THE MYRIOPTICON
[1866]
First edition of this historical panorama of the US Civil War, a complex marriage of education, play, and propaganda.
US History
Slide Archive of a Southern California Realtor
1971-1972
Before Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin: a swank archive of images from the Sessions Realty firm of La Mesa, California in the early 1970s.
SCRIPTORES RERUM GERMANICUM SEPTENTRIONALIUM
1706, 1679, 1694, 1676
First collected edition, featuring Adam of Bremen's chronicle of peoples from the Old North and the earliest known mention of the Vikings' discovery of North America, one of three key works in the history of Hamburg within a larger sammelband of six works total.
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.
Civil War Cornet Player's Manuscript Sheet Music
[circa 1864-1865]
Original Civil War manuscript collection of music for the use of Union soldier Francis E. Brigham, a member of the 3rd Brigade Band of the 24th Army Corps.
"The 'Running' of Slaves: The Extraordinary Escape of Henry Box Brown and of Wm. & Ellen Crafts" [in] THE NEW YORK WEEKLY EVENING POST
1849
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.
HEROES OF THE ALAMO
(1976)
First printing of this miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
"HOW CAN I HELP TO ABOLISH SLAVERY?"
[1855]
Introductory pamphlet published by the American Anti-Slavery Society welcoming new supporters while advising against naive solutions proposed by the "newly converted."
Signed Judgment as Justice of the Peace
1812
Printed Writ of Judgment with manuscript additions, signed by Cheswell in his capacity as Justice of the Peace for Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
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).
THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
1895
First edition, second issue, of the most influential piece of war fiction in American literature, with the armorial engraved bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt on the front pastedown, and Roosevelt's clipped signature additionally tipped onto the front free endpaper.
¡VIVA LA REPUBLICA!
1902
Color-printed handkerchief commemorating the independence of Cuba by repurposing the famous symbol of liberty of its new liberator and oppressor.
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.
REPRESENTATION DU FEU TERRIBLE A NOUVELLE YORCK
[circa 1778]
Imaginative European peep show engraving of a major event within British occupied territory: the Great Fire of New York.
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.
SAN FRANCISCO CATS: Nine Lives with Whiskers
1991
Miniature book featuring an illustrated ode to San Francisco's cats, printed letterpress and hand-tinted in many colors.
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.
