THE OFFICERS' GUIDE
WWII-era edition of the officer's reference manual belonging to Captain Herbert Roy Orr, commanding officer of the first African American signal aircraft warning company.
WWII-era edition of the officer's reference manual belonging to Captain Herbert Roy Orr, commanding officer of the first African American signal aircraft warning company.
First edition of this collection of booklets issued by the National Woman Suffrage Association, in the scarce dust jacket and with an inserted publisher's notice listing new legislative gains made in the year since publication.
Rare midcentury Boy Scouts promotional brochure advertising the benefits of scouting to an African American audience.
First printing of this miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
Signed first printing, first state ("failure"), of this best-selling memoir from the former President.
First printing in book form of the landmark study that "transformed the study of slavery — and of economic history" (Jamelle Bouie).
First printing of this account of the history and lives of Black Bostonians, compiled over nine years by a social reformer.
Commemorative illustrated booklet, with menu and program, from the June 24, 1965 dinner honoring the campaign work of Senator Warren G. Magnuson and Representative Michael J. Kirwan and the restoration of a Democratic majority in both houses under the Johnson administration.
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).
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.
Inscribed first printing of this reflection of the effects of a culture of toxic masculinity on individual men, and how that in turn shapes the American landscape.
Miniature book featuring an illustrated ode to San Francisco's cats, printed letterpress and hand-tinted in many colors.
Inscribed first edition of this major history of the California Gold Rush, an excellent copy.
Incsribed first edition of this biography of the famed civil rights leader and attorney.
Scarce, frenetically alliterative good-time guide to Hollywood starlets, shows and showgirls for servicemen on leave from a world war.
First edition of this comical post-war chronicle of culture shock, a witty survey of the everyday differences that US servicemen will experience at home after living in occupied Japan.
Association copy of this first edition published during Johnson's White House tenure — inscribed to advisor Harald Saunders.
Previously unrecorded first printing of one of King's most important speeches: his anti-war address at The Riverside Church, delivered exactly one year to the day before his assassination.
First edition of this anthology of Locke's philosophical writings, some previously unpublished, each "directly arguing for, criticizing, or expressing a fundamental notion of race, culture, civilization, identity, or value."
Spiritualist-channeled wholesale revision of Mary Baker Eddy's philosophical and religious outlook, posthumously delivered from beyond the veil to the perceptions of one Madame X.
An impressive color map of the island of Manhattan and the Bronx.
First edition of Marx's classic critical study of the sentimental and utopian uses of the pastoral in American literature and culture.
Important edition of the monumental visual record of Native American leaders, including an extensive account of the original 1836-44 folio edition, biography of the original authors, and the infamous Smithsonian fire — all new to this edition.
Early printing, scarce in any form, of this persuasive essay on the double standard in the application of American laws to Black people and white people, including chapters on lynching and segregation.
Rare original program from the Home Economics department of a historically Black Louisiana university, showcasing student design and garment construction through a dramatic presentation.