Keeping the peace : a police chief looks at his job
Harper & Row, January 1970. Hardcover. Gift inscription on front pastedown partially marked out; else, very good condition. More
Atlanta & Georgia
Cotton, Cornbread, and Conversations: Adventures in Central Georgia
Mercer Univ Pr, March 2004. Trade Paperback. Every city has its charm, every county has its character, and every neighborhood has its nuances. In Central Georgia, you don't have to go far to find an adventure.This collection of stories and adventures has been gathered from glimpses of billboards, travels on..... More
No Such Thing as a Bad Day: A Memoir
Longstreet Press, May 2000. Hardcover. The former White House chief-of-staff recalls his youth in the civil rights-era South, his years in Washington during the Carter administration, and his battle with three different types of cancer. Clean, tight copy. More
Temple Bombing
Ballantine Books, May 1997. Trade Paperback. THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF A BRUTAL ACT OF HATE "At 3:37 in the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synagogue. The devastation to the building was vast--but..... More
The Many Lives of Andrew Young
NewSouth Books, March 2022. Hardcover. From his childhood in New Orleans to Howard University as a boy of fifteen, from his work as a young pastor in Alabama to his leadership role in the SCLC, from serving as the first Black congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction to serving as the..... More
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
Addison Wesley Publishing Company, October 1991. Hardcover. A narrative of the events of 1978 in McIntosh County, Georgia, when the first black man was elected as a county commissioner. More
Savannah Duels and Duellists 1733-1877 (Annals of Savannah)
Review Publishing & Printng Company, February 1936. First Edition. Cloth. Red cloth covered boards with washed out spots of discoloration scattered over front & rear board. Dustjacket missing, if there ever was one. Sun-bleached spine with gold lettering. Signed (with lengthy inscription) on front free end page, by Thomas Gamble..... More
Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
Scribner, January 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King's funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense..... More
A study of the early journalistic writings of Henry W. Grady
George Peabody College for Teachers, 1927. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Heavily worn. Darkened at margins. Library catalogue number on small white label affixed to lower left corner of front cover. Re-enforced by clear tape, now darkened with age. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Presented to the Atlanta Historical Society by Stiles..... More
History of Gwinnett Co GA, 1818-1943
Gwinnett Historical Society/BookCrafters, Inc., 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo issued without dustjacket. Black cloth with gold lettering. Facsimile reprint, 1995. Clean, sound, tightly bound. Foxing/dust stains textblock top edge. Slight bow to boards. List of other Gwinnet Historical Society publications, printed on red stock, laid in. [502 pp.]. More
Gwinnett County, Georgia--1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses
Gwinnett Historical Society, January 1992. First Edition. Cloth. Green cloth with gold lettering. Clean, sound, without markings. Tight binding. Transcribed, Edited, Indexed, with Introductory Remarks by John V. Moore, Jr. [320 pp.]. More
Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest
University of South Carolina Press, January 2022. Paper Back. The first comprehensive study of one of America's most gifted civil rights activists and political mavericks When civil rights leader Hosea Lorenzo Williams died in 2000, U.S. Congressman John Lewis said of him, "Hosea Williams must be looked upon as one..... More
Christmas In Georgia
Peachtree Publishing, November 1999. Hardcover. More
Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
Da Capo Press, October 2006. Trade Paperback. Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white..... More
The Varsity (Images of America)
Arcdia Publishing, October 2011. Trade Paperback. Just the name The Varsity can set generations of mouths watering. What started in 1928 as one man s efforts to bring affordable food to students, grew quickly into a fast food institution. The world s largest drive-in since the 1950s, The Varsity s...... More
Brookwood Hills (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, December 2013. Trade Paperback. When Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son Arthur developed their streetcar suburb of Brookwood Hills in 1922, they chose land on the cusp of change, straddling the city and county line. The area, once populated by Native Americans, was the site of the opening..... More
Avondale Estates (Images of America: Georgia)
Arcadia Publishing, December 1999. Trade Paperback. Over 200 vintage images document the history of Avondale Estates, uncovering the development of its early businesses to the citizens who first called it home. Founded in 1924 by self-made millionaire George Francis Willis, Avondale Estates is a unique planned community--the only documented one..... More
The Temple Bombing
Da Capo Press, August 2006. Trade Paperback. THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF A BRUTAL ACT OF HATE "At 3:37 in the morning of Sunday, Oct. 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synagogue. The devastation to the building was..... More
Abandoned Atlanta: Echoes of a Storied Past
America Through Time, May 2019. Trade Paperback. "Atlanta has a rich and complex history worth remembering, but its desire to become the next booming sensation puts it at risk of becoming a tear-down city. Before our eyes, historic buildings are being knocked down for apartments, parking decks and office spaces..... More
East Atlanta (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, March 2014. Trade Paperback. Located only two miles from downtown Atlanta, East Atlanta has its own distinct history and identity. Over the decades, this area has impacted the development of Atlanta and the nation. The Battle of Atlanta, fought on East Atlanta ground in 1864, changed the course..... More
Notes for a New Map
Georgia Map Office, 2004. Pamphlet. 12mo. {5' x 7 & 1/2'}; Ginger colored cardstock cover. Like new. 16 pages. More
Georgia from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light
Cherokee Pub, September 1978. First Edition. Cloth. Bound in blue cloth with bright gold lettering on the spine and the front board. Light wear on the bottom edges of the boards. Toning on the top edge. Light foxing on the edges of the print block and the endpapers. Light shelf..... More
The Complete Lunch Box: The Life and Works of Deacon Lunch Book, a Cornucopia of Southern Culture
Drewry Lane Bookmakers, September 1994. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. First printing. Tight, clean copy. Very minor shelfwear on the cover. More
Small Blessings
Doubleday, June 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto: 5 & 3/4' x 8 & 1/2'. First/first in spine-sunned dustjacket with worn folds & edges. Flap not clipped. Jacket verso darkened heavily at spine. Quarter bound: brick red cloth covered spine with gold lettering. Boards covered with khaki color paper with speckles..... More
Remembering Athens
Athens Historical Society, January 1996. Hardcover. More
