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
J.C. Norris, January 1954. Hardcover. Second edition stated, Jan. 1954; Tight binding; Sturdy blue cloth boards are mildly worn and stained from where dust jacket had clung to boards, gilt at front and spine largely unaffected; Text free of markings; Dust jacket mildly edge-worn w/ some chipping present, jacket has..... More
Knopf, June 2001. Hardcover. 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
W. W. Norton & Company, June 2021. Trade Paperback. Coursing with a pumped-up beat, gay Atlanta was the South's mecca--a beacon for gays and lesbians growing up in its homophobic towns and cities. There, the Sweet Gum Head was the club for achieving drag stardom. Martin Padgett evokes the fantabulous..... More
Everthemore Books, December 2014. Trade Paperback. More
Basic Books, May 2017. Hardcover. What we can learn from Atlanta's struggle to reinvent itself in the 21st Century Atlanta is on the verge of tremendous rebirth-or inexorable decline. A kind of Petri dish for cities struggling to reinvent themselves, Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, gridlocked..... More
Ecco, January 2022. Hardcover. WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South--and thus of America--by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration." --Isabel Wilkerson..... More
Georgia Map Office, 2004. Pamphlet. 12mo. {5' x 7 & 1/2'}; Ginger colored cardstock cover. Like new. 16 pages. More
The History Press, February 2021. Paper Back. Old Atlanta may conjure images of southern belles and Civil War ruination, but the full story stretches back millennia, even before the first known residents arrived five thousand years ago. From centuries of Native American settlements that ended with the removal of the..... More
Scribner, May 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear on the jacket. Lightly bruised at the ends of the spine. More
Louisiana State University Press, 1968. Cloth. Octavo in jacket with sun-tanned spine, edges, margins & folds. Like DJ worrn along edges with small tears. Pine green cloth covered boards with gold lettering framed in black rectangle. Previous owner's name, location & date written in ink at top of ffep. [321..... More
Ensemble Publications, Inc, January 1982. Oversize Softcover. Small crease on the front cover. Price clipped on the back (a tiny 3 x 5 mm cut out). More
Mountain Arbor Press, November 2017. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; Signed by the authors at title page; An excellent copy. More
The History Press, March 2023. Paper Back. Atlanta Record Stores is an oral history of the city's rock music scene, as witnessed through the lens of Criminal Records, Fantasyland, Wax 'N' Facts, and many more. This is a rock-centric take on a town that's so often praised and admired around..... More
University of Arkansas Press, July 1997. Hardcover. This well-researched study of one group of pioneers taking part in the westward expansion of the United States during the nineteenth century tells an illuminating story. The prosperous farming families who left established comforts in North Carolina and South Carolina to trek in..... 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
Milkweed Editions, September 1999. Hardcover. Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by the hedge at the edge of the road and by hulks of old cars and stacks of blown-out tires. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood tells how a childhood spent..... More
Milkweed Editions, September 2000. Trade Paperback. Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by the hedge at the edge of the road and by hulks of old cars and stacks of blown-out tires. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood tells how a childhood..... More
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
Mercer University Press, 1983. Hardcover. In dust jacket. Signed & inscribed on f.f.e.p. by Bob Steed to the Chief Executive Officer and Commission Chairman of DeKalb County, Georgia, and owner of Manuel's Tavern. 'To my friend Manuel Maloof who is like another Dekalb county natural wonder, Stone Mountain -- durable..... More
Thunder Bay Press, May 2001. Oversized Hardcover. Atlanta Then and Now is a captivating chronicle of history and change since the dawn of the camera age. It pairs historic photographs, many over a century old, with specially commissioned views of the same scene as it exists today showing the evolution..... More
Morrow, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing. Brown boards bound in cream cloth. Map endpapers. Modest dust and shelfwear. Jacket is clipped, chipped and darkened. Now protected in Brodart. More
Little Brown & Co (T), April 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & solid & near fine all around. Signed by Blount on front free end page. More
University of Georgia Press, April 2007. First Thus. Trade Paperback. First paperback edition. French folds. Octavo. [474 pages]. More
