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MICHIGAN A Guide to the Wolverine State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover; Second Printing
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- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$118.75
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New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good-. 1943. Hardcover; Second Printing. Boards with moderate wear to extremities. Front hinge has a bit of play and has a bit started. Small intendation to rear boards. ; Including the beautiful photogravures and with VG+ map in rear pocket. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item Item Price
$118.75
NEBRASKA A Guide to the Cornhusker State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$38.00
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Lincoln And London: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good+. 1979. Hardcover. Red buckram boards with gilt spine lettering. A later reprint. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 424 pages . Item Price
$38.00
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ILLINOIS A Descriptive and Historical Guide
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$38.00
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New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. Revised Edition. Hardcover. There's more to Illinois than the Windy City! Illinois leads (or at least led) the nation in production of soybeans, boasts the country's tallest building and busiest airport, and much much more; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 775 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.00
MINNESOTA A State Guide
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$38.00
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Michigan: Somerset Publishers. Very Good+. 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. A reprint of the 2nd printing, 1947. Bound in tan cloth. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 523 pages . Item Price
$38.00
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NORTH DAKOTA A Guide to the Northern Prairie State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$142.50
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New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ price clipped and with some closed tears. 1" loss to DJ bottom spine. Front hinge has a bit of play, back hinge with a tiny gap but holding strongly. Small tear/binding error to half-title page. ; American Guide Series; B&W… Read more about this item Item Price
$142.50
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WISCONSIN A Guide to the Badger State
by Wpa [Federal Writer's Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1954
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$133.00
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New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. Revised Edition. Hardcover. DJ with light chipping and fraying. Price clipped. Slight darkening to endpapers. Else a handsome copy. ; Beautiful photogravures. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 651 pages . Item Price
$133.00
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IOWA A Guide to the Hawkeye State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover; Fifth Printing
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$71.25
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New York: Hastings House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover; Fifth Printing. A very handsome copy. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 583 pages . Item Price
$71.25
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KANSAS
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$190.00
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New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Small hole and small chip to DJ and with small neat tape repair. Price clipped. The slightest darkening to endpapers. ; Folding map in rear pocket. A very handsome copy. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 538 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
$190.00
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INDIANA A Guide to the Hoosier State
by Wpa [Federal Writer's Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover; Fourth Printing
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$104.50
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New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover; Fourth Printing. DJ with light wear and a bit of fading to DJ spine. ; A beautiful copy with the amazing photogravures; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 548 pages . Item Price
$104.50
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MISSOURI A Guide to the 'show Me' State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover; Eighty-Seventh Printing
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$71.25
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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. Later Printing. Hardcover; Eighty-Seventh Printing. DJ slightly darkened and with one tiny chip. ; This book is the reprint of the revised issue that was published in 1954. There are no photogravures. ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read more about this item Item Price
$71.25
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NEBRASKA A Guide to the Cornhusker State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$237.50
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New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. A bit of browning to the endpapers. The best copy we have seen so far. ; Rear map in NF condition. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxiii,424 pages . Item Price
$237.50
MINNESOTA A State Guide
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$57.00
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New York: The Viking Press. Very Good-. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers browned. Glue residue to rear pastedown from removed label. A surprisingly nice and tight ex-lib copy with minimal markings. Lacking the rear folding map. ; A guide to the land of 10,000 lakes; American Guide Series; Ex-Library; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 523 pages . Item Price
$57.00
NORTH DAKOTA A Guide to the Northern Prairie State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$356.25
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Fargo: Knight Printing Company. Very Good+. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight fading to gilt lettering. Former owner's name on half-title page. A handsome and tight copy. ; The first edition of the North Dakota guide is one of the rarest as the printrun is believed to have been only 3,000 copies. Ethel Schlesinger was the director of… Read more about this item Item Price
$356.25
MISSOURI A Guide to the "Show Me" State
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- Hardcover; Sixth Printing
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$57.00
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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Very Good-. 1941. Hardcover; Sixth Printing. Boards with light wear to extremities. Front hinge has a bit of play. Internally a clean and tight copy. ; Including the outstanding photogravures. Originally published 1941, no date of the later printing. Schoyer 313; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item Item Price
$57.00
A SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDE
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1952
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$118.75
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New York: Hastings House. Very Good+. 1952. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. One small ink spot on front boards. Former owner's name on half-title page. ; Decorative maps in endpapers. Detailed map on several pages at the end of the book. Schoyer 567.; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9"… Read more about this item Item Price
$118.75
A SOUTH DAKOTA GUIDE
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$332.50
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Pierre: State Publishing Company. Very Good+. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. The slightest of browning to the endpapers. A handsome and tight copy. ; The rough-and-tumble pioneer history of South Dakota is here chronicled, along with the ususal tours and points of interest. One of the scarcest of the WPA guides, this first edition had a print run… Read more about this item Item Price
$332.50
IOWA A Guide to the Hawkeye State
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1938
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$118.75
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New York: Viking. Very Good+. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit darkened and with gilt lettering slightly faded. A hint of darkening to the endpapers; VG+ fold-out map in rear pocket ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 583 pages . Item Price
$118.75
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THE NEGROES OF NEBRASKA
by Wpa [ Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1940
- Binding
- Pamphlet
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
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$85.50
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Omaha: Omaha Urban League Community Center. Very Good+. 1940. First Edition. Pamphlet. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 48 pages . Item Price
$85.50
ILLINOIS
by Wpa [Federal Writers' Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$47.50
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Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. Very Good. 1947. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Gilt lettering a bit faded. Spine sunned. Front hinge with a bit of play. Rear hinge started; Folding map in rear pocket; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 707 pages . Item Price
$47.50
INDIANA A Guide to the Hoosier State
by Wpa [Federal Writer's Project]
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1945
- Binding
- Hardcover; Second Printing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Westport, Connecticut, USA
- Item Price
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$142.50
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New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 1945. Hardcover; Second Printing. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. A handsome and tight copy of the relatively rare second edition. ; VG+ map in rear pocket. Beautiful photogravures; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 548 pages . Item Price
$142.50