Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Dixon Public Library Historical Collection Books- available now 12th list

Christian Ballads by Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1865. 1st Edition. Leather. Published by D. Appleton.


The International Library of Music, 1936. Published by University Society. 14 Vol. Complete.

Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1897. Complete in 20 Vol. Published by the Bureau of National Literature.

The Works of John Burroughs, Vol 1-22. 1916. Published by Houghton Mifflin.


Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad, 1919. 1st Edition. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.

A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain, 1907. 1st Edition. Published by Harper & Brothers.

Farewell Miss Julie Logan by J M Barrie, 1932. 1st Edition. Published by Scribner.
The Triumphant Progress of a Great Nation Being A Standard History of the United States by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1891. 1st Edition.


The Works of Edgar Allan Poe In Ten Volumes. Missing Vol. 9 1904. Published by Funk and Wagnalls.



Maria Chapdelaine A Tale of the Lake St. John Country, 1924. 1st Illustrated Edition. Published by Macmillan Co.

A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens, late 1800's. Published by Donohue. Book Supply Co.

The Breaking Of The Deadlock by J. McCan Davis, 1904. 1st Edition. SIGNED by the Author. Published by Henry Shepard Co.


Rockwellkentiana Few Words and Many Pictures by R. K. and By Carl Zigrosser, 1933. 1st Ed. Published by Harcourt Brace and Co.

The Wandering Heir by Charles Reade, 1893. Published by F. M. Lupton.


Boosey's Cabinet Operas by Verdi. Late 1800's. Published by Boosey and Co.


Modern French Masters: A Series Of Biographical and Critical Reviews by American Artists. Edited by John C. Van Dyke. 1896. Published by The Century Co.


American Primitive Music by Frederick R Burton, 1909. Published by Moffat Yard and Co.


My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass, 1855. 1st Edition. Published by Miller, Orton and Mulligan.



George Eliot's Life by J. W. Cross, 1885. 1st Edition. Published by Harper & Brothers. 3 Vol. Complete.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Edition Pictorial History of the Second World War, 1948. Complete in 4 Vol. Published by Wm. Wise Co.


Currier & Ives by Harry T. Peters, 1942. 1st Edition. Published by Doubleday Doran.

Bright Eyes, early 100's. Published by Donohue Co.

The World In His Arms by Rex Beach, 1946. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.


Complete Works of William Wordsworth, 1909. Introduction by John Morely. Published by Macmillan.


Betty Alden A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane Austin, 1891. 1st Edition. Published by Houghton Mifflin.


For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, 1940. 1st Ed. 1st Print. Published by Charles Scribner.


Men At War by Ernest Hemingway, 1942. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Published by Crown Publishers.



Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen, 1950. Published by J M Dent


Lady Susan The Watsons Letters of Jane Austen Vol 1 & 2 Complete by Jane Austen. 1906.S Published by Dana Estes & Co.


Mansfield Park in 2 Vol. Complete by Jane Austen. Early 1900's. Published by Dana Estes & Co.


Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Early 1900's. Published by Dana Estes & Co.




Henry Ford Collection: The Truth About Henry Ford by Sarah T Bushnell, 1922. 1st Ed. , The Triumph of an Idea:The Story of Henry Ford by Ralph Graves, 1934. 1st Ed. , Henry Ford: The Man and His Motives by William Stidger, 1923. Couple of paperbacks about Henry Ford, The Book of Greenfield Village, 1953, softcover, Michigan History, Sept. 1953, with article about Henry Ford. Young Henry Ford by Sidney Olson, 1963. Hardback with nice DJ with it. A couple pamphlets about Ford also.

Modern Music and Musicians Encyclopedia: Vol. 1-3. 1912. Edited by Louis Elson. Published by The University Society.