Atlanta & The South

A Plague of Kinfolks: A Kate Mulcay Mystery
Harpercollins, March 1995. Hardcover. The fourth charming and ingenious mystery featuring Atlanta reporter and amateur sleuth Kate Mulcay. A sticky situation gets even more complicated when, after the arrival of a quirky couple who claims to be Kate's long-lost kin, Kate finds herself implicated in the murder of a neighbor..... More
Small Blessings
Doubleday, June 1977. First American. Hardcover. In spine sunned dust jacket. First/first. More
Tokens of Myself
Longstreet Press, October 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. {7' x 9 & 1/2'} First/first. In edgeworn dustjacket. Front flap is clipped. Tan cloth spine with gold lettering alongs spine. Forest green textured paper covered boards. [160 pages]. More
Young'uns - A Celebration
Harper & Row, January 1982. Book Club. Hardcover. Book club edition in damp stained dust jacket with two by two inch chomp out of spine at bottom. More
Peachtree Road
Harper Collins, May 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. A poignant love story about two star-crossed cousins whose tumultuous love-and-hate relationship is played out against the dramatically changing landscape of Atlanta over the last four decades. Purchased for a miniseries. Personalized author inscription present at title page; Solid binding w/ mild wear..... More
The Scout or The Black Riders of Congaree -- New and Revised Edition
W.J. Widdleton, Publisher, 1868. Reprint. Leather. Brown leather with rather faded gold lettering and decor on spine. Spine is sun bleached with considerable wear at top and bottom, where it is visibly flaked and bruised. Front and rear board corners brumped and worn. Front end pages tanned, curled and damp..... More
Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement: 1944-1968 (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, February 2017. Oversize Softcover. Since Reconstruction, African Americans have served as key protagonists in the rich and expansive narrative of American social protest. Their collective efforts challenged and redefined the meaning of freedom as a social contract in America. During the first half of the 20th century, a...... More
The intimate story of Lurleen Wallace;: Her crusade of courage
Communications Unlimited, January 1969. Paper Back. Octavo. Mild storage wear. Toning. 121 pages. More
Me and My Baby View the Eclipse
Putnam Adult, February 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in jacket. Complete number line. Near fine all around. Gently read. Lee Smith's signature on title page. More
Killers of the Dream
W. W. Norton & Company, July 1994. Trade Paperback. Published to wide controversy, it became the source (acknowledged or unacknowledged) of much of our thinking about race relations and was for many a catalyst for the civil rights movement. It remains the most courageous, insightful, and eloquent critique of the..... More
Killers of the Dream
W. W. Norton & Company, July 1994. Trade Paperback. Published to wide controversy, it became the source (acknowledged or unacknowledged) of much of our thinking about race relations and was for many a catalyst for the civil rights movement. It remains the most courageous, insightful, and eloquent critique of the..... More
Charleston: Alone Among the Cities (SC) (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, November 2000. Oversize Softcover. Few cities linger in the imagination as does Charleston. A place where legend meets history, Charleston commands a special seat in the Southern experience, from its commercial influence in colonial America, to its genteel traditions in the antebellum South, to its incendiary role in..... More
Blighted: A Story of People, Politics, and an American Housing Miracle
NewSouth Books, December 2022. Hardcover. Blighted is a powerful narrative about the decades-long decay and remarkable two-year reinvention of Summerdale, an aging apartment community located in one of Atlanta's grittiest corridors. From burnt-out, mold-infested buildings to traumatized classrooms, Blighted unfolds in the voices of ruthless drug dealers, phantom tenants, fearless..... More
Buddy Stall's Big Easy
Harlo Printing, January 1994. Hardcover. Creasing, chipping and corner bumps on the jacket. More
French Quarter montage
Harlo Printing Co, January 1992. Cloth. Light edge and corner wear on the jacket. A couple of small marks on the cloth cover. More
Buddy Stall's New Orleans
Pelican Publishing Company, November 1990. Hardcover. Buddy Stall offers his insider's knowledge of the most interesting city in America. In dustjacket with edge wear/darkened edges. Blue textured paper covered boards with gold lettering along spine. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. Sticker residue back panel of DJ.Tightly bound.[250 pages]..... More
Southern Comfort: The Garden District of New Orleans (The Flora Levy Humanities Series)
Princeton Architectural Press, September 2005. Oversize Softcover. Southern Comfort details the magnificent architecture and planning of the Garden District of New Orleans. Through the histories of the developers, owners, architects, laborers, and craftspeople who shaped this district, the book creates a picture of the uniquely cosmopolitan city in the American..... More
Bullets and Buckshot in Texas
Robert W. Stephens, January 2002. Hardcover. Faux brrown leather with gold lettering. No dustjacket. Leaning spine. Tight binding. [324 pages]. More
Graveyard of the Atlantic; Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
The University of North Carolina Press, [Probably later printing]. Cloth. Octavo. Dustjacket is missing. Grey cloth with dark brown lettering and illustration on spine. End pages front and back show map of the Coast of North Carolina along with chart of Ship, Mast, and Rigging Types'. Light foxing. [276 pages]..... More
Chip off My Shoulder
Princeton University Press, January 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In heavily edgeworn and torn jacket with clear tape 'repairs'. Darkened at folds and margins. Flap is not clipped. Orange cloth covered front and rear board with silver and black cloth spine. Foxing/tanning to end pages. [561 pages]. More
Regime Politics: Governing Atlanta, 1946-1988
University Press of Kansas, October 1989. Trade Paperback. From the end of Georgia's white primary in 1946 to the present, Atlanta has been a community of growing black electoral strength and stable white economic power. Yet the ballot box and investment money never became opposing weapons in a battle for..... More
The smell of matches
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
Chattanooga's Terminal Station (Images of Rail)
Arcadia Publishing, April 2009. Trade Paperback. Long before Glenn Miller made the world-famous Chattanooga Choo Choo an American icon, Chattanooga was already a bustling railroad community. By the beginning of the 20th century, passenger trains overwhelmed Chattanooga's two railroad depots and a larger station was needed. The solution was Terminal..... 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