workers writers program w p a (60 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 114p, ills.

Wrappers. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Although the book's pages are easily Very Good, the cover, being trimmed beyond the pages, has become chipped and worn simply by being shelved. Top and bottom of the spine are likewise bumped. The front cover's fore edge is deckled as published. Four photo illustrations. A history of printing in the U.S. as well as Lincoln.

First printing (per Hastings House "First Published . . ." statement upon copyright page). [2], 58 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.5cm. Dust jacket with moisture staining and some soiling and toning; large chips to spine paper with old tape overlay repair atop title portion at center and to small end portions; other scuffs/nicks at edges and folds; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Dark brown cloth. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. The book's inclusion within the American Guide Series is not specified upon the title/copyright leaf but rather upon the dj's front flap.

No Dust Cover. Shelf Wear at top and bottom of spine. Lighter rub on the corners and spots around the edges of the book. Book grades Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. (1943); Good Only/no dj, octavo, 206pp., blue cloth hardcover, 2" stains along outer edge of front cover & top edge of rear cover, exlibrary with number on backstrip & part of dj flap glued on front endpaper, b&w ill's by Hilda Ogburn, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 2nd revised edition. About half the jacket is missing on the spine. Chipping to top of jacket on front and rear panels.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good/none, used, 1st printing, lite brown colored cloth, map end papers, vii-xxxiii, 511pp. Interior clean no marks except a former owners name, red colored stamp on the contents page, binding tight. The end-flaps of the dj are taped to the book but the rest of the dj is missing.

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.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Corners lightly bumped. Bookplate. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: price-clipped dj. First Edition. Octavo; x, 308 pages, brown cloth All the action, fun, excitement, gun fights, drama, crimes and sins of Butte, Montana. Includes a Chronology of Events and Dates for Butte, MT, from 1856. Illustrated. This was written with the cooperation of many old pioneers, including Belgian Annie and Filthy McNabb.

First edition. 531 pages, numerous photos and maps throughout. Very good condition though some mile cover soil.

Condición: Good. Revised Second Edition, hardcover. 531 pages. Nearly very good, owner info and light creasing on front endpaper, hint of folding on first few pages which follow, in a good plus, price-clipped dust jacket (in mylar protector) with a little chipping at the extremities and other wear; overall a solid and clean copy. A Works Projects Adminstration (WPA) / American Guide Series publication; with black & white photos.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. 4th printing. Most of rear jacket flap has been cut off, else a couple small chips to jacket. Price-clipped.

Self-wrappers. Condición: Very Good. Color Plates Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Octavo, 213 pages, green self-wrappers Compiled by the WPA, apparently issued 1942, not 1931. Printed by the Florida Grower Press, Illustrated. With a section written specifically to help teachers to use this material in schools.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Hastings House, New York, 1968. Condition: Near Fine book in a near fine jacket. This is the New Revised Edition.Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the WPA for the District of Columbia. (CK).

Hardcover. 8vo; cloth in dust jackets; illustrations. Alfred Packer in near fine condition with tanning along hinges of map endpapers, in very good, price-clipped jacket with light wear, tape reinforcement inside jacket at spine ends and fold lines. Inscribed by the author in purple ink facing title page, "Sincerely yours, Paul H. Gantt, Washington D. C, September 6, 1955." Law Goes West fine condition without dust jacket; Ghost Towns fine in near fine jacket with light wear.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 3rd printing. Five-inch tear to jacket. Couple small chips and one-inch deep chip to jacket at top of spine. Map in rear pocket.

Octavo, grey cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xvii, 341 pp. Near-Fine, with small blemish (about the size of a pencil eraser) to upper cover. New York, Maritime, Shipping.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near Fine in gray cloth with illustrated front board. 1st Printing. 48pp 12mo. No spine titles IB.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Revised Edition. Fourth printing/"Completely Revised Edition," hardcover, the binding has a bit of flex but is not broken, and the book also has bumps with wear to the cloth at the spine ends and corners, a bit of wear to the cover edges, and mild smudging to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, Very Good copy in an unclipped, Good dust jacket, which has creased tears along the head and tail, losses at the spine ends and corners with the title affected at the head of the spine, wear along the hinges and folds, rubbing with scuffing across the exterior, sunning to the spine, and a previous seller's small sticker to the tail of the front fold over part of the publisher's information. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

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}.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. New York: Hastings House, 1943. First edition, 1943. Copper colored cloth with faded gilt spine lettering, frontis illustration, other black and white plates throughout the text, no dustjacket. Light fraying to rear joint, light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fair to Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: None. 302 pages. Illustrated. Foxing, soiling, brown splotches on page ends and some internal pages. Local History--Virginia.