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
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
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
Arcadia Publishing, May 2010. Trade Paperback. Georgia: A State History, opens a window on our rich and sometimes tragic past and reveals to all of us the fascinating complexity of what it means to be a Georgian. Georgia's past has diverged from the nation's and given the s.... More
Random House Inc, March 2004. Trade Paperback. The Cajun coast of Louisiana is home to a way of life as unique, complex, and beautiful as the terrain itself. As award-winning travel writer Mike Tidwell journeys through the bayou, he introduces us to the food and the language, the shrimp fisherman..... More
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
Arcadia Publishing, June 2005. Trade Paperback. McDowell County was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1858, two years before the start of the American Civil War. In 1863, the county was one of the 55 that separated from the Old Dominion to form West Virginia, thus..... More
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
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
Little, Brown, June 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. 2nd printing. Octavo. In heavily edgeworn, especially top & bottom of spine. Darkening of jacket spine verso. Front flap is not clipped. Blue cloth covered boards with gold lettering of boards. Blue end pages. Clean internal text without markings, no underlining. 344 pages... More
Abingdon Press, January 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. {5' x 7 & 1/4'} In heavily edgeworn, tape repaired, flap clipped DJ. Brick red cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine & facsimile author's signature in black on front panel. Burgundy end pages with publication date, '1959' in black ink..... More
LSU Press, July 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. In this expansive study, Bryan Giemza recovers a neglected subculture and retrieves a missing chapter of Irish Catholic heritage by canvassing the literature of American Irish writers from the U.S. South. Giemza offers a defining new view of Irish American authors and their..... More
Telfair Museum of Art, January 2011. Hardcover. More
HarperCollins, January 1996. Hardcover. Jacket chipped. More
Arcadia Publishing, October 2021. Paper Back. The public art in Atlanta includes a broad range of media, subjects, styles, and artistic merit. Statuary and figurative sculpture, often in bronze, memorialize historic individuals, while contemporary sculpture includes large-scale abstract works in stone, stainless or weathering steel, and other materials. Street artists..... More
Doubleday Anchor. January 1959. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. 'A Doubleday Anchor Original' First edition. Mild user wear. Slightly dust stained textblock edges. Internal pages without underlining, side notes or writing. 432 pages. More
Bonanza Books, December 1988. Cloth. Quarto (9 & 3/3' x 10 & 1/4'} In mildly edgeworn dustjacket. Pine green cloth covered boards with brown lettering on spine. Boards bowed. Non-authorial gift inscription front free end page. Slight mildew odor. Clean interior text without underlining, etc. 367 pages. More
Arcadia Publishing, August 2010. Trade Paperback. Join author Joe Earle as he recounts the history of Decatur, Georgia's rich and storied past using 200 vintage images. Decatur proudly proclaims itself a city of "homes, schools, and places of worship." While that motto might seem to describe any number of small..... More
David Longworth, for the author, 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter bound: black leather spine with gold lettering and black corners. Gilt border lines. Burgundy cloth covered bords fill up five sided space between front and rear. Marbled end pages. The original rough fore-edged first edition actual book has survived the..... More
S.G. Courtenay & Co., 1859. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. Brown umber with gold lettering along spines. Blind stamped or more likely tooled decorative floral corner patterns and borders front board both volumes. Dust staining to boards and textblock edges. Stains most noticable bottom textblock edge at fore-edge lip. Darkening/tanning margins..... More
Charles H. Richardson, 1865. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. Reprint of book originally issued in 1861. There are portraits of the authors and small samples of their writing. Brown cloth covered boards with heavy edgewear. The cloth at edges is worn through at corners and in spots along bottom edge. Textblock edges..... More
Rutgers University Press, January 1972. Hardcover. Very moderate wear to book and jacket. Warm, personal inscription on front free endpaper inscribed by John Stone. More
D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated, January 1936. First Thus. Cloth. Octavo. Heavily chipped, edgeworn and torn dustjacket. Tan cloth covered boards with red lettering and red stamped illustration on spine and front board. Mildly edgeworn boards. Bumped corners. Previous owner's name/address stamped in red ink on front free end page and..... More
Georgia Map Office, 2004. Pamphlet. 12mo. {5' x 7 & 1/2'}; Ginger colored cardstock cover. Like new. 16 pages. More
Atlanta Bicentennial Commission, January 1975. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. {4 & 1/2' x 8'}; cover is sepia colored cardstock with darker brown lettering front side and white on verso. Cover is mildly toned with rubbing and a few stray stains. Staples (two) are rusting and bleeding into tiny surrounding paper. 48..... More
