THE MYRIOPTICON
[1866]
First edition of this historical panorama of the US Civil War, a complex marriage of education, play, and propaganda.
US American
THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC. FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW
(1895)
First edition of this history of Hawai'i, Samoa, and other Polynesian islands, published "to promote interest in Christian Missions" in the region (Preface) — printed in the year of the final Hawaiian Royalist military resistance, and Queen Liliʻuokalani's abdication.
AB-SA-RA-KA, HOME OF THE CROWS
1868
First edition of this narrative of "an officer's wife on the plains," published in an effort to clear her husband's name in the wake of his defeat at Fetterman's Fight.
THE COLUMBIAN ORATOR
1799
Scarce second edition of this oratory primer, beloved by writers such as Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
MEN OF MARYLAND
1914
Inscribed first printing of this collection of short biographies of prominent Black people, as well as a brief summary of Maryland history with a focus on the state's Black population, written by a formerly enslaved man – inscribed to Black suffragist Addie Hunton.
HEROES OF THE ALAMO
(1976)
First printing of this miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
THE ECONOMICS OF SLAVERY
(1964)
First printing in book form of the landmark study that "transformed the study of slavery — and of economic history" (Jamelle Bouie).
BLACK METROPOLIS: A STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE IN A NORTHERN CITY
(1945)
First edition of this contemporary look at the lives of Black people in Chicago in the 1940s, a "monumental study of race relations and African American social structure" (Finkelman, 90).
HORATIO'S DRIVE
2003
Signed first edition of this beautifully-produced book charting the first cross-country America road trip, based on a Ken Burns documentary of the same title.
THE MONK OF MOKHA
2018
Signed first edition of this nonfiction narrative of a Yemeni-American man who travels to Yemen from San Francisco with hopes of reviving and innovating the coffee trade.
THE CIVIL WAR: A Narrative
(1991)
Signed Easton Press "Collector's Edition" of Foote's popular history, one of the central books from which Ken Burns drew in working on his Civil War documentary (and which would lead to Foote becoming the breakout star of the series).
FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR
(1918)
First printing of this patriotic guide to home economizing for American women in the First World War.
HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA
1889
First edition of this Gilded-Age handbook for the aspiring Floridian, by a passionate lover of the land and its lizards.
FREE JOE AND OTHER GEORGIAN SKETCHES
1887
First edition of this work that strives to address "the tenuous position of African Americans and impoverished whites in rural Georgia both before and after the Civil War" (Lemon), in a binding designed by Margaret Armstrong.
WOMAN'S CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL TO PURE POLITICS
[1885]
Ephemeral prodution from the American Woman Suffrage Association, reprinting a vehement pro-suffrage speech by Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachussetts.
HOLLYWOOD ON TRIAL: The Story of the Ten Who Were Indicted
1948
First edition of this insider account of the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding "alleged subversive influence in motion pictures" – this copy signed by Adrian Scott, one of the Ten.
"WE"
1927
Limited "Author's Autograph Edition" of Lindbergh's first memoir – a stunning copy in the original glassine and publisher's box.
THE SURROUNDED
1936
First edition of this groundbreaking novel of the conflict between white and Native American cultures, centered on the experiences of a young man with a Spanish father and a Salish mother.
THE HARVEST HOME
1800
First US edition of this moral tract for working class readers, part of the Cheap Repository series conceived by the eminent Bluestocking Hannah More in an attempt to counter the revolutionary ideas of radicals like Thomas Paine.
ROSA PARKS: My Story
(1992)
Signed first edition of this memoir for young readers by one of the most well-known figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
A VOCABULARY OR COLLECTION OF WORDS AND PHRASES
1816
Handsomely bound 2nd edition of the first collection of words and phrases characteristic of American English.
THE STAGES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
1960
First printing of the title that established a particularly influential model of historic economic growth, by economist and National Security Advisor W. W. Rostow.
SEIZE THE TIME
(1970)
First edition of this memoir by one of the founders of the Black Panthers, with a focus on his trial as one of the "Chicago 8."
STARVE THE SQUANDER BUG: Buy More War Bonds
1943
Original large WWII war bond poster, with Dr. Seuss illustrating a common war-era character in his own unique fashion.
Photograph of Jackie Kennedy and John Jr. in Palm Beach, 1963
(1964)
Original vintage black-and-white photograph of this wonderfully candid image of Jackie Kennedy and son, John Jr., on vacation in Palm Beach, FL — the trip on which she announced her pregnancy with their third child.
