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1)	SIX RURAL PROBLEM AREAS. RELIEF - RESOURCES - REHABILITATION. AN ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES IN SIX RURAL AREAS WITH HIGH RELIEF RATES [WPA]: Beck, P.G., and M.C. Forster:
	Washington. 1935.. 167pp. Charts and maps. Stiff printed wrappers. Minor soiling, ex- lib. with stamp and plate, else very good. A solid WPA research monograph focusing on relief problem areas in the South and the Midwest. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $35.00

2)	TEN YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE OF PHILADELPHIA MACHINISTS [WPA]: Herrman, Helen:
	Philadelphia. 1938.. 132pp. Frontis. half tone. Charts and graphs. Printed stiff wrappers, very good. WPA report analyzing the employment history of Philadelphia machinists, millwrights and tool makers between 1925 and 1936. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $50.00

3)	THE SEARCH FOR WORK IN PHILADELPHIA, 1932-36. AN ANALYSIS OF RECORDS IN THE PHILADELPHIA STATE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE [WPA]: Palmer, Gladys L.:
	Philadelphia. 1939.. 74pp. Charts and graphs. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. WPA report on the nature of job opportunities in Philadelphia between the years 1932 and 1936. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $20.00

4)	THE LABOR FORCE OF THE PHILADELPHIA RADIO INDUSTRY IN 1936 [WPA]: Palmer, Gladys L., and Ada M. Stoflet:
	Philadelphia. 1938.. 102pp. Frontispiece halftone. Charts, some in- text photos. Printed stiff wrappers. Creased, else very good. Interesting WPA mongraph on the nature and employment prospects of the radio manufacturing industry in Philadelphia. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $60.00

5)	EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE OF PATERSON BROAD-SILK WORKERS, 1926-36. A STUDY OF INTERMITTENCY OF EMPLOYMENT IN A DECLINING INDUSTRY [WPA]: Wood, James E.:
	Philadelphia. 1939.. 141pp. Charts and graphs. Illus. Stiff printed wrappers. Ex-lib. with stamp, else very good. A WPA analysis of intermittent unemployment among the older work force of Patterson broad- silk workers. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $75.00

6)	MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF MISS CAROLINE ELIZABETH SMELT, WHO DIED SEPT. 21, 1817, IN THE CITY OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, IN THE 17TH YEAR OF HER AGE; COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC PAPERS, FURNISHED BY HER FRIENDS, AND PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST Waddell, Rev. Moses:
	Edinburgh. 1821.. vi,181pp. Engraved frontis. Printed boards, front cover detached, first 4 leaves and plate loose, internally clean. A much reprinted religious tract on the life and death of the pious and faithful Miss Smelt. The first edition was printed in New York in 1818. De Renne does not list this printing. SABIN 100882. DE RENNE, I, p.365. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $75.00

7)	WITH BOAT AND GUN IN THE YANGTZE VALLEY Wade, Henling Thomas, ed:
	Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, 1895.. [3],187,[5]pp. Errata slip. Large quarto. Original cloth. Very good. A comprehensive and detailed guide to shooting in the lower reaches of the Yangtze, intended chiefly for the Shanghai expatriate community. Wade sounds a warning note in his introduction that some popular destinations in the vicinity of Shanghai have already been "shot out" in the fifteen years since the first edition was published. Including chapters on yachts, houseboats, and topographical not... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $1,750.00 ($1750.00)

8)	THE OVERLANDERS OF '62 Wade, Mark Sweeten:
	Victoria, B.C. 1931.. xiii,174,[2]pp. Portrait frontispiece plus plates. Original cloth. Untrimmed and partially unopened. Overall very good. An account of an overland trek in 1862 from St. Paul, via Fort Gary and Fort Edmonton, thence to the Cariboo gold fields in British Columbia. Over one hundred Canadians participated in the trip. "This account is skilfull collection of diaries, letters, etc...of members of the expedition..." - TPL. Memoir No. IX of the Archives of British Columbia, edited by ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $115.00

9)	THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION, A SYNOPSIS OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ARMY IN THE SPANISH WAR, AND SOME REMARKS ON OUR MILITARY NECES Wagner, Arthur L., Lieut.-Col.:
	[Akron, Oh.: The Werner Company, 1899].. 103pp. plus twenty-five chromolithographs. Oblong folio. Original pictorial cloth. Corners bumped, cloth edgeworn and spotted. Hinges weak. Internally clean and fresh. Wagner's lavish work contains numerous large chromolithographs depicting the history of the army of the United States from the American Revolution to the Spanish-American War, with depictions of all. It also serves as a useful guide for identifying military dress throughout the first hundred years ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $750.00

10)	JUAN RODRIGUEZ CABRILLO. DISCOVERER OF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA Wagner, Henry R.:
	San Francisco. 1941.. [2],95pp. Color frontis. Original cloth backed decorative boards, paper spine label. Bookplate adhered to front pastedown. Very good. From an edition limited to 750 copies. Treats of the first European to arrive at the Pacific coast of North America. Cabrillo landed at San Diego in 1542. HOWES W8, "aa." AXE, THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER 107. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $100.00

11)	HISPANIC AMERICANA IN THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY Wagner, Henry R.:
	[N.p.] 1952.. 33pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. From an edition of 100 copies. A scarce offprint issued by Frederick R. Goff, taken from the book ESSAYS HONORING LAWRENCE C. WROTH (1951). AXE, PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER 154. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $20.00

12)	SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. ITS AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Wagner, Henry R.:
	San Francisco. 1926.. [12],543pp. plus plates and frontis. Quarto. Cloth. Neat unobtrusive institutional bookplate. Call numbers on spine. Else free of markings and very good. The first trade edition of the standard work on the subject, featuring the first printing of many documents and first translations of many others. HOWES W9. PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER, 35. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $175.00

13)	THE RISE OF FERNANDO CORTES Wagner, Henry R.:
	[Los Angeles]: The Cortes Society, 1944.. xxxvi,564pp. plus plates and maps. Quarto. Original cloth. Front hinge a bit shaken, but intact. Armorial bookplate. Very good. From an edition of 300 copies. Published as part of the Cortés Society's series on "Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America." ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $200.00

14)	THE SPANISH SOUTHWEST 1542 - 1794 AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Wagner, Henry R.:
	Albuquerque: The Quivira Society, 1937.. Two volumes. 7-270; 275-553pp. plus illustrations and map. Frontis. Quarto. Original white quarter cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Minor soiling on covers. Overall very good, second volume untrimmed. A classic work on the literature of the Spanish Southwest. AXE, THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER 87. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $750.00

15)	THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER [Wagner, Henry R.]:
	New Haven: The Reese Company, 1988.. 73pp. Portrait. Cloth. As new. A bibliography of the works of Henry R. Wagner, one of the greatest collectors and bibliographers in Western Americana. The bibliography of Wagner's many writings has been prepared by his long-time secretary, Ruth Frey Axe, and lists 193 items, the last being issued in 1987. Each entry is annotated with relevant information, including many trenchant quotes from Wagner himself. In addition, Mrs. Axe has prepared a list of 34 items relati... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $35.00

16)	THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE 1800 - 1865 Wagner, Henry R.:
	San Francisco: John Howell, 1921.. [4],193pp. Large octavo. Cloth backed paper boards, printed paper spine label. Boards worn at extremities, else very good. First "available" edition, after the rare suppressed first edition of the previous year. AXE, PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER 8. FLAKE 9500. RITTENHOUSE 610 (note). ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $300.00

17)	THE PLAINS & THE ROCKIES: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EXPLORATION, ADVENTURE AND TRAVEL IN THE AMERICAN WEST 1800 - 1865 Wagner, Henry R., Charles L. Camp, and Robert H. Becker:
	San Francisco. 1982.. 745pp. Illus. Cloth. Fine. Fourth edition. Revised, enlarged and edited by Robert H. Becker. The long awaited revision of the premier reference book of Western Americana. The significance of this new edition lies in its thorough bibliographic treatment of each known issue and edition of each title, giving line-by- line transcriptions of every page and every map, full collations, references and confirmed locations of copies, together with brief editorial comments, and an index of author... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $115.00

18)	THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ORIGINAL NARRATIVES OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE 1800 - 1865 Wagner, Henry R., and Charles Camp:
	Columbus. 1953.. 601pp. plus facsimiles. Thick octavo. Cloth. Frayed at spine extremities, small closed tear at crown, front hinge tender. Internally about fine. The third edition of Wagner-Camp, the standard bibliography of the early travel literature of the West, in the edition still most useful for describing where travellers went. RITTENHOUSE 610. STREETER SALE 4407. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $125.00

19)	HENRY RAUP WAGNER 1862-1957. AN EXHIBITION OF RARE BOOKS HONORING THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH Wagner, Henry Raup:
	Chicago: the Newberry Library, 1962.. [6],17pp. Illus. Original stiff printed wrappers. Fine. A nice selection of rarities chosen from Wagner's SPANISH SOUTHWEST, THE PLAINS AND THE ROCKIES and CALIFORNIA IMPRINTS bibliographies. With annotations. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $10.00

20)	Q.F.F.Q.S. ITER IN AMERICAM, ANNUENTE AMPLISS. SEN. PHILOS. UPSALIENSI, SUB MODERAMINE MAX REVER. ATQUE AMPLISS Wahlstedt, Jacobus J.:
	Uppsala: Literis Wernerianis, [1725].. [2],48pp. 16mo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Slight marginal fox marks, else very good. A rare 18th-century scholarly paper presenting evidence of visits of the Northmen to America, and describing the location of Vinland with respect to Greenland and North America. HOWES W15, "aa." SABIN 100960. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 725/208. MULLER 346. BELL W15. ... more information Offered by William Reese Company - Americana (Connecticut, United States) +/-	Price: $650.00

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