Report of Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor. Together With the Reports of the City Officers of the City of Savannah, Ga., For the Year Ending December 31, 1900. To Which Are Added The Commercial Statistics of the Port, Reports of Public Institutions, Ordinances Passed During the Year 1900, and A History of the Municipal Government of Savannah From 1790 to 1901
by Gamble, Thomas Jr. (compiled by)
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[Savannah?]: City of Savannah, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 2 parts: xiv, 317 pages. Second part: 1-546 pages. Each section is illustrated with numerous photograph portraits, buildings and folding tables. Text rebound in burgundy cloth with newer end papers. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Original end papers are missing. National Library Bindery repair slip inserted between pages ii and iii. Title page repaired/rebacked with paper. Page 546 of section 2 repaired in the same manner. A large folding "Details of House Drainage Sewers Constructed Between 1899 and 1900" also repaired. Interior text and photographs are in very good condition. Previous owner's bookplate on the front paste down.
The Mayor's report is scarce with 7 copies located in OCLC under two records. The OCLC record for 6 copies records the number of pages as 546 but this is an error. This book has 317 pages for the Mayor's Report and an additional 546 pages for the History of the Government of Savannah (no continuation of pages from the first part).
The Mayor's report is scarce with 7 copies located in OCLC under two records. The OCLC record for 6 copies records the number of pages as 546 but this is an error. This book has 317 pages for the Mayor's Report and an additional 546 pages for the History of the Government of Savannah (no continuation of pages from the first part).
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- Title
- Report of Hon. Herman Myers, Mayor. Together With the Reports of the City Officers of the City of Savannah, Ga., For the Year Ending December 31, 1900. To Which Are Added The Commercial Statistics of the Port, Reports of Public Institutions, Ordinances Passed During the Year 1900, and A History of the Municipal Government of Savannah From 1790 to 1901
- Author
- Gamble, Thomas Jr. (compiled by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- City of Savannah
- Place of Publication
- [Savannah?]
- Date Published
- 1901
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