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WASHINGTON - CITY AND CAPITAL [SIGNED] by Federal Writers Project; Works Progress Administration; - 1937

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WASHINGTON - CITY AND CAPITAL [SIGNED] by Federal Writers Project; Works Progress Administration; - 1937

WASHINGTON - CITY AND CAPITAL [SIGNED]

by Federal Writers Project; Works Progress Administration;

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, xxvi, 1140 pages; VG-; Spine black with faded gold print; Boards in black cloth, mild wear and rubbing, binding slightly loose; With both of the two maps in rear pocket; small water-stain to lower fore corner of text block.;




Signed on verso of the ffep by 26 members of the Federal Writers Project, including founding director Henry Alsberg, assistant to the director George Cronyn, and assistant director Reed Harris. The remainder are presumed some of the writers or editors hired by the Federal Writers Project to research the book, including composer Ruth Crawford Seeger, anarchist Leonard Abbott, and author/editor Kathryn Coe Cordell. Other listed names include C. W. Foster, Donald C. Kline, J. Frank James, Howard S. Douglas, John C. Rogers, B. Foster Cooke, and Sterling A. Brown.;




An important piece of DC history, linking the leadership of the FWP with some of its largely ignored and unrecorded writers and editors. Nowhere in the volume does it list the names of any individual contributors. Due to the book size and coated paper the book weighs over 5 pounds, reportedly causing President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ask, "Where is the steamer trunk that goes with it?"




Preface: "The volume on Washington herewith given to the public differs in at least one important respect from the guides to other large cities now being prepared. Washington is predominantly the Capital of the United States. Visitors to the city are commonly interested as much in the machinery of national government as in the great buildings which house that machinery. Therefore, a considerable portion of this volume is given over to detailed accounts of the functional activities of all Government departments, bureaus, and independent agencies." 1331800. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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  • Publisher Government Printing Office
  • Place of Publication Washington
  • Date Published 1937

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Government Printing Office. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Very Good. No dust jacket. (local history, washington dc, district of columbia, DC, capital, wpa, works progress administration) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Government Printing Office. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Includes fold-out maps. Owner's name on half title page. (guidebook, travel, US history) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Washington City and Capital (American Guide Series - WPA)

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Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Missing map from rear pocket. Just a trace of rubbing / shelf wear to covers. Clean and unmarked copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 1141 pages .
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Works Project Administration, GPO, 1937. Hbk 1150pp illustr throughout b+w photos, floor-plans, maps (one-foldout of Georgetown), decorated endpapers lacks folding map in rear pocket lacks dj very good black cloth boards with dulled gilt titles otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked copy becoming hard to find
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Washington, D..C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very thick octavo. 1140, [2]pp. Illustrated. Two large folding maps in rear pocket. Private owner's small shelf number on spine, and a small ink number on the half-title, a little cocked, but otherwise tight and very good or better. Maps are fine.
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