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| Book title | Author | Date | Price | Notes |
| Harvard Classics 3: Bacon Milton’s Prose Thos. Brown | 1909 | $10.00 | ||
| Harvard Classics 4: Complete Poems in English | John Milton | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 5: Essays and English Traits | Ralph Waldo Emerson | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 6: Poems and Songs | Robert Burns | 1909 | $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 Pliny | 1909 | $10.00 | ||
| Harvard Classics 10: Wealth of Nations | Adam Smith | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 11: Origin of Species | Charles Darwin | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 12: Plutarch’s | Plutarch | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 13: Aeneid | Virgil | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 14: Don Quixote Part 1 | Miguel de Cervantes | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 16: The Thousand and One Nights | Edward William Lane, revised by Stanley Lane-Poole | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 18: Modern English Drama | 1909 | $10.00 | ||
| Harvard Classics 20: The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 22: The Odyssey | Homer | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 23: Two Years Before the Mast | Richard 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 1 | Numerous | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 41: English Poetry part 2 | Numerous | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Harvard Classics 42: English Poetry part 3 | Numerous | 1909 | $10.00 | |
| Constitution of the United States of America | Barnes & Noble published | 2005 | $57.00 | |
| The Narrative of a Blockade Runner | J. Wilkinson | 1984 | $23.00 | |
| Douglas MacArthur | Michael Schaller | 1989 | $10.00 | |
| 1000+ Patterns in 4, 6, and 8 Shadow Weaves | Marian Powell | 2001 | $7.00 | |
| Devil Boats | William B. Breuer | 1987 | $10.00 | |
| The Coast Watcher | Eric A. Feldt | 1979 | $15.00 | |
| Sumter County Historical Vignettes | Brenda Shiply Moulton | 1970 | $35.00 | |
| One Hundred and One Famous Poems | Compiled by Roy J. Cook | 1929 | $14.00 | |
| Great Books of the Western World: Lucretius Epictetus | Published by The University of Chicago | 1977 | $44.00 | |
| A Shropshire Lad | A. E, Housman | 1932 | $13.00 | |
| A Journal of the Plague Year | Daniel Defore | 2001 | $35.00 | Privately printed for the members of the classics of medicine library |
| On Malformations of the Human Heart | Thomas B. Peacock | 1981 | $27.00 | Privately printed for the members of the classics of medicine library |
| Ellis’s History of the United States Volume III | Edward S. Ellis, A. M. | 1988 | $30.00 | |
| Ellis’s History of the United States Volume IV | Edward S. Ellis, A. M. | 1988 | $30.00 | |
| A Dictionary of the Bible | F. N. & M. A. Peloubet | 1884 | $15.00 | |
| Idylls of the King | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | 1939 | $20.00 | |
| St. Nicholas Vol.LII No.1 Part 1 | The Century co. | 1924 | $27.00 | |
| St. Nicholas Vol.LII No.7 Part 2 | The Century co. | 1925 | $27.00 | |
| St. Nicholas an Illustrated Magazine Vol. IX Part 2 | Mary Mapes Dodge | 1882 | $25.00 | |
| St. Nicholas Illustrated Magazine | Mary Mapes Dodge | 1879 | $29.00 | |
| Scribner’s Monthly | J. G. Holland | 1876 | $30.00 | |
| Buried Cities Recovered | F. S. DeHass | 1886 | $25.00 | |
| The Best from YANK the Army Weekly | Franklin S. Forsberg | 1945 | $15.00 | |
| The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Constitution Prevails |
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman | 1937 | $50.00 | |
| The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Continuing Struggle for Liberalism |
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman | 1938 | $50.00 | |
| The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: War and Neutrality |
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman | 1939 | $50.00 | |
| The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt: War – and Aid to the Democrats |
Compiled by Samuel I. Rosenman | 1940 | $50.00 | |
| Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives Vol 2 Commons House of Assembly |
Walter B. Edgar | 1977 | $35.00 | |
| Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives Vol 3 1775-1790 |
N. Louise Bailey | 1981 | $35.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Foreign Relations Part 1 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Foreign Relations Part 2 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Slavery from 1790 to 1857 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History State Rights Slavery Succession |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History The Civil War |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Civil Rights Part 1 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Civil Rights Part 2 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Departments of Government |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Economic and Social Questions Part 1 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Economic and Social Questions Part 2 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Tariff and Taxation |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Finance Part 1 |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $18.00 | |
| Great Debates in American History Finance Part 2 Index |
Edited by Marion Mills Miller | 1913 | $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 Pieces | Thomas Moore | 1900 | $12.60 | |
| The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume IX: Don Juan | Thomas Moore | 1900 | $12.60 | |
| The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume X: Don Juan | Thomas Moore | 1900 | $12.60 | |
| The Works of Lord Byron, With His Letters and Journals, and His Life. Volume XI: Don Juan | Thomas Moore | 1900 | $12.60 | |
| History of the American People-Documentary Edition in Ten Volumes | Woodrow Wilson | 1918 | $51.86 | |
| History of the World War | Francis A. March | 1919 | $4.20 | |
| Mellowed by Time | Elizabeth O’Neil Verner | 1959 | $25.00 | signed by author |
| Marbacka | Selma Lagerlof | 1925 | $4.90 | |
| Index to the World’s Greatest Literature | Compiled by an Editorial Corps of Expert Indexers |
1902 | $9.66 | |
| John L. Stoddard’s Lectures | John L. Stoddard | 1898 | $4.90 | |
| Modern Stories: The Children’s Hour | Houghton, Mifflin & Company | 1907 | $7.00 | |
| Longfellow’s Dante 1-3 | Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1895 | $35.00 | |
| War and Peace I | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $20.00 | |
| War and Peace II | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $20.00 | |
| War and Peace III | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $20.00 | |
| Long Exile, Stories for Children, Walk in the Light | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $30.00 | |
| Anna Karenina Vol 1 | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $20.00 | |
| Anna Karenina Vol 1I | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $20.00 | |
| What is to be Done, Life | Leo Tolstoy | 1922 | $20.00 | |
| Longfellow’s Poetical Works Vol 3-5 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 1906 | $30.00 | |
| The Charioteer | Mary Renault | 1959 | $6.30 | |
| America in Midpassage | Charles A. & Mary R. Beard | 1939 | $5.78 | |
| Tales of a Grandfather (6 vol. set) | Sir Walter Scott | 80.50$ for the whole set |
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| Elbert Hubbard’s Scrapbook | Elbert Hubbard | 1923 | $50.00 | |
| Doubleday’s Encyclopedia Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | Elmore Bostwick (editor) | 1941 | 10.50 per volume | |
| The New American Cyclopedia: 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 & Company | 1861 | $17.50 | |
| The American Annual Cyclopedia | D. Appleton & Company | 1862 | $17.50 | |
| The American Annual Cyclopedia | D. Appleton & Company | 1863 | $17.50 | |
| The American Annual Cyclopedia | D. Appleton & Company | 1864 | $17.50 | |
| Mother’s Encyclopedia Vol 1, 2, 5, & 6 | Parent’s Magazine | 1953 | 20.00$ per Vol | |
| John Le Carre Unabridged | Published by Avenel Books | 1983 | ||
| Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Vol 1 | G. Otto Trevelyan | 1876 | $6.30 | |
| Complete works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D (all 10 volumes) | Thomas Smyth | 1908 | 318.5 for the set |
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| Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery | William A. Smith | 1856 | $196.70 | |
| Les Lettres et les Arts – Tome II | 1886 | $36.58 | ||
| Sketches of Church History | Rev. James Wharey | 1840 | $17.50 | |
| From Manger to Throne | Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage | 1889 | $52.50 | |
| The Library of Literary Criticism Vol 1-4 | Charles Wells Moulton | 1959 | $6.00 per volume | |
| Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1957: A Statistical Abstract Supplement | U. S. Department of Commerce | 1961 | $16.76 | |
| Annals of Newberry in two parts: part first | John Belton O’Neall | 1892 | $10.50 | |
| Henry Kissinger : White House Years | Henry Kissinger | 1979 | $86.80 | |
| Lowell’s Works I: Fireside Travels | James Russell Lowell | 1904 | $20.00 | |
| Lowell’s Works VII: Latest Literary Essays Ect. | James Russell Lowell | 1904 | $20.00 | |
| Lowell’s Works X: Poems II | James Russell Lowell | 1904 | $20.00 | |
| Systematic Theology Vol II | Rev. Thos. O. Summers | 1888 | $25.00 | |
| Watson’s Institutes | Richard Watson | $20.00 | ||
| The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club | Charles Dickens | $50.00 | ||
| A History of the University of South Carolina | Edwin L. Green | 1916 | $37.00 | |
| The Arthur of the English Poets | Howard Maynadier | 1907 | $15.00 | |
| The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley Vol 1-4 | Edited by Ernest Rhys | 1913 | 30.00$ for all 4 | |
| Columbia 1786 – 1936 2 Copies | Edited by Helen Kohn Henning | 1936 | $25.00 | |
| The Complete Works of Thackery Vol. 1-26 | William Makepeace Thackeray | 1903 | 10.00$ per Vol. | |
| The Complete Works of Robert Burns Vol. 1-6 | Robert Burns | 1909 | 10.00$ per Vol or 40.00$ for set |
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| The Chronicles of America Roosevelt Edition Vol. 5, 9, 10, 16, 19 – 26, 33 – 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 49, 50 |
1918 | 10.00$ per book | ||
| Small Webs | Maja Lundback | $10.00 | ||
| Great South Carolinas | Helen Kohn Henning | 1940 | $15.00 | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Complete Writings | Ralph Waldo Emerson | 1921 | $30.00 | |
| Teton Sioux Music | Frances Densmore | 1918 | $30.00 | |
| Women of the Bible | 1969 | $8.50 | ||
| Master of the Shoals | Jim McNeil | 2003 | $10.00 | |
| Confederate War Poems | Walter Burgwyn Jones | 1959 | $11.00 | |
| The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Science Vol. 1 | Isaac Asimov | 1960 | $27.00 | |
| Translations from Chinese | Arthur Waley | 1941 | $15.00 | |
| Back With the Tide | Ellen Douglas Bellamy | 2002 | $6.00 | |
| The Wilmington Campaign | Chris E. Fonvielle jr. | 1997 | $12.00 | |
| John Fiske’s Historical Writings (Vols. I, VI, VII, VII) | John Fiske | 1902 | $11.90 per volume | |
| Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives: 1692-1775 v. 2 | Walter B. & N. Louise Bailey. Edgar | 1977 | $38.50 | |
| The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly November 1736-May 1745 (5 volumes) | J H Easterby | 1951 | $24.50 per volume | |
| The Works of Charles Dickens in 30 Volumes | P.F. Collier, publisher | 1900 | $17.50 per volume | |
| Vasconcelos: A Romance of the New World | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $14.00 | |
| Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces | John Marshall | 1926 | $58.45 | |
| Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day (9 vols) | 1899 | $34.99 | ||
| Mellichampe: A Legend of the Santee | W. Gilmore Simms | no date | $35.00 | |
| The Scout | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $53.90 | |
| Southward Ho! A Spell of Sunshine | W. Gilmore Simms | 1890 | $16.80 | |
| The Dramatic Works of J. B. Poquelin-Moliere Translated by Henri Van Laun | Moliere | 1868 | $14.70 per volume | |
| Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency (3 vols.) | Duke of Saint-Simon | 1901 | $28.87 | |
| These Eventful Years: The Twentieth Century in the Making | various | 1924 | $30.98 | |
| Memoirs of the Emperor Napoleon Vol. 1 | Madame Junot | 1901 | $12.59 | |
| The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey: New and Enlarged Edition | David Masson | 1890 | $50.00 | |
| History of the American People-Documentary Edition in Ten Volumes | Woodrow Wilson | 1918 | $69.29 | |
| The Portrait of a Lady | Henry James | 1978 | $15.00 | Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection |
| Anna Karenina | Tolstoy | 1975 | $15.00 | Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection |
| Uncle Tom’s Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 1979 | $15.00 | Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection |
| The Decameron | John Boccaccio | 1980 | $15.00 | Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection |
| Ivanhoe | Walter Scott | 1977 | $15.00 | Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection |
| The Alhambra | Washington Irving | 1977 | $15.00 | Collector’s Edition bound in genuine leather Printed by Easton Press Part of The 100 Greatest Books Collection |
| Hope of the Nation: Our Christian Heritage/Our American Heritage | Nelson Beecher Keyes | 1952 | $30.00 | |
| Captain Easy: The Complete Sunday News paper | Roy Crane | 2010 | $15.00 | |
| Pygmalion and Candida | George Bernard Shaw | 1974 | $15.00 | |
| South Carolina Ballads | Reed Smith | 1928 | $35.00 | |
| Mr. Chairman Honoring the Life of Sen. Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr | Don Kusler | 2020 | $20.00 | 8 copies |