[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 about Augusta Hollowell on the Kennebec
[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 about Chillicothe and Ross County. Compiled and Written by Federal Writers' Project of Ohio, Works...
(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 about Guide to Tuscarawas County. Compiled and Edited by Federal Writers' Project of Ohio, Works...
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 about Lake Erie Vacationland in Ohio. A Guide to the Sandusky Bay Region
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 about The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida
Savannah: Chamber of Commerce, Review Printing Co., 1937. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, publisher’s pictorial paper label on the front board, 208 pages. Illus. An nice example of a Federal Writers’ Project city guide. Issued without a dust jacket. More about Savannah
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 about God Bless the Devil! Liars' Bench Tales
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 about American Guide Series: Rochester and Monroe County. Federal Writers’ Project, Works Progress...
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 about A Trip on Many Waters
(Columbus: Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society), 1940. First edition. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, 47 pages. Illus. Printed in Gallipolis. More about Gallipolis. Being an Account of the French Five Hundred and of the Town they Established on La...
(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 about Lake County History
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 about Nebraska Folklore (Book Three
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 about Nebraska Folklore (Book Two
Lincoln, Nebraska: Woodruff Printing Co., 1940. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 80 pages. Inserted plates. Early printing on the great plains. More about Printing Comes to Lincoln . . . Sponsored by the Ben Franklin Club of Lincoln
(Troy, N.Y. Whitehurst Printing and Binding, 1941). First edition. 8vo, original pictorial yellow wrappers, 31 pages. Illus. Uncommon local item. More about A Souvenir of the Founding of Rensselaer County, 1791
[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 about The State Teachers College at Westfield
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 about Wind, Water, and Air
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 about Romance of Rubber. Compiled by Workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects...
[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 about Lamps on the Prairie: A History of Nursing in Kanas. Compiled by the Writers’ Program of the...
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 about Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota . . . No. 53, Nobles County
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 about Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota . . . No. 67 Rock County
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 about Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota. No. 47, Meeker County (Litchfield
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 about Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota. No. 51, Murray County (Slayton
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 about Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota. No. 64, Redwood County (Redwood Falls
St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Records Survey, December, 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), 132 pages. Attractive cover design of the Ruins of the Joseph R. Brown Mansion. Includes a history... More about Inventory of the County Archives of Minnesota. No. 65 Renville County (Olivia
