that the "World's Fair of the West" map is not on the rear cover. The front cover has the same illustration as the wraps edition. The yellow color is deeper and more mustard in shade. This edition is quite uncommon