Dixon Public Library Books
45th Grouping
The following list of books will be available for sale online on
Monday, April 25th, 2016.
These books are part of a collection of non‐catalogued items
that are library property.
Details and pricing information are available at:
www.rareandantiquarianbookfinders.com
and
http://rareandantiquarianbookfinders.blogspot.com/
For questions please call Library Director Antony Deter
at 815‐284‐7261 ext. 5.
1. Set of 5 P.G. Wodehouse 1958 1947 1933 1954 1935 Nice Book Set! Nice set of 5 P.G.
Wodehouse in good condition. Titles are as follows: Enter PSmith, The Return of Jeeves,
Heavy Weather, Full Moon, Cocktail Time, all first editions. Cocktail Time has the dj still on it
in nice condition. Full Moon has some shelfwear. Otherwise these are in good condition.
Former library with the usual markings. 299.99
2. Set of 4 Leslie Charteris 1934‐1940 Collier Book Set! Set of 4 Leslie Charteris in good
condition. Titles are as follows: The Saint In Miami, The Saint In New York, Saint Overboard,
Thieves Picnic. Published by Collier. All in good condition. NOT ex‐library. 99.99
3. Bamboo Work Ed. by Paul Hasluck 1903 1st Ed. Rare Antique Book! Bamboo Work
comprising the Construction of Furniture, Household Fitments, and Other Articles In Bamboo
edited by Paul Hasluck. Published by David McKay Publishers and in good condition, this is a
former library book with the usual markings. 99.99
4. Embroidery and Lace by Ernest LeFebure 1899 1st American Ed. Rare Book! Embroidery
and Lace Their Manufacture and History by Ernest Lefebure is illustrated with 156 woodcuts.
This is a former library book in good condition with the usual markings. Published by G.P.
Putnam's Sons. 99.99
5. Swedish Silver by Erik Andren 1950 1st Ed. Rare Book! Swedish Silver by Erik Andren is
dated 1950 and is a first american edition. Published by M Barrows and Company, Inc. This is a
former library book in good condition with the usual markings. 29.99
6. Life of Beethoven including the Bio by Schindler 1900 Rare Book! Life of Beethoven
including The Biography By Schindler, Beethoven's Correspondence with his friends, Numerous
Characteristic Traits, and Remarks On His Musical Works.Edited by Ignace Moscheles.
Published by Oliver Ditson Company and is a 1900 version of this. 124.99
7. John Brown and His Men by Richard Hinton 1894 Rare Book! John Brown and His Men With
Some Account of the Roads They Traveled to Reach Harper's Ferry by Richard Hinton is dated
1894. Published by Funk & Wagnalls. This is a former library book in good condition with the
usual markings. Title page is repaired and tipped in with archival tape. 74.99
8. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by John Muir 1913 1st Ed. Book! The Story of My
Boyhood and Youth by John Muir with illustrations from sketches by the author is dated 1913.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company this is in good condition with the usual markings.
199.99
9. Chloe Marr by A.A. Milne 1946 1st Ed Rare Vintage book! Chloe Marr by A.A. Milne is dated
1946 and is a first edition. Published by E.P, Dutton and Company. This is a former library
book in good condition with the usual markings. 49.99
10. Four Days Wonder A.A. Milne 1933 1st Ed. Rare Book! Four Days Wonder by A.A. Milne is
dated 1933 and is a first edition. Published by E.P. Dutton and Company. This is a former
library book in good condition but has no spine and has some repairs to it. Great readable
condition. 49.99
11. A Treasury Of American Folklore Ed. By B.A. Botkin Rare Book! A Treasury Of American
Folklore Edited by B.A. Botkin and a foreword written by Carl Sandburg is dated 1944.
Published by Crown Publishers and a former library book with the usual markings. 124.99
12. Gypsies Their Life and their Customs by Martin Block 1939 1st Ed. Book! Gypsies Their
Life and their Customs by Martin Block and is dated 1939 and a first edition. Published by D.
Appleton‐Century Company. Former library book in good condition with the usual markings.
74.99
13. Julia Ward Howe & The Women's Suffrage Movement by Florence Hall 1913 1st! Julia Ward
Howe & The Women's Suffrage Movement by Florence Howe Hall is dated 1913 and is a first
edition. Published by Dana Estes and Company, this is a former library book in good condition
with the usual markings. 124.99
14. Life and Art of Edwin Booth by William Winter 1896 Rare Book! Life and Art of Edwin
Booth by William Winter is dated 1896. Published by Macmillan Company, this is a former
library book in good condition with the usual markings. Back blank pages are a bit torn. 24.99
15. Under Tops'ls and Tents by Cyrus Brady 1901 1st Ed. Rare Book! Under Tops'ls and Tents
by Cyrus Townsend Brady is dated 1901 and is a first edition. Published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, is a former library book in good condition, with the usual markings. 49.99
16. The Story of my Life by Hans Christian Andersen 1871 Rare Book! The Story of my Life by
Hans Christian Andersen is dated 1871. Published by Houghton Mifflin, this is a former library
book and in good condition with the usual markings. 74.99
17. The Red Cross by Clara Barton 1898 1st Ed. Rare Book! The Red Cross A History of this
Remarkable International Movement in The Interest of Humanity by Clara Barton is dated
1898. Published by American National Red Cross, this is a former library book in good
condition with the usual markings. 124.99
18. Singing In The Wilderness A Salute to John Audubon by Peattie 1935 1st Ed. Rare Book!
Singing In The Wilderness A Salute To John James Audubon by Donald Culross Peattie is dated
1935 and is a first edition. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, this is a former library book in
good condition with the usual markings. This is been rebound in buckram. 24.99
19. Syrian Yankee by Salom Rizk 1943 1st Ed. Rare Book! Syrian Yankee by Salom Rizk is
dated 1943 and is a first edition. Published by Doubleday Doran & Co., this is a former library
book in good condition, with the usual markings. 74.99
20. Wilmer Atkinson an Autobiography 1920 1st Ed. Rare Book! Wilmer Atkinson an
Autobiography is dated 1920. Published by Wilmer Atkinson Company, this is a former library
book in good condition with the usual markings. 24.99
21. Edwin Booth by Edwina Grossman 1894 1st Ed. Rare Book! Edwin Booth by Edwina Booth
Grossman is dated 1894 and is a first edition. Published by The Century Co. this is a former
library book in good condition with the usual markings. 124.99
22. Th. Nast by Albert Bigelow Paine 1904 1st Ed. Rare Book! Th. Nast by Albert Bigelow Paine
is dated 1904 and is a first edition. Published by Macmillan Company, this is a former library
book in good condition and has the usual markings. 99.99
23. Set of 5 Annie Fellows Johnston Books Very Good Condition! Set of 5 Annie Fellows
Johnston are as follows: The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding, 1st Ed. 1907, Mary Ware In
Texas, 1st Ed. 1910, Mary Ware The Little Colonel's Chum, 1st Ed., 1908, Mary Ware's
Promised Land, 1st Ed. 1912, The Little Colonel's Hero, 1st Ed. 1908. Published by L.C. Page &
Company, these are former library books with the usual markings and in good
condition.124.99
24. Candide or Optimism by Francois Voltaire 1939 Rare Book! Candide or Optimism by
Francois Voltaire 1939 edition. Published by Nonesuch Press. NOT ex‐library and this is in good
condition. 99.99
25. Set of 4 Miss Pickerell Books by Ellen MacGregor Rare Vintage! Set of 4 Miss Pickerell
books are as follows: Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter, 1953 6th Pr., Miss Pickerell Goes
To Mars 1951 18th Pr., Miss Pickerell Goes To The Arctic, 1954 5th Pr., Miss Pickerell Goes
Undersea, 1953 6th Pr. Published by McGraw‐Hill Book Company. Former library books in good
condition with the usual markings.Pockets still present. 49.99
26. The Farmer Boy Who Became A Bishop by Anson Rogers Graves 1900 1st Ed. Book! The
Farmer Boy Who Became A Bishop by Anson Rogers Graves is dated 1911 and is a first edition.
Published by New Werner Company is a former library book in good condition with the usual
markings. 24.99
27. Story of Goethe's Life by George Lewes 1901 . Book! Story of Goethe's Life by George
Henry Lewes and is dated 1901. Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, this is a former
library book in good condition with the usual markings. 49.99
28. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 1927 1st Ed. Book! To The Lighthouse by Virginia
Woolf is dated 1927 and is a first edition. Published by Harcourt, Brace & Company, this is a
former library book in good condition with the usual markings. 249.99
29. Ida Elisabeth by Sigrid Undset 1933 1st Ed. Rare Book! Ida Elisabeth by Sigrid Undset is
dated 1933 and is a first edition. Published by Alfred Knopf, this is a former library book in
good condition, with the usual markings. 124.99
30. Madame Dorthea by Sigrid Undset 1940 1st Ed.Rare Book! Madame Dorthea by Sigrid
Undset is dated 1940 and is a first edition. Published by Alfred Knopf, is a former library book
in good condition with the usual markings. 49.99
31. Years by Virginia Woolf 1937 1st Ed. Rare Book! Years by Virginia Woolf is dated 1937 and
is a first edition. Published by Harcourt, Brace is a former library book in good condition with
the usual markings. 124.99
32. Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf 1941 1st Ed. Rare Book! Between the Acts by Virginia
Woolf is dated 1941 and is a first american edition. Published by Harcourt, Brace, this is a
former library book in good condition with the usual markings. 124.99
33. In The Wilderness by Sigrid Undset 1929 1st Am Ed. Rare Book! In The Wilderness by Sigrid
Undset is dated 1929 and is a first american edition. Published by Alfred Knopf, this is a
former library book in good condition and with the usual markings. 49.99
34. The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty 1954 1st Ed. Rare Book! The Ponder Heart by Eudora
Welty is dated 1954 is a first edition. Published by Harcourt, Brace this is a former library
book in good condition with the usual markings. 149.99
35. Orlando by Virginia Woolf 1928 1st Ed. Rare Book! Orlando by Virginia Woolf is dated 1928
and is a first edition. Published by Harcourt, Brace this is a former library book in good
condition with the usual markings. 149.99
36. Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner 1937 1st Ed. Rare Book! Remembering
Laughter by Wallace Stegner is dated 1937 and is a first edition. Published by Little, Brown
and Company this is a former library book in good condition with the usual markings. 49.99
37. History of Pendennis by William Thackeray Late 1800's Rare Book! History of Pendennis by
William Thackeray and is a late 1800's book. Published by John Wurtele Lovell, this is a former
library book in good condition with the usual markings. 49.99
38. The Two Spies by Benson J. Lossing 1901 Rare Book! The Two Spies Nathan Hale and John
Andre' by Benson J. Lossing is dated 1901. Published by D. Appleton and Company. This is a
former library book in good condition with the usual markings. 59.99
39. Auld Lang Syne by Professor F. Max Muller 1901 Rare Book! Auld Lang Syne by Professor F.
Max Muller is dated 1901. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, this is a former library book in
good condition and with the usual markings. 49.99
40. The Christmas Treasury of Song & Verse by Temple Scott 1910! The Christmas Treasury of
Song and Verse compiled by Temple Scott and is dated 1910 and is a first edition that is
rebound in buckram. Published by Baker and Taylor Co. this is a former library book in good
condition with the usual markings. 49.99
41. Harper's Weekly Bound Magazine 1901 Jan‐Jun Rare Book! Bound Harper's Weekly
Magazine in good condition with Front covers still there. Most are in good condition. Former
library with a few stamps here or there. NOT circulated. 299.99
42. Harper's Weekly Bound Magazine 1901 Jul‐Dec Rare Book! Bound Harper's Weekly Magazine
in fair condition with some tears. Most of Front covers there. Spine is missing and boards are
detached but included. Former library but not circulated. 199.99
43. Harper's Weekly Bound Magazine 1904 Jan‐Jun Rare Book! Bound Harper's Magazine in
good condition with Front covers still there. Most are in good condition. Former library with a
few stamps here or there. NOT circulated. 299.99
44. Harper's Weekly Bound Magazine 1904 Jul‐Dec Rare Book! Bound Harper's Magazine in
good condition with Front covers still there. Most are in good condition. Former library with a
few stamps here or there. NOT circulated. 299.99
45. Current Opinion Set 1913‐1924 Magazine 20 Vol. Rare Books! Great set of Current Opinion
dated Jan 1913 to June 1924, these are in good condition and are bound every 6 months.
Would make a great addition to anyone's collection of magazines. 299.99
46. Harper's Bazar 1888 Jan‐Dec Lovely Volume with 1 pattern Nice! Harper's Bazar Bound
1888 Jan‐Dec. with one tipped in pattern in good condition. Leather spine and some splitting
in the gully. 399.99
47. Harper's Bazar 1890 Jan‐Dec Lovely Volume with 21 patterns Nice! Harper's Bazar Bound
1890 Jan‐Dec. with 21 tipped in patterns in good condition. Leather spine and some splitting
in the gully. 499.99