[Kennebec]: Kennebec Journal Print Shop, 1940. First edition. 8vo, original wrappers, 123 pages. 16 pages of illus., 3 folding maps. Later leaf relating to the state YMCA conference in Augusta, Me., in 1943, mounted onto the half-title. More
[N. p. n. p.], 1938. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 91, [24] pages. Illus. Published in conjunction with the Northwest Territory celebration. With the story of westward migration, Burr's conspiracy, descriptions of Greek revival architecture and regional paper manufacture, and one anecdote of a small-town swindle involving the alleged... More
(New Philadelphia, O.): New Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, 1939. First edition, the only printing. 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, 119, [1] pages. Folding map, illus. A scarce local guide from the Federal Writers' Project. Includes material on Zoar and Schoenbrunn, as well as local customs, the history of the Erie... More
Sandusky: Stephens Printing Company, (1941). First edition, wrappers issue. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 129 pages. 10 inserted plates, one folding map. Midget City in Milan merits a photo but no mention in the historical sketch of the town. More
New York: Modern Age Books, (1938). First edition. 8vo, original pictorial gray cloth, 244, [5] pages. Frontis, illus., folding map mounted to the rear paste-down. Original dust jacket. More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1940. First edition. 8vo, original patterned red buckram, 254 pages. Illus. by Ann Kelley of the Tennessee Art Project. Original pictorial dust jacket. Tall-tales and folklore of Tennessee, with much in the way of regional vernacular and color. More
Rochester: Scrantom’s, 1937. First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt lettering, 460 pages. Illus. Folding map tipped in the rear. Original pictorial dust jacket. Issued in the American Guide Series of the Federal Writers’ Project. Map endpapers. More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1940. First edition. Small 8vo, original blue cloth, 48 pages. Illus. Color pictorial dust jacket. On streams. A typically attractive entry from the series of 39 elementary science books produced by the Pennsylvania Writers' Project, all of which were published by Whitman. Most surviving copies... More
(Columbus: Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society), 1940. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 47 pages. Illus. Printed in Gallipolis. More
(Lake County Center: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1941). First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 100 pages. Illus. Small ink date stamp, Jul 1941, at the head of the front wrapper and title page. More
Lincoln: Woodruff Printing Company, 1941. First edition thus, collecting material that had previously appeared in the scarce mimeo pamphlets. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 31 pages. Illus. More
Lincoln: Woodruff Printing Company, 1940. First edition thus, compiled from material first published in the scarce mimeo pamphlets. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 32 pages. More
Lincoln, Nebraska: Woodruff Printing Co., 1940. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 80 pages. Inserted plates. Early printing on the great plains. More
(Troy, N.Y. Whitehurst Printing and Binding, 1941). First edition. 8vo, original pictorial yellow wrappers, 31 pages. Illus. Uncommon local item. More
[Westfield, Mass.:]: Published by the State Teachers College at Westfield, 1941. First edition. 8vo, original gilt-stamped blue cloth, 114 pages. Frontis portrait, illus. A history of this school just west of Springfield, now known as Westfield State College. Issued with an unprinted plain brown dust wrapper, not present here. More
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition. Small 8vo, original tan cloth, 47 pages. Illus. Original pictorial dust jacket. A typically attractive entry from the series of 39 elementary science books produced by the Pennsylvania Writers’ Project, all of which were published by Whitman. Most surviving copies are ex-library;... More
Chicago: Alberts Whitman & Co., 1941. First edition. 12mo, original pictorial cloth, 48 pages. Illus. An ex-library copy, with their scattered stamps and circulation pocket in the rear. Published in the Federal Writers’ Project W.P.A. series of children’s educational books. With a portion of the original dust jacket mounted to... More
[Emportia]: Emporia Gazette Press, 1942. First edition. 8vo, original gilt-stamped blue cloth, 292 pages. Illus. Original pictorial dust jacket. Detailed history compiled by the Federal Writers’ Project, under the guidance of the Kansas State Nurses’ Association. With a nice appropriate gift inscription on the front free endpaper, “Miss Carolyn Ogden... More
Chicago: Privately Printed [by Students at the Chicago School of Printing], 1938. First separate edition (having previously appeared in the Papers of the 1938 American Library Association), one of 200 copies. 8vo, original stiff blue wrappers, 23, [1] pages. On the scope and methods of the American Imprints project, from the head of the project. More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, December, 1939. First edition, ex-library. Large 8vo, original brown wrappers decorated with a color silkscreen design (almost certainly the work of a Federal Arts Project artist), 273 pages. Attractive cover design of a promotional newspaper columns, "From the Western Advance, 1874, Worthington, Minnesota."... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, July, 1940. First edition, ex-library. Large 8vo, original brown wrappers decorated with a color silkscreen design (almost certainly the work of a Federal Arts Project artist), 120 pages. Attractive cover design of "A View from 'The Rock.'" Includes a history of the county... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, November, 1940. First edition, ex-library. Large 8vo, original brown wrappers decorated with a color silkscreen design (almost certainly the work of a Federal Arts Project artist), 119 pages. Attractive cover design of a view of the Acton Massacre Monument. Includes a history of... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, June, 1941. First edition, ex-library. Large 8vo, original brown wrappers decorated with a color silkscreen design (almost certainly the work of a Federal Arts Project artist), 143 pages. Attractive cover design of a portrait of William Pitt Murray. Includes a history of the... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, October, 1941. First edition, ex-library. Large 8vo, original brown wrappers decorated with a color silkscreen design (almost certainly the work of a Federal Arts Project artist), 139 pages. Attractive cover design of a map of Redwood County. Includes a history of the county... More
