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Wpa [Federal Writers Project],
Mississippi a Guide to the Magnolia State.
New York: Viking Press, 1949. Hardcover; Fourth Printing. DJ price clipped and with light chipping and rubbing. A handsome copy with tight binding. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 545 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
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Book number: 20115
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.75 | £UK 139 | JP¥ 27352]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
Mississippi a Guide to the Magnolia State.
New York: Hastings House, 1959. Hardcover; Fifth Printing. DJ with light chipping and with DJ spine browned. Tiny hole to DJ front. Slight browning to endpapers. A bit of fraying to spine ends. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 545 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.
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Book number: 21008
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 115.5 | £UK 99.25 | JP¥ 19537]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
The Negro in Virginia From 1619 to the Present Day.
New York: Hastings House, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ with light chipping and small loss to DJ spine ends. Small rough spot to DJ front, possibly from removed price tag. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slight discoloration to spine. The slightest of bump to one corner. Bookplate. Very light toning to endpapers. Else a very handsome and tight copy. ; Rare among the WPA guides, especially with DJ. Light blue buckram boards with dark blue lettering and spine lettering. Photogravures. Sponsered by the Hampton Institute. The Saturday Review writes: "This story of the Negro in Virginia, free from both bitterness and prejudice and equally free of sentimentality and pretentiousness, is not only one of the most significant books to come from the whole work of the Federal Writers' Project. It is also, I think, on of the most valuable contributions yet made to the Amerian Negro's history.." (Jonathan Daniels). Schoyer 630 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii, 380 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.
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Book number: 20870
USD 550.00 [Appr.: EURO 508 | £UK 436.75 | JP¥ 85962]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
The Negro in Virginia From 1619 to the Present Day.
New York: Hastings House, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear and discoloration. Spine slightly sunned. A bit of browning to endpapers. Former owner's name on first blank page. Rear pastedown with minor insect damage. ; Rare among the WPA guides, especially with DJ. Light blue buckram boards with dark blue lettering and spine lettering. Photogravures. Sponsered by the Hampton Institute. The Saturday Review writes: "This story of the Negro in Virginia, free from both bitterness and prejudice and equally free of sentimentality and pretentiousness, is not only one of the most significant books to come from the whole work of the Federal Writers' Project. It is also, I think, on of the most valuable contributions yet made to the Amerian Negro's history.." (Jonathan Daniels). Schoyer 630 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii, 380 pages. Very Good-.
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Book number: 20932
USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 346.5 | £UK 297.75 | JP¥ 58610]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
New Orleans City Guide.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. Hardcover. Light rubbing to boards. Spine a bit faded ; Early edition, lacking the folding map. Detailed description of the city from famous authors that went back to work under the WPA program in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Including the photogravures, an expensive reproduction technique that is coming very close to the original of the b&w photograph. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 430 pages. Very Good-.
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Book number: 19714
USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 | £UK 71.5 | JP¥ 14066]
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Wpa [Federal Writer's Project],
New Orleans City Guide.
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin, 1938. Hardcover; Later Printing. Light chipping to DJ. Boards with light bumping to one corner ; Later printing, no date on title page. Numerous beautiful photogravures; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
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Book number: 20344
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 138.75 | £UK 119.25 | JP¥ 23444]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
New Orleans City Guide.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine a bit sunned. Title page blindstamped. ; Early edition, with the folding map in rear pocket. Detailed description of the city from famous authors that went back to work under the WPA program in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Including the photogravures, an expensive reproduction technique that is coming very close to the original of the b&w photograph. Schoyer 230; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages. Very Good.
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Book number: 20736
USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 92.5 | £UK 79.5 | JP¥ 15629]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
New Orleans City Guide.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. Hardcover. DJ with light edgewear. Tape repaired. A handsome and tight copy. ; Detailed description of the city from famous authors that went back to work under the WPA program in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Including the outstanding photogravures. Schoyer 234; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 430 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
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Book number: 21034
USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 74 | £UK 63.75 | JP¥ 12504]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
North Carolina a Guide to the Old North State.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Slightest fading to spine. DJ with light chipping and a 2" oblong hole to DJ back. A very handsome and tight copy; VG+ folding map in rear pocket. The 1st edition is quite rare ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 601 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
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Book number: 20419
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 231 | £UK 198.5 | JP¥ 39074]
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Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project],
North Carolina a Guide to the Old North State.
Chapel Hill: Universtiy of North Carolina Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine sunned. Map in rear pocket missing. ; The Saturday Review (1/13/1940) called this: "the best general reference book available to either the native or the foreigner about life within the State". The North Carolina guide was issued with very nice b&w photographs, but unlike most of the other guides they are not photogravures. Schoyer 465 ; Amercian Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiv, 601 pages. Very Good-.
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Book number: 20714
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
North Carolina a Guide to the Old North State.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1955. Later Printing. Hardcover. DJ with light chipping. Price clipped. ; All the history and resources of the Old North State; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 601 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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Book number: 21022
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.25 | £UK 39.75 | JP¥ 7815]
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Wpa [Federal Writer's Project],
Oklahoma a Guide to the Sooner State.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Among the most detailed guides around the country, written by famous writers that got work through the WPA program, initiated by FDR ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 532 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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Book number: 20033
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 | £UK 47.75 | JP¥ 9378]
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Wpa [Federal Writer's Project],
Oklahoma a Guide to the Sooner State.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Among the most detailed guides around the country, written by famous writers that got work through the WPA program, initiated by FDR ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 532 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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Book number: 21027
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.25 | £UK 51.75 | JP¥ 10159]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
Roanoke Story of County and City.
Roanoke: School Board of Roanoke City and School Board of Roanoke County, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name and stamp on front free endpaper. Rear endpaper stamped with "Roanoke City School Board". First few pages with light foxing. Small corner piece missing on front free endpaper. Very few neat notations. Several pages seem to be poked with a needle ; Quite rare among the American Guide Series ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 390 pages. Very Good.
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Book number: 19673
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 161.75 | £UK 139 | JP¥ 27352]
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Wpa [Federal Writers' Project],
San Antonio a History and Guide.
San Antonio: San Antonio Conservation Society, 1941. Revised Edition. Spiral bound. Light wear to extremities. The slightest hint of soiling to bottom left corner of front boards. ; Rear folding map. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages. Very Good.
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Book number: 20437
USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 115.5 | £UK 99.25 | JP¥ 19537]
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