Albert Schweitzer Baut Lambarene
by WOYTT-SECRETAN, Marie
paperback. With b/w illustrations throughout. 111pp. Tall thin 8vo, printed wrappers. (Taunus, 1957). Very good. Text in German.
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Livingston; The Story of a Community
by (WPA)
Township of Livingston, 1939. First. hardcover. very good(-). Illus. 8vo, maroon cloth, upper front right corner bumped, cloth lightly soiled. Township of Livingston, 1939. First Edition. American Guide Series. History of Livingston, New Jersey.
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Maine: A Guide "Down East
by WPA
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Photo illustrations; map in back pocket. 476 pages. 8vo, green boards, d.w. (edge-chipped, price clipped & with a small hole in the spine). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First Edition. American Guide Series.
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Nevada; A Guide to the Silver State
by WPA)
Portland: Binfords & Mot, 1940. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Photo illustrations, folding map in back pocket. 315 pages. 8vo, red cloth. d.w. Portland, (1940). First edition. American Guide Series. Fine copy in a very good, price intact dust wrapper, lightly edge-chipped.
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Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State
by (WPA)
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1941. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Photo illustrations. 652 pages. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. (price clipped, edgeworn and with a few chips). New York: Duell Sloan, (1941). First Edition. American Guide Series.
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The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writer's Project Guide to 1930s New York
by WPA
New York: Pantheon, 1982. paperback. very good(+). Introduction by William H. Whyte. Illustrated. xxxii + 680 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers; lightly rubbed. New York: Pantheon Books, (1992). Internally fine, a very good(+) copy.
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New England Hurricane; A Factual Pictorial Record
by (WPA)
Boston: Hale , Cushman, 1938. hardcover. very good/good. Written by members of the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA in the New England States. Many photo illustrations. Small 4to, green cloth, d.w. (edgeworn and with several larger chips; contemporary gift insvcription). Boston: Hale, Cushman, (1938). First Edition, fifth printing. Pastedown endpapers both somewhat damaged from removed tape, else... Read More
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North Carolina; A Guide of the Old North State
by WPA)
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1939. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(-). Photo illustrations, folding map in back pocket. 601 pages. 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w (edge worn and slightly chipped). Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1939. First Edition. American Guide Series. Near fine copy in a very good(-) price-clipped dust wrapper.
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Rhode Island: A Guide to the Smallest State
by (WPA)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First. hardcover. fine/very good(+). Photo illustrations, folding color map in rear pocket. xxvi + 500 pages, 8vo, deep red boards, d.w. (lightly edge worn and chipped at head). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1937. First Edition. Fine copy in a very good(+), price-clipped dust wrapper. American Guide Series.
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The Oregon Trail; The Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
by (WPA)
First Edition. hardcover. illus., folding map. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. lightly dampstained on spine portion, d.w. with several very small chips on bottom of front portion, otherwise very good). N.Y.: Hastings House, (1939). American Guide Series.
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Washington; City and Capital
by WPA
Washington: Government Printing, 1937. First. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated with many photographs taken especially for this book. 1141pp. 8vo, cloth; 2 folding maps in back pocket. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. First Edition. A very good(+) sturdy copy, pages just a bit curved at bottom corner. American Guide Series. Carl Van Vechten's bookplate on the verso of... Read More
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New York Panorama: A Comprehensive View of the Metropolis, Presented in a Series of Articles Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of New York City
by WPA
New York: Random House, 1938. First. hardcover. fine. Many black-and-white photo illustrations, with map endpapers. xii + 526 pages, 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Random House, (1938). A fine copy lacking dust wrapper. American Guide Series
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New York City Guide
by WPA
New York: Random House, 1939. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(-). Illustrated with black and white photographs and a folding map in rear pocket. xx, 680 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. (tears and small chips). New York: Random House, (1939). Frayed on spine ends and hinges cracked. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. A Comprehensive... Read More
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Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People
by (WPA)
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1937. First. hardcover. near fine/good. Illustrated with black and white photographs; folding map in back pocket. 657 pages. Thick 8vo, dark blue boards, d.w. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, (1937). First Edition. American Guide Series. The price-intact dust wrapper is rather worn at the edges.
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New Hampshire: A Guide to the Granite State
by WPA
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with black and white photos and maps; folding map in back pocket. xxix, 559 pages. 8vo, blue boards with yellow lettering (light edgewear and discoloration). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First Edition. American Guide Series. Lacking the dust wrapper. A very good copy.
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Washington D.C., A Guide to the Nation's Capital
by WPA
New York: Hastings House, 1968. hardcover. very good/very good(-). 64 pages of photographs. 8vo, blue cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York: Hastings House, (1968). New Revised Edition of the first volume of the American Guide Series. Ex-library stamp on top page edges and some damage to rear endpaper, still a very good copy in very good(-) dust wrapper. ... Read More
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Oklahoma; A Guide to the Sooner State
by WPA)
Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1958. hardcover. near fine/very good. Photo illustrations, folding map in back pocket. 445 pages. 8vo,rust cloth, d.w.(lightly edge-chipped, with a closed tear). Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1958. American Guide Series. Second printing of the revised edition.
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Arizona; A State Guide
by (WPA)
New York: Hastings House, 1940. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). Photogravure illustrations. 530 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w.(lightly edge worn and chipped at head). New York: Hastings House, 1940. First Edition. American Guide Series Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper.
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Man and Woman: The Basis of Their Relationship
by WRAGE, Karl Horst
hardcover. Color & b/w illustrations. 259pp., 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. edgeworn. London: Collins, (1969). Very good with a good d.w.
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Historical Memoirs of His Own Time
by WRAXALL, N.W.
hardcover. New edition, revised. Extra-illustrated with over 50 fine steel and copper engravings. 4 vols., full polished tree calf; hinges and spines repaired. London: Richard Bentley, 1836.
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Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time
by WRAXALL, N.W.
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. hardcover. very good. From the second London edition. 419pp printed in double columns. 8vo, original brown blind-stamped cloth and gilt-lettered spine; rear endpapers dampstained. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. A very good copy.
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Ten Lives of the Buddha; Siamese Temple Paintings and Jataka Tales
by WRAY, Elizabeth, ROSENFIELD, Clare and BAILEY, Dorothy
New York: Weatherhill, 1972. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). 32 color photographs. Small 4to, decoratively gilt rust cloth, edge worn d.w. New York: Weatherhill, (1972). First Edition. A near fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper.
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The Modern Poster
by WREDE, Stuart
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1988. paperback. near fine. Foreword by Richard E. Oldenburg. 301 color illustrations, 263 pages, thick square 4to, gray pictorial wrappers. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1988). First softcover edition. A near fine copy. Published in conjunction with the MOMA exhibition The Modern Poster, a comprehensive selection from the museum's... Read More
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Attische Mauern
by WREDE, Walther
Athens: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, 1933. hardcover. near fine. With 113 plates and 10 in-text illustrations. 67pp. Slim 4to, beige cloth. Athens: Deutsches Archaologisches Institut, 1933. Spine a bit faded, otherwise a near fine copy.
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Curling 1780
by WREFORD, Denis
Montreal, 1957. Print 1957 commemorative image. Page size 16.5" x 23" Initialed in the lower right corner of print. Signed by artist just below lower right corner of print. Caption lower margin: "The earliest representation of Curling is in a painting by PIETER BRUEGAL around 1550. The Royal Montreal Curling Club dates from 1807 and celebrated its 150th anniversary... Read More
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