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Rare Books for Sale

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Title List

 

Book titleAuthorDatePriceNotes
Harvard Classics 3: Bacon Milton's Prose Thos. Brown 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 5: Essays and English TraitsRalph Waldo Emerson1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 6: Poems and SongsRobert Burns1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 7: Confessions of St. Augustine 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 8: Nine Greek Dramas 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 9: Letters and Treatises of Cicero and Pliny1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 12: Plutarch'sPlutarch1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 13: AeneidVirgil1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 16: The Thousand and One NightsEdward William Lane, revised by Stanley Lane-Poole1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 18: Modern English Drama 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 20: The Divine ComedyDante Alighieri1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 23: Two Years Before the MastRichard Henry Dana Jr.1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 27: English Essays 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 30: Faraday, Helmholtz, Kelvin, Newcomb, etc.1910$10.00 
Harvard Classics 32: Literary and Philosophical Essays 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 33: Voyages and Travels 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 34: French and English Philosophers 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 36: Machiavelli, More, Luther 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 37: Locke, Berkeley, Hume 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 38: Harvey, Jenner, Lister, Pasteur 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 39: Famous Prefaces 1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 40: English Poetry part 1Numerous1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 41: English Poetry part 2Numerous1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 42: English Poetry part 3Numerous1909$10.00 
Harvard Classics 13: AeneidBarnes & Noble published2005$57.00 
The Narrative of a Blockade RunnerJ. Wilkinson1984$23.00 
Douglas MacArthurMichael Schaller1989$10.00 
Devil BoatsWilliam B. Breuer1987$10.00 
The Coast WatcherEric A. Feldt1979$15.00 
Sumter County Historical VignettesDouglas MacArthur1970$35.00 
One Hundred and One Famous PoemsCompiled by Roy J. Cook1929$14.00 
Great Books of the Western World: Lucretius EpictetusPublished by The University of Chicago1977$44.00 
A Shropshire LadA. E, Housman1932$13.00 
Ellis's History of the United States Volume IIIEdward S. Ellis, A. M.1988$30.00 
Ellis's History of the United States Volume IVEdward S. Ellis, A. M.1988$30.00 
St. Nicholas Vol.LII No.1 Part 1The Century co.1924$27.00 
St. Nicholas Vol.LII No.7 Part 2The Century co.1925$27.00 
St. Nicholas an Illustrated Magazine Vol. IX Part 2Mary Mapes Dodge1882$25.00 
St. Nicholas Illustrated MagazineMary Mapes Dodge1879$29.00 
Scribner's MonthlyJ. G. Holland1876$30.00 
Buried Cities RecoveredF. S. DeHass1886$25.00 
The Best from YANK the Army WeeklyFranklin S. Forsberg1945$15.00 
The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt:
The Constitution Prevails
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman1937$50.00 
The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt:
The Continuing Struggle for Liberalism
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman1938$50.00 
The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt:
War and Neutrality
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman1939$50.00 
The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt:
War - and Aid to the Democrats
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman1940$50.00 
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of
Representatives Vol 2 Commons House of Assembly
Walter B. Edgar1977$35.00 
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of
Representatives Vol 3 1775-1790
N. Louise Bailey1981$35.00 
Great Debates in American History
Foreign Relations Part 1
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Foreign Relations Part 2
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Slavery from 1790 to 1857
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
State Rights Slavery Succession
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
The Civil War
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Civil Rights Part 1
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Civil Rights Part 2
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Departments of Government
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Economic and Social Questions Part 1
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Economic and Social Questions Part 2
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Tariff and Taxation
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Finance Part 1
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
Great Debates in American History
Finance Part 2 Index
Edited by Marion Mills Miller1913$18.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 4 Political History
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 5 Economic History 1607-1865
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 7 History of the Intellectual Life
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 8 History of Southern Fiction
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 9 History of Southern Oratory
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 10 History of the Social Life
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The South in the Building of the Nation
Volume 11 Southern Biography
The Southern Historical 
Publication Society
1909$20.00 
The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume VIII: Cain; Werner; the Age of Bronze; the Island; Occasional PiecesThomas Moore1900$12.60 
The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume IX: Don JuanThomas Moore1900$12.60 
The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume X: Don JuanThomas Moore1900$12.60 
The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume XI: Don JuanThomas Moore1900$12.60 
History of the American People-Documentary Edition in Ten VolumesWoodrow Wilson1918$51.86 
History of the World WarFrancis A. March1919$4.20 
Mellowed by TimeElizabeth O'Neill Verner1959$25.00signed by author
MarbackaSelma Lagerlof1925$4.90 
Index to the World's Greatest LiteratureCompiled by anEditoral Corps of 
Expert Indexers
1902$9.66 
John L. Stoddard's LecturesJohn L. Stoddard1898$4.90 
Modern Stories: The Children's HourHoughton, Mifflin & Company1907$7.00 
Longfellow's Dante 1-3Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1895$35.00 
Long Exile, Stories for Children, Walk in the LightLeo Tolstoy1922$30.00 
Anna Karenina Vol 1Leo Tolstoy1922$20.00 
Anna Karenina Vol 1ILeo Tolstoy1922$20.00 
What is to be Done, LifeLeo Tolstoy1922$20.00 
Longfellow's Poetical Works Vol 3-5Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1906$30.00 
The CharioteerMary Renault1959$6.30 
America in MidpassageCharles A. & Mary R. Beard1939$5.78 
Tales of a Grandfather (6 vol. set)Sir Walter Scott 80.50$ for the
whole set
 
Elbert Hubbard's ScrapbookElbert Hubbard1923$50.00 
Doubleday's Encyclopedia Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10Elmore Bostwick (editor) 194110.50 per volume 
The New American Cyclopaedia:  A Popular Dictionary of 
General Knowledge Vol 1-7, 9, 10, 15-17, & 19
Edited by George Ripley 
and Charles A Dana
1862$17.50 per volume 
The American Annual Cyclopedia D. Appleton & Company1861$17.50 
The American Annual Cyclopedia D. Appleton & Company1862$17.50 
The American Annual Cyclopedia D. Appleton & Company1863$17.50 
The American Annual Cyclopedia D. Appleton & Company1864$17.50 
Mother's Encyclopedia Vol 1, 2, 5, & 6Parent's Magazine195320.00$ per Vol 
John Le Carre UnabridgedPublished by Avenel Books1983  
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Vol 1G. Otto Trevelyan1876$6.30 
Complete works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D (all 10 volumes)Thomas Smyth1908318.5
for the set
 
Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of SlaveryWilliam A. Smith1856$196.70 
Sketches of Church HistoryRev. James Wharey1840$17.50 
The Library of Literary Criticism Vol 1-4Charles Wells Moulton1959$6.00 per volume 
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1957: A Statistical Abstract SupplementU. S. Department of Commerce1961$16.76 
Annals of Newberry in two parts: part firstJohn Belton O'Neall1892$10.50 
Henry Kissinger : White House YearsHenry Kissinger1979$86.80 
Lowell's Works I: Fireside TravelsJames Russell Lowell1904$20.00 
Lowell's Works VII: Latest Literary Essays Etc.James Russell Lowell1904$20.00 
Lowell's Works X: Poems IIJames Russell Lowell1904$20.00 
Systematic Theology Vol IIRev. Thos. O. Summers1888$25.00 
Watson's InstitutesRichard Watson $20.00 
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubCharles Dickens $50.00 
A History of the University of South CarolinaEdwin L. Green1916$37.00 
The Arthur of the English PoetsHoward Maynadier1907$15.00 
The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley Vol 1-4Edited by Ernest Rhys191330.00$ for all 4 
Columbia 1786 - 1936 2 CopiesEdited by Helen Kohn Henning1936$25.00 
The Complete Works of Thackery Vol. 1-26William Makepeace Thackeray190310.00$ per Vol. 
The Complete Works of Robert Burns Vol. 1-6Robert Burns190910.00$ per Vol
or 40.00$ for set
 
The Chronicles of America Roosevelt Edition Vol. 5, 9, 10, 16, 
19 - 26, 33 - 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 49, 50
191810.00$ per book 
Small WebsMaja Lundback $10.00 
Great South CarolinasHelen Kohn Henning1940$15.00 
Ralph Waldo Emerson Complete WritingsRalph Waldo Emerson1921$30.00 
Teton Sioux MusicFrances Densmore1918$30.00 
Women of the Bible 1969$8.50 
Master of the ShoalsJim McNeil2003$10.00 
Confederate War PoemsWalter Burgwyn Jones1959$11.00 
The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science Vol. 1Isaac Asimov1960$27.00 
Translations from ChineseArthur Waley1941$15.00 
Back With the TideEllen Douglas Bellamy2002$6.00 
The Wilmington CampaignChris E. Fonvielle jr.1997$12.00 
John Fiske's Historical Writings (Vols. I, VI, VII, VII)John Fiske1902$11.90 per volume 
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives: 1692-1775 v. 2 Walter B. & N. Louise Bailey. Edgar1977$38.50 
The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly November 1736-May 1745 (5 volumes)J H  Easterby1951$24.50 per volume 
The Works of Charles Dickens in 30 VolumesP.F. Collier, publisher1900$17.50 per volume 
Vasconcelos: A Romance of the New WorldW. Gilmore Simms1890$14.00 
Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American ForcesJohn Marshall1926$58.45 
Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (9 vols) 1899$34.99 
Mellichampe: A Legend of the SanteeW. Gilmore Simmsno date$35.00MISSING
The ScoutW. Gilmore Simms1890$53.90MISSING
Southward Ho! A Spell of SunshineW. Gilmore Simms1890$16.80MISSING
The Dramatic Works of J. B. Poquelin-Moliere Translated by Henri Van LaunMoliere1868$14.70 per volume 
Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency (3 vols.)Duke of Saint-Simon1901$28.87 
Aaa These Eventful Years: The Twentieth Century in the Makingvarious1924$30.98 
Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon Vol. 1Madame Junot1901$12.59 
The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey: New and Enlarged EditionDavid Masson1890$50.00 
History of the American People-Documentary Edition in Ten VolumesWoodrow Wilson1918$69.29 
The Portrait of a Lady Henry James1978$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press 
Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection
Anna KareninaTolstoy1975$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press 
Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection
The DecameronJohn Boccaccio1980$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press 
Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection
IvanhoeWalter Scott1977$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press 
Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection
The Gormenghast Novels 1 & 2Mervyn Peake1997$30.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press
Deryni RisingKatherine Kurtz1997$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press
The Hound and the FalconJudith Tarr1996$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press
Odd JohnOlaf Stapledon2003$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press
BurrGore Vidal2000$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press
Signed edition
Rabbit RunJohn Updike1999$15.00Collector's Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press
Signed edition
Hope of the Nation: Our Christian Heritage/Our American HeritageNelson Beecher Keyes1952$30.00 
Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday News paperRoy Crane2010$15.00 
Pygmalion and CandidaGeorge Bernard Shaw1974$15.00 
South Carolina BalladsReed Smith1928$35.00 
Mr. Chairman Honoring the Life of Sen. Hugh K. Leatherman, SrDon Kusler2020$20.008 copies