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.
US History
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.
CHICAGO: CITY ON THE MAKE
1951
First issue of this partially autobiographical essay about the Windy City, a sordid summary of its history and a love letter in the same breath.
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 FIRE NEXT TIME
1963
First printing of this powerful work that addresses the stark social inequalities driven by racism, including "the essay that catapulted [Baldwin] to national prominence" (Finkelman, 121) – in remarkably sharp condition.
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.
"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.
UP & DOWN & AROUND: A Publisher Reollects the Time of His Life
(1971)
Memoir of Canfield's life in publishing as long-time head Harper & Bros. and Harper & Row — inscribed to then National Security Advisor and future Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
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.
1965 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL DINNER
1965
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.
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.
AMERICAN POLICE SYSTEMS
1920
First edition of this critical investigation of US policing, covering seventy-two cities across the US over the course of two years.
FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR
(1918)
First printing of this patriotic guide to home economizing for American women in the First World War.
CHILDREN OF LONGING
(1970)
Inscribed first edition of this collection of interviews with young Black people at the close of the turbulent '60s, demonstrating the impact of national and world events on their lives.
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.
![LA RENAISSANCE: Savonarole [,] Cesar Borgia - Jules II - Leon X [,] Michel-Ange [:] Scenes. Comte de GOBINEAU, Arthur.](http://www.typepunchmatrix.com/pictures/thumb/42725_1.jpg?v=1625592080)
