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Atlanta Books & Ephemera
Peachtree Street Atlanta
by Williford, William Bailey
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Octavo. x, 176 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. Shelf wear to the green cloth binding. Dust jacket is creased, shelf worn and toned in spots. toning to the end papers. bookplate of "Augusta Wylie King taped on the right front flyleaf. This copy includes two typed, signed letters by the author addressed to "Mrs. Erroll B. Hay, Jr. (Charlotte King Hay). Mrs. Hay wrote a 6 page...
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$75.00
Atlanta and Environs A Chronicle of Its People and Events
by Garrett, Franklin M
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Tall thick quartos. 3 volumes; xxi, 964 pages; [6], 1070 pages; [3], 634 pages. Several illustrations in the first two volumes. Volume III has photograph portraits. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettered titles on the spines. Varying degrees of insect damage to the blue cloth hardcovers. Light foxing to the end papers all 3 volumes. Slight mildew smell volume III (biographical). No writing inside. Interior...
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$250.00
Atlanta, Ga
by [Women's Chamber of Commerce]
[Atlanta]: Women's Chamber of Commerce, 1952. First Edition. Spiral bound. Fair. Tall plastic spiral bound soft cover (approx. 9" x 12"). [84] pages. Blueish stiff paper covers with title and illustrated dogwood flower on the front cover. Some edge wear and chips to the covers. Foxing to front page. Plastic spiral on spine is cracked half way down spine. Contents of promotional soft cover include Atlanta history and black and white photographs of Atlanta landmarks, businesses, homes, institutions,...
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$35.00
ATLANTA'S HALF-CENTURY: AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF COLUMNISTS FURMAN BISHER AND CELESTINE SIBLEY
by Tom Bennett
US: Taylor Trade Publishing, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by authors Furman Bisher and Celestine Sibley on half title page. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Boards are clean. Text block is clean. Dust jacket has some slight edgewear, covers are overall clean, faint scuffing and rubbing. Dust jacket is in a protective mylar cover. Pictures provided upon request.
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$42.00
Buckhead A Place for All Time
by Barnard, Susan Kessler
Marietta, Georgia: Bellum Editions, 1996. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xxii, 273 pages. Illustrated section. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page.
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$25.00
Ralph McGill: A Biography
by Clowse, Barbara Barksdale
Macon: Mercer University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover with dust jacket. [5], 315 pages. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Autograph sticker on the spine.
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$25.00
The Code of Atlanta: Containing the Acts of Incorporation, and the Ordinances of Force in Said City. Codified by Henry Jackson, City Attorney, And Adopted December 16th, 1870
by Jackson, Henry
Atlanta: Economical Book & Job Printing House, 1870. First Edition. Leather bound. Poor. Octavo. [1], 132 pages, [1]. Brown sheepskin leather binding. Binding is in poor condition. The front board with tape remnants at top is detached. Spine is worn, chipped, and missing title labels. Leather boards are dry and flaking on the edges. Interior contents are clean. Laid inside the back cover is a folded, typed (or printed?) letter from Atlanta dated September 5, 1888. Addressed "My Dear Sir" it is signed...
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$250.00
The Atlanta Exposition and South Illustrated
by [Adler Art Publishing Company]
Chicago: The Adler Art Publishing Company. Donohue & Henneberry, Printers, Binders, Engravers, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong folio. 14" x 10". [1], 192 pages, [1] page index, [1]. Illustrated throughout. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustration and title on the front cover. Cloth spine is missing. Covers are worn and rubbed with small chips to the back cover. Some old repairs have been made to this book. The missing cloth spine a piece of black linen tape at the top and bottom of the...
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$750.00
Atlanta From the Ashes
by Allen, Ivan
Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 144 pages. Illustrated. Black cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Light shelf wear to cloth binding. This copy was presented to Chas. P. King and signed by the author. This is copy number 430. Charles P. King of Atlanta was a business and civic leader and served on the Atlanta Historical Society Board of Directors. This copy includes a folded black and white photograph of Ivan Allen, Senior, Ivan Allen III, and...
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$25.00
Atlanta: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
by Hornady, John R
Atlanta: American Cities Book Company. Index Printing Company, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. [8] pages, 442 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with color illustration pasted down on the front board. Gilt title on front cover and spine. Gilt title is faded on the front cover. Previous owner name on the front paste down (Augusta Wylie King). Light toning and light occasional foxing to the contents.
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$50.00
A Short History of the United States 1492-1920
by Bassett, John Spencer Ph.D
New York: Macmillan, 1923. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xvi, p42 pages, [3]. Dark cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Illustrated with black and white and colored maps. Formerly owned by Atlanta Historian Franklin Garrett with his pasted down typed and cut out label on the front paste down; call numbers taped to the lower spine; call numbers in pencil on the preface page; and his stamp on the rear end sheet. Light wear to the cloth binding. Light toning to the end papers.
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$30.00
Peachtree Street, U.S.A.: An Affectionate Portrait of Atlanta
by Sibley, Celestine
Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. 239 pages. Illustrated with photographs by Kenneth Rogers. Photographic end papers of Atlanta. Light edge wear to the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to two different owners of this book on the right front flyleaf.
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$20.00
Official Souvenir Program of the Atlanta Music Festival May 4, 5, 6, 1909. To Commemorate the Opening of the Auditorium Gilmer Street and Courtland Avenue
by [Atlanta, Georgia] [Atlanta Music Festival]
Atlanta: Printed by Foote & Davies Co, 1909. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. Illustrated, embossed covers. Approx. 10.5" x 7". 92 pages, [1]. Illustrated with portraits of musicians; scenes of the auditorium; advertisements including Coca-Cola; etc. Last page has a photograph of Carneige Library on one side and a photograph of Terminal Station on the back side. Light edge wear, edge chips, spine tears to the binding.
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$75.00
Atlanta Centennial Year Book 1837 - 1937
by [Gregg Murphy, Publisher]
Atlanta: Published by Gregg Murphy. Franklin Printing Company, Inc., Printers, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. 170 pages. Frontispiece airplane view photograph of downtown Atlanta. Illustrated. Brown cloth with embossed illustration and title on the front cover. This publication was also issued in a soft cover edition and has the original soft cover's bound in with a color illustration on the front and an advertisement on the back. Previous owner name of Augusta Wylie King on the...
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$50.00
Atlanta Woman's Club Cook Book. Edited by Home Economics Department
by Wing, Mrs. Newton C.; Carlisle, Mrs. J. A
Atlanta: Atlanta Woman's Club, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 250 pages, [24] pages of advertisements, [5] pages index. Frontispiece photograph of the Atlanta Woman's Club. Illustrated with decorations. White cloth hardcover with blue title and Atlanta Woman's Club seal on the front cover. Light soiling to the covers. Gift inscription written on the right front flyleaf. Interior contents clean.
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$250.00
History of Atlanta, Georgia, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
by Reed, Wallace P. (edited by)
Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Thick quarto. 2 parts: Historical Section: 491 pages; Biographical Section: 211 pages, [1]. Illustrated with numerous steel engraved tissue protected portraits of prominent Atlanta men. Brown cloth covered boards with illustrated gilt title on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt. Restored. The dry, cracked, chipped rotted leather spine was trimmed and pasted back down onto a later dark leather...
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$500.00
The Code of the City of Atlanta, Containing The Charter of 1874, and the Amendments Thereto, The Ordinances Adopted by the Mayor and General Council, And An Appendix Containing Water Works Rules and Rates, Rules of Order, Etc., Etc.
by Newman, William T. (City Attorney) (Compiled by)
Atlanta: Jas. P. Harrison, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. [3], xxv, xxvi (blank), [1], pages 23-256, [1] Dark cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Light wear to the cloth extremities. The interior contents are very clean. Association copy. Written in light pencil on the page opposite the title is: "Please don't Carry This book out of the office J. O. Harris" [AND] "J. O. Harris City Tax Receiver & Collector May 8th 1879." J. O. Harris Tax Receiver and Collector entry is printed...
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$250.00
Atlanta From the Ashes
by Allen, Ivan
Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. 144 pages. Illustrated. Black cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Includes dust jacket. Light shelf wear to cloth binding. Light edge wear and edge chipping to the dust jacket. This copy is not numbered or signed.
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$35.00
World's Largest Drive-In The Varsity Wow! What an Experience. Including the 50 year celebration advertisement
by [The Varsity, Atlanta, Georgia]
[Atlanta]: The Varsity, 1977. Brochure. Fair. Stapled, oblong advertising brochures. 2 copies. First copy celebrating the 50th year celebration has 20 pages. Illustrated brochures with photographs of the interiors, customers, employees, parking lot, a picture of Frank Gordy, and more. This is not a history of the Varsity as most of the pictures are photographs from the 1970's. Information provided on the newer north location at Chesire Bridge Rd. and I-85. Also includes locations in Athens, Georgia...
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$30.00
Walter McElreath An Autobiography
by McElreath, Walter; Saye, Albert B. (edited by)
Macon: Mercer University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xxxvi, 224 pages, [5]. Blue cloth hardcover with title on the spine. No dust jacket. Illustrations precede page 1. McElreath was the President of the Atlanta Historical Society.
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$20.00
The Atlanta Society Blue Book Elite Family Directory. Club Membership. November, 1901
by [Dau Publishing Co.]
New York: Dau Publishing Co, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Pages 2-95. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and gilt stamped advertisement back cover. Beveled board edges. Advertisements on both paste downs and throughout the book. Contents include a list of advertisers, list of clubs, society alphabetical index, and lined pages (all blank) for listing engagements and memoranda. Pagination is different than normal but contents are complete (no listed advertiser in the...
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$400.00
Images of America: Brookwood Hills
by Crosby, Betsy; Luxemburger, Elaine
Charleston: Arcadia, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 128 pages. Glossy pictorial covers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher price sticker on the back cover.
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$15.00
Illustrated History of Atlanta Containing Glances at Its Population, Business, Manufactures, Industries, Institutions, Society, Healthfulness, Architecture, and Advantages Generally
by Clarke, E. Y
Atlanta: Jas. P. Harrison & Co, 1881. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. [3], 224 pages, xxxiv advertisements, [1]. Illustrated. No map. Green cloth hardcover. Black borders and decorations, gilt title, and gilt illustrated "Gate City" stamped on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Floral end sheets. Insect damage to the board edges and spine. Previous owner name written on both front end sheets (Augusta Wylie King). Interior contents clean. Derenne Vol. II page 766 (the 1877 listed edition...
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$125.00
Pioneer Citizens' History of Atlanta and its Pioneers 1833-1902
by Calhoun, W. L. (President Pioneer Citizens Society of Atlanta, 1902)
Atlanta: Byrd Printing, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 400 pages. Frontispiece photograph of James Etheldred Williams. Illustrated. Gray cloth hardcover with black stamped title and designs on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine.
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$150.00
1950's Atlanta area Theater Scrapbook with programs, clippings, notes
by [The Playmakers of Atlanta] [Mr. Thomas Cox] (President The Playmakers of Atlanta)
[Atlanta]: n.p., 1955. Scrapbook. Good. Scrapbook. [27] leaves. Decorated covers with "Autumn Fancy" illustration on the front cover. First leave is detached and creased. Edge wear to the covers and spine. Scrapbook mostly filled with local area theater programs, clippings, and one photograph and one telegram. Scrapbook contains clippings about the "Playmakers of Atlanta" performers and performances around the Atlanta area. An envelope addressed to Thomas Cox, President of "The Playmakers of Atlanta"...
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$50.00
