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Local History/Special Collections Bookshop

The Library sells a select list of books related to Virginia and Alexandria history and genealogy. Orders are accepted by mail with payment by check or money order. Please print the price list/order form.  

 

Book Shop News:

Historic Photos of Alexandria by Julie Ballin Patton and Rita Holtz is now available at the library. Published in 2008, this lovely 10 x 10 book includes nearly 200 photographs from the Alexandria Library, Special Collections and the Library of Congress. The photos provide a look at the changes which have occurred through the decades in beautiful black and white photography. Copies are signed by the authors.

 

Published in 2007, the Virginia Slave Births Index: 1853 - 1865, Volumes 1 - 5 contains the names of slaves born in Virginia after the state passed a law requiring all births and deaths to be registered. The information in the books was extracted and edited by Local History staff and volunteers. Information available in the index includes slave owner's name, names of infant and mother, multiple and still births, date of birth, and place of birth. There are more than 125,000 entries.

 

William Seale's The Alexandria Library Company highlights the history of the Alexandria Library Company. Published in 2007, this 146-page book contains stunning color photos illustrating Alexandria Library Company's history as a subscription library. Please call 703-746-1706 for pricing and ordering.

 

Still available, autographed copies of Alexandria Goes to War by George Kundahl.

 

Entertain yourself with Legends & Folk Tales of Old Alexandria, Virginia by local author Ruth Lincoln Kaye. Read about the Tavern Keeper's Cow and The Friendly Ghost on Lee Street in this entertaining volume.

 

And for gift giving (birthdays, holidays, anytime), reproductions of the 1862 MAP OF WASHINGTON, DC and the 1836 ANTISLAVERY BROADSIDE.

 

Please see the price list/order form for more information and additional books for sale.

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