Rare newspaper account from one of Henry "Box" Brown's first public appearances, the Boston lecture where he received the nickname "Box," just two weeks after he mailed himself to freedom.
Early printing, published the same year as the first printing, of the first American edition of the diary of Anne Frank.
Scarce American edition of the bookseller's Confessions, with one of the earliest Brooklyn imprints.
First edition of the final African journals of Scottish missionary, abolitionist, and explorer David Livingstone, including his own account of the famous meeting with Stanley.
First edition of "the earliest known work of African American biography, the first published prose narrative by an African American woman, and the first work to document the life of a freeborn child of color" (Lois Brown).
Inscribed first edition of this personal history of the abolitionist movement in New England.
First edition of this controversial biography of Jesse James, "giving full particulars of each and every dark and desperate deed in the career of this most noted outlaw of any time or nation."
First edition of the famous comedic memoir, a companion to the best-selling INNOCENTS ABROAD and a model for later satirical travel narratives like those of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell – an exceptional copy.
First edition of the first volume of Twain's autobiography, assembled by the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library and first published on the 100th anniversary of the author's death in accordance with his wishes.
