Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dixon Public Library Historical Collection Books- available May 25th, 2011


Cyclopaedia of Universal History by John Ridpath, 1890. Published by Jones Publishing Co.



Pioneers of the West by John Turner, 1903. 1st Edition. Published by Jennings & Pye.



Stagecoach & Tavern Tales of the Old Northwest by Harry Ellsworth Cole, 1930. 1st Edition. Published by Arthur Clark Co.



Rocky Mountain Exploration by Reuben Thwaites, 1904. 1st Edition. Published by D. Appleton & Co.



The Indian Dispossessed by Seth Humphrey, 1905. 1st Edition. Published by Little, Brown.



Drake's Indians of North America by Samuel Drake, 1880. 1st Edition. Published by John Alden.



The Way of the Indian by Frederic Remington, (author and illustrator). 1906. 1st Edition. Published by Fox Duffield & Co.



Agricultural Almanac 1903. Published by John Baer's Sons.



A Civil War Artist at the Front, Edwin Forbes Life Study of the Great War by William Forrest Dawson, 1957. 1st Edition. Published by Oxford University Press.



Shakespeare Rare Print Collection edited by Seymour Eaton, 1900. Published by Review of Reviews.



Winning of the Far West by Robert McElroy, 1914. 1st Edition. Published by G. P. Putnam.



Heroes of California by George Wharton James, 1910. 1st Edition. Published by Little, Brown & Co.



Godey's Lady's Book by Sarah Hale, L A Godey, 1873. Published by Louis A Godey.



Under Drake's Flag by G A Henty, early 1900's. Published by Geo. Hill & Co.


A Century of Progress, Chicago Exposition, 1934. 1st Edition. Published by Neeley Printing Co.


The Last American Frontier by Frederic Paxson, 1910. 1st Edition. Published by Macmillan.


Under The Tonto Rim by Zane Grey, 1926. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Published by Harper.



The Little Mixer by Lillian Shearon, 1922. 1st Edition. Published by Bobbs-Merrill.



The Complete Home by Mrs. Julia McNair Wright, 1879. Published by William Garretson & Co.




The Works of William Shakespeare, early 1900's. Published by Funk & Wagnalls.







Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Dixon Public Library Historical Collection Books- Available May 13th, 2011

Modern Eloquence, complete set of 10, 1900. Published by John D. Morris and Company.


Grieb Dictionary Vol. 1 & 11 Complete, 1885. Published by Paul Neff.


Engraved Gems by Duffield Osborne, 1912. Published by Henry Holt. 1stEdition.



Ladies Repository, A Monthly Periodical edited by Rev. I.W. Wiley. Vol. xxv, 1865.


Ordeal of The Union Vol 1 & 11 by Allan Nevins, 1947. Published by Scribner. 1st Edition with “A”.


Kansas In The Sixties by Samuel Crawford, 1911. Published by McClurg & Co.


The Attack & Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg July 2, 1863 by Oliver Norton. Published by The Neale Publishing Co. 1913. 1st Edition.


Robert Browning’s Poems, 1896. Published by Thomas Crowell.


Prue and I by George William Curtis, early 1900’s. Published by Donohue Brothers.


Old Virginia and Her Neighbours Vol. 1 & 11 Complete by John Fiske, 1897. Published by Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1st Edition.


Helen’s Babies by Their Latest Victim, 1876. Published by Loring Co.


Documentary History of Reconstruction Vol. 1 & 11 by Walter Fleming, 1906. Published by Arthur Clark Co. 1st Edition.



Campaigning with Grant by Horace Baker, 1897. Published by Century Co. 1st Editon.






Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign by John S. Mosby, 1908. Published by Moffat Yard & Co. 2nd Edition.



Bull Run, It's Strategies and Tactics by R. M. Johnston. 1913. Published by Houghton Mifflin. 1st Edition.


History's Greatest War, A Pictorial Narrative by S. J. Duncan-Clark. 1919. Published by F. T. Townsend. 1st Edition.


The Life and Travels of Bayard Taylor by Russell Conwell, 1879. Published by B. B. Russell & Co. 1st Edition. Leather!



Down The Santa Fe Trail and Into Mexico by Stella Drumm, 1926. Published by Yale University Press. 1st Edition.