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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.: Adopted by the Mayor and General Council April 21, 1879. Association copy.
by Newman, William T. (City Attorney) (Compiled by)
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About This Item
Atlanta: Jas. P. Harrison, 1879. First Edition. Leather bound. Poor. Octavo. [3], xxv, xxvi (blank), [1], pages 23-256, [1] Brown sheepskin leather binding. Title labels on the spine. Binding is in poor condition. The front board is detached. The spine is chipped with loss. The back cover is dry and flaking. The interior contents are clean. Association copy. Original owner's name written on the the front paste down - W. L. Calhoun May 17, 1879. W. L. Calhoun was the son of the Atlanta Civil War Mayor James Calhoun and himself elected Mayor of Atlanta in 1879. Calhoun's name is printed top of the page titled "Officer's of the City" following the title page. Another name on the right front flyleaf (Augusta Wylie King) is from a prominent Atlanta family.
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- Americana Books ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27352
- Title
- 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.
- Author
- Newman, William T. (City Attorney) (Compiled by)
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jas. P. Harrison
- Place of Publication
- Atlanta
- Date Published
- 1879
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- Poor
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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