Holiday Deals

Holiday prices effective until December 24

All bundles are available at Casteel's. Please contact us to make shipping arrangements.

Pike County Histories

$10 off

Save $10 on each book when you purchase 2 or more of the following:

History of Illinois and Pike County, Illinois by Charles Chapman (1880)
Past and Present of Pike County, Illinois by Captain M.D. Massie (1906)
Pike County History by Jess M. Thompson (1930s)

With your purchase, get a free copy of

History of Pike County: A Centennial Address by William Grimshaw (1876)

Our Pike County

$55

Our Pike County: The Soul of Western Illinois by Carol McCartney
Pike County Illinois History and Families by PCHS and Pike County Families

$10 savings!

Farm Boys

$30

Hugh Ellis: The Corn King by Dove Clark and Mabel Sutton
Robert Earl Hughes: The Largest Man to Ever Walk the Earth by Scott Maruna
Your Food, My Adventure: One Farmer’s Journey to Feed the World by Philip E. Bradshaw

$10 savings!

Courthouse #1

$10

1 Postcard, 1 Package of Notecards,

1 Original Slate Shingle

$4 savings!

Courthouse #2

$10

1 Postcard, 1 Package of Notecards,

1 Original Slate Shingle

$4 savings!

Nicolay

$65

John George Nicolay: The Man in Lincoln’s Shadow by Allen Carden and Thomas J. Ebert
Lincoln’s Secretary’s Secretary: Helen Nicolay, Artist & Author by Ann Marie Maguire and John Maguire

$12 savings!

Lincoln and Pike County #1

$25

Lincoln’s 1858 Visit to Pittsfield, Illinois by Leroy Fisher free with the purchase of

Lincoln’s Secretary’s Secretary by Ann Marie Maguire and John Maguire

$5 savings!

Lincoln and Pike County #2

$12

Lincoln’s 1858 Visit to Pittsfield, Illinois by Leroy Fisher free with the purchase of The Pike County Ballads by John Hay

$5 savings!

Books and Items for Sale

Historical Society Books

Books available for sale at Casteel's and East School. Prices listed are suggested donations since we are a nonprofit organization. Contact us or Casteel's to make shipping arrangements. Tables of contents available upon request.

History of Illinois and Pike County

$60.00

Chapman, 1880

966 pages, plus index

Past and Present of Pike County, Illinois

$60.00

Massie, 1906

751 pages, including index

Pike County History

$60.00

Thompson, 1935-1939

534 pages, plus index

Pike County Illinois History and Families

$45.00

Pike County Historical Society, 2014

256 pages, plus index

Pike County Schools 1823-1995

$44.00

Residents of Pike County, 1999

413 pages, plus index

*we currently have a limited supply

Combined Atlas

$40.00

Spiral bound 1872 and 1912 plat books

*these do not currently have protective covers and we are looking at options

Our Pike County, The Soul of Western Illinois

$20.00

Carol McCartney, 2004

172 pages

Pike County True Ghost Stories

$15.00

Pike County Historical Society

31 pages

School Directory of Pike County

$2.00

1944-1945

19 pages

History of Pike County: A Centennial Address

$4.00

Grimshaw’s US Centennial Address, 1876

35 pages

Pike County Ballads

$9.00

John Hay, 1871

40 pages

Pike County Ballads

$12.00

John Hay, 1871

85 pages, includes additional information and essays

John George Nicolay: The Man in Lincoln's Shadow

$52.00

Carden and Ebert

360 pages

Lincoln’s Secretary’s Secretary: Helen Nicolay, Artist and Author

$25.00

Maguire and Maguire, 2017

170 pages

Autographed

Lincoln’s 1858 Visit to Pittsfield, Illinois

$5.00

Fisher, 1968

13 pages

Abraham Lincoln Chronology

$5.00

Pratt, 1957

15 pages

The Great Triumvirate

$1.00

Findley and Winston, 1959

24 pages

Hugh Ellis, The Corn King

$10.00

Clark and Sutton, 1999

136 pages

Robert Earl Hughes: The Largest Man to Ever Walk the Earth

$10.00

Maruna

116 pages

Your Food, My Adventure: One Farmer's Journey to Feed the World

$20.00

Bradshaw

189 pages