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National constitution and regulations of the Workers Alliance of America as adopted at the Fourth Annual National Convention, Cleveland Ohio, September 23-26, 1938, with suggested rules of procedure for affilates
by Workers Alliance of America
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Washington: Workers Alliance of America, 1938. Pamphlet. 64p. staplebound booklet, very good condition, 4x6.5 inches. The WAA was a trade union for relief workers employed by the Works Progress Administration, evolving into more of a pressure group to maintain WPA funding. It began under Socialist Party leadership but became dominated by the Communist Party. Item Price
$45.00
National constitution and regulations of the Workers Alliance of America as adopted at the Fourth Annual National Convention, Cleveland Ohio, September 23-26, 1938, with suggested rules of procedure for affilates
by Workers Alliance of America
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Washington: Workers Alliance of America, 1938. Pamphlet. 64p, wraps, library stamp on index page (no other markings) else very good condition, 4x6.5 inches. The WAA was a trade union for relief workers employed by the Works Progress Administration, evolving into more of a pressure group to maintain WPA funding. It began under Socialist Party leadership but became dominated by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Effects of mechanization in cigar manufacture
by Evans, W.D.
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- 1938
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Philadelphia: WPA, 1938. Pamphlet. 21p., wraps, ex library with a rubberstamp on front cover and a few other markings else good condition, 7x10 inches. Reprinted from Monthly Labor Review. Item Price
$15.00
Max Kahn - Eleanor Coen: Contemplating a Roller; Major Print Works 1936-1960
by Kahn, Max and Eleanor Coen; essays by John Corbett, Barbara Jaffee, Noah Kahn and Jim Dempsey
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- 2006
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Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2006. Paperback. 56p., wraps, 7x9 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Married couple, both lithographers and WPA artists in Chicago. Item Price
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What price relief
by Socialist Party
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- 1935
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New York: Socialist Party, 1935. Six panel brochure, lightly tone else very good condition, 4x9 inches. SP attack on Mayor LaGuardia for implementing a sales tax, demands for higher wages & protections for WPA workers. Item Price
$25.00
Federal encroachment upon the field of education in Texas
by Guleke, J.O.
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- 1936
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Washington DC: American Liberty League, 1936. 10p., staplebound pamphlet, some underlining and marginalia. Decries WPA projects related to education in Texas as unconstitutional interference in local affairs. "The resolution and statement herein contained were presented to the Board of Education by one of its members at the meeting of October 14, 1935. Though the Board declined to adopt it,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Labor relations in the United States. Picketing. Part 3: Documents; Part 4. Statutes on picketing; Part 5. sec.1. Table of cases - sec. 2. Cases on picketing, by states - sec.3. Cases in "Law and labor" on picketing
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[New York]: [WPA], 1937. Paperback. Staplebound packet, each section individually paginated, mimeographed 8.5x11 inch pages, last page with edge tear. One half of a WPA-produced bibliography; the volume with Parts 1 and 2 not present. Item Price
$20.00
Relief and work standards. Containing H.R. 11186, The Marcantonio Relief and Work Projects Standard Bill and an introduction by Herbert Benjamin
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- 1936
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New York: National Joint Action Committee for Genuine Social Insurance, 1936. Pamphlet. 30p., stapled wraps, 5x7.25 inches, staples rusted, wraps a bit worn and foxed, else good condition. Item Price
$30.00
Thirty-five Engravings by Hogarth, Master Satirist
by Benson, E.M., preparer
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- 1943
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np: Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, 1943. 8p., stapled wraps, 5.75 x 8.5 inches, lightly worn else very good condition. Exhibition catalog for an exhibit of Hogarth's engravings, containing a brief biography, a list of engravings, and a few quotes from Hogarth. No illustrations except for the one on the cover. Cover designed by Lewis Jacobs. Item Price
$75.00
Pre-Hispanic Frescoes in the Rio Grande Valley
by Hewett, Edgar L.
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Santa Fe NM: Archaeological Institute of America, 1938. Pamphlet. 14p., text and six b&w fullpage photos; softbound pamphlet in plain printed 7.5x5.5 inch stapled grey wraps. Absolutely clean and sound, a very nice exemplar. Papers of the School of American Research. Content first read to conferees in Seville in 1935; "it is now brought down to date. The work… Read more about this item Item Price
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Closing Report San Francisco Bay Exposition, Sponsor for the Golden Gate International Exposition
by Bottorff, H. C., executive vice-president and general manager
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- 1941
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San Francisco: the exposition, 1941. 132p., mimeographed recto-only leaves on slightly spongy but alkaline leaves, softbound upright 13x8.2 inch booklet, staple-fastened with binder's-tape header over plain printed marigold-yellow cover sheets. Has bits of fray at either end of the tape, mild dust-soil and minuscule stain to covers, text-stock is clean and scarcely toned, a bright, very good copy signed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Annual report of the governor of the Virgin Islands to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939
by Cramer, Lawrence W.
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Washington DC: GPO, 1939. iv, 24p., ink stain on front wrap else very good in staplebound wraps. Includes reports on status of WPA projects. Item Price
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Rayon, Nylon and Glass Fibers
by Compiled by the workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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- 1945
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Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co, 1945. Hardcover. 48p. illustrations, two of wihch are full page color. first edition, very good. Some browning to endpapers. Price clipped dust jacket shows wear, rubbing and loss along spine including about a 3/4 inch hole near the top. Series price is agressively inked over at top rear flap. Both front and rear panels… Read more about this item Item Price
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Federal Theatre presents "The sun and I": [program/playbill]
by Federal Theatre/WPA, Barry & Leona Stavis
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- 1937
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New York: Federal Theatre/WPA, 1937. 4p. playbill/program, 6x9 inches, cast, scene synopsis, theatre plan, crew, small ink notation "Fed. Thea." on cover otherwise very good pamphlet, blue text on semi-glossy white stock. This is the playbill for the production which opened at the Adelphi Theatre in February 1937 and starred Canada Lee and Rex Ingram. Item Price
$45.00
Federal Theatre presents "Prologue to glory": Maxine Elliott's Theatre [program/playbill]
by Federal Theatre/WPA, E. P. Conkle
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New York: Federal Theatre/WPA, 1938. 6 panel playbill/program, 6x9 inches, cast bios, theatre plan, crew, faint dampstain at bottom edge else very good pamphlet, blue text on semi-glossy white stock. This is the playbill for the initial production of E.P. Conkle's historical drama which opened at the Maxine Elliot Theatre March 17 1938. Item Price
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Ray Boynton and the Mother Lode: the Depression Years, The Oakland Museum History Special gallery May 4 through August 15, 1976
by Boynton, Ray compiled by Mary Fabilli
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Oakland: The Oakland Museum, 1976. Paperback. 62p., 12x8 inches landscape format, introduction, preface, biography, bibliography, remembrances, memoirs, catalog of the exhibition, illustrated with photos and reproductions, very good slim trade catalog in pictorial wraps. Boynton was a WPA artist who visited the Gold Country of California in the 1930s and illustrated what he saw there. Item Price
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Beniamino Bufano with "The Penguins" at the Golden Gateway Center, San Francisco (photo)
by Bufano, Beniamino
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- 1967
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[San Francisco]: n.p., 1967. Photograph. 8x10 b&w publicity photo of the artist standing beside his "Penguins Prayer" sculpture with a caption label affixed to back and wrapping over to front. The photo is likely just after the sculpture had been moved to the Center in 1967, certainly no later than 1970 when Bufano died. The sculpture was originally created… Read more about this item Item Price
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Two-page letter informing the General of the liquidation of the WPA [mimeographed]
by Roosevelt, Franklin Delano to Major General Philip B. Fleming
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- 1942
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Washington DC: The White House, 1942. letter. Two 8.5x11 inch sheets with a typed letter (mimeographed) from the President to the Major General of the WPA (unsigned) dated December 4, 1942. stapled upper left corner with two horizontal fold-creases, lightly toned, minor wear and ink stain in bottom left corner of top sheet. Item Price
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Nebraska history: a quarterly magazine, vol. xxii, no. 4, October-December
by Sheldon, Addison E., editor
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- 1942
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Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1942. Paperback. pp308-402, illustrated with b&w plates from photos, very good journal in trade paperback format, green printed wraps. Dykes not noted, Powell 940. Item Price
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Rochester and Monroe County
by Federal Writers' Project Works Progress Administration State of New York
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Rochester: Scrantom's, sponsored by the City of Rochester & the Genesee Book Club, 1937. Hardcover. 460p., endpaper maps, frontispiece, foreword, preface, general information, chronology, bibliography, index, photos, maps including 3 folding bound-in, very good first edition in wine fabricoid and gilt, unclipped lightly worn dj. American Guide Series. Dykes 225, Powell 1196. Item Price
$75.00
