We have a selection of rare and esoteric books available for purchase. Please contact Bill McRee at 843-292-7392 or bmcree@florencelibrary.org to inquire as to availability or to arrange payment.
| Book title | Author | Date | Price | Note |
| History of the American People-Documentary Edition in Ten Volumes | Woodrow Wilson | 1918 | $98.99 | |
| History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the McKinley-Bryan Campaig of 1896 | James Ford Rhodes | 1920 | $28.99 per volume | |
| The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | H. G. Wells | 1922 | $8.97 | |
| Froissart’s Chronicles | Thomas Johnes | 1808 | $34.50 | |
| Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1957: A Statistical Abstract Supplement | U. S. Department of Commerce | 1961 | $23.94 | |
| Minerals Yearbook, Volume 1: 1988 | U. S. Department of the Interior | 1986 | $29.23 | |
| 1970 Census of Population: Vol. 1: Characteristics of the Population | U. S. Department of Commerce | 1973 | $40.00 | |
| The Works of Charles Dickens in 30 Volumes | P.F. Collier, publisher | 1900 | $25.00 per volume | |
| Villette | Charlotte Bronte | 1886 | $21.76? | |
| The Early Kings of Norway | Thomas Carlyle | c. 1875 | $38.00 | |
| The Writings of Thomas Jefferson | Albert Ellery Bergh, ed. | 1907 | $15.49 | |
| Songs and Poems of the South, fourth edition | A. B. Meek | 1857 | $140.00 | |
| Pioneers of France in the New World, 2 volumes | Francis Parkman | 1905 | $25.00 | |
| Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush | Ian MacLaren | 1895 | $7.00 | |
| The First Southern Baptists | Robert A. Baker | 1966 | $11.00 | Authographed by the author |
| The Children’s Hour in Fifteen Volumes Vol X. | Eva March Tappan | 1907 | $10.00 | |
| In Memoriam Yates Snowden | University of South Carolina | 1934 | $8.00 | |
| A Century of Education: Welsh Neck High School and Coker College | Robert R. Simpson | 1994 | ||
| The Supreme Court of the United States: Its History and Centennial | Hampton L. Carson | 1892 | $70.00 | |
| History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World’s Greatest War | Francis A. March | 1919 | $6.00 | |
| The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo | Edward Creasy | 1912 | $9.00 | |
| The Story of the Great War in Twelve Volumes | Francis J. Reynolds | 1916 | $100.00 | |
| Life in Old Virginia: A description of Virginia, more particularly the tidewater section…many humorous stores | James J. McDonald | 1907 | $17.50 | |
| Treatise on the Gods | H.L. Mencken | 1930 | $15.00 | |
| A Brief Sketch of Pisgah United Methodist Church | David Myers | 1978 | ? | |
| Annals of Newberry in two parts: part the first | John Belton O’Neall | 1892 | $15.00 | |
| Southern Review, Vol. III, February and May, 1829 | Various | 1829 | $35.00 | |
| The Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina | Arthur Henry Hirsch | 1928 | $9.00 | |
| A Treasury of Early American Homes | Richard Pratt | 1949 | $3.50 | |
| The Yemassee-a Romance of Old Carolina | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $22.00 | |
| Mellichampe: A Legend of the Santee | W. Gilmore Simms | no date | $50.00 | |
| Eutaw: A Romance of the Revolution | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $10.00 or $5.00 | |
| Southward Ho! A Spell of Sunshine | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $24.00 | |
| Vasconselos: A Romance of the New World | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $20.00 | |
| The Scout | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | S77.00 | |
| Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush | Ian MacLaren | 1895 | $6.00 | |
| Poetical Works of Edward Young v. II | Edward Young | 1859 | $63.00 | |
| Ten Thousand A-Year | Samuel Warren, D. C. L. | 1841 | $9.00 | |
| Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist | James A. Brussel | 1968 | $163.00 | |
| The Dramatic Works of J. B. Poquelin-Moliere Translated by Henri Van Laun | Moliere | 1868 | $21.00 per volume | |
| The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia | William Dwight Whitney | 1904 | $15.00 per volume | |
| The Works of Victor Hugo | Victor Hugo | ca. 1908 | $100.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History | Marion Mills Miller, ed. | 1913 | $72.00 | |
| The South in the Building of the Nation | Various | 1909 | $20.00 per volume | Note: approximate value per Bookfinder.com $25.00-$26.00 per volume |
| The Writings of Henry David Thoreau | Henry David Thoreau | 1893 | $15.00 per volume | Note: approximate value per Bookfinder.com $34.95 per volume |
| History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts vol. 1 | 1879 | $30.00 | Note: approximate value per Bookfinder.com $68.00 | |
| Longfellow’s Dante | Dante Alighieri: Translated by Longfellow | 1867 | $35.00 per volume | Incomplete set |
| The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Gebbie Self-Interpreting edition | Robert Burns | 1909 | $40.00 | Note: approximate value per Bookfinder.com $65.95 |
| The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Gebbie Self-Interpreting edition | Robert Burns | 1909 | $20.00/ volume | 4 volumes Note: Gilt edges, etc. value for all six per Bookfinder.com $209.00 |
| The Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi | Lyof N. Tolstoi | 1922 | 15.00/volume | incomplete set |
| History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent | George Bancroft | 1875 | $150.00 | Note: Approximate value per Bookfinder. Com $508.00 |
| The Thirty-fifth State: A Documentary History of West Virginia | Elizabeth Cometti and Festus P. Summers | $16.49 | Signature of previous owner on inside cover | |
| The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening, 3rd edition | Joseph Machlis | $11.49 | Small handwriting on the inside of front cover | |
| History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion | L. C. McCollum | $10.44 | Presentation to Mrs. A. L. Harvie by North Richmond Post No. 38 American Legion | |
| A Romance of Arlington House | Sarah A. Reed | $14.80 | Writing on inside cover of previous owner; Autograph by author | |
| 10,000 Garden Questions Answered by 15 Experts | F.F. Rockwell, editor | $15.99 | Missing dust jacket | |
| History of Virginia | Lyon Gardiner Tyler | 29.80 each | Four of six volumes |