Thursday, April 28, 2011

Dixon Public Library Historical Collection Books- available April 28th

Complete Works of Shakespeare Cambridge Edition 1906


Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Himself 1895


Oldtown Folks by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1869 1st Edition


The Sailor's Log by Robley Evans 1901 1st Edition


Tommy and Grizel by J M Barrie 1900 1st Edition.


The Little Minister by J M Barrie Early 1900's


Indian Reminiscences by Rev. Charles Elliott 1835


Badminton Library: Golf by Horace Hutchinson 1890


Godey's Ladies Book 1861


Stephen Douglas by Willis 1910 1st Ed.


Following the Guidon by Elizabeth Custer 1890 1st Ed.


Boots and Saddles by Elizabeth Custer 1885 1st Ed.


War Songs and Poems of the Confederacy by an Ex-Confederate


A Girl's Life in Virginia Before The War by Letitia Burwell, 1895.


The Works of Washington Irving 1883. 3 Volumes Complete.


Remember The Alamo by Amelia Barr 1898



Great Epochs In History 1912 Complete Set. Funk and Wagnalls.



The Delphian Course Complete Set 1913 Volumes 1-10


Complete Set of Works of Washington Irving Early 1900's

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Dixon Public Library Collection- Books Available April 15th

My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass, 1855, 1st Edition





Ulysses S. Grant by Louis A. Coolidge, 1917

The Confederate States of America 1861-1865 by John Christopher Schwab, 1901

Frederick Douglass by Booker T. Washington, 1906

Tuskegee and It's People by Booker T. Washington, 1905

Jefferson Davis by William Dodd, 1907

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Late 1800's

William T. Sherman by Edward Robins, 1905

Sketches of the Anti-Slavery Movement in America by Oliver Johnson, 1894

Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization by Emmett M. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe(Grandson of Harriet), 1916

Home Letters of General Sherman by M. A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

General W. T. Sherman as College President by Walter Fleming, 1912

Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman by Himself, 1892

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant, 1895

Leading American Soldiers by R. M. Johnston, 1907


Friday, April 1, 2011

Dixon Public Library Historical Collection Books- Available April 4th, 2011

The Holy Bible, 1885 U S B Publishing.

The Holy Bible 1886, National Publishing Company.

Dictionary of The Bible 1906 5 Volumes.

Lot of 8 Hymnals and Praise Song Books 1878-1907.

The Speakers' Library by Daphne Dale, 1890.

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, 1886.

Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury by James Whitcomb Riley, 1889.

The Union Bible Dictionary, 1837, very old with leather spine.

The Circuit Rider by Edward Eggleston, 1874, 1st Edition.


The Holy Bible, 1874, including Apocrypha.

Synopsis of the Chess Openings by William Cook, 1888.

Quo Vadis by Henryck Sienkiewicz, 1897, 1st American Edition.

Samantha Among The Colored Folks by Marietta Holley, 1898.

The Student's Cyclopaedia, Vol. 1 & 2, 1900, Leather!

The Wonders of Italy by Florence Fattorusso

The Holy Bible, The Old Testament and The New, according to The Commonly Received Version, Third Edition, 1848.

The Self Interpreting Bible, Volumes 1-4, 1896, Leather!

First Four Volumes of a set of 8 volumes, The Library of Choice Literature, 1882.
The History of Sanford and Merton by Thomas Day, 1872


Organized Labor by John Mitchell, 1903 1st Ed.