Southern University Home Economics Fashion Show Program
Rare original program from the Home Economics department of a historically Black Louisiana university, showcasing student design and garment construction through a dramatic presentation.
Rare original program from the Home Economics department of a historically Black Louisiana university, showcasing student design and garment construction through a dramatic presentation.
Details the Nevada - California Border Survey of 1861, reprinted from the 1861 files of the SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION.
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."
Signed first printing of the former Secretary of State's examination of the influence of Christianity in American attitudes and political discourse, and its impact in world affairs.
Incsribed first edition of this biography of the famed civil rights leader and attorney.
Uncorrected proof of the first printing of this essential work of investigative journalism on the AIDS epidemic.
Inscribed first edition of this major history of the California Gold Rush, an excellent copy.
First edition of these interwoven stories of America's westward expansion, this copy with a charming bookplate designed by Rockwell Kent.
First edition of this collection carefully selected from Samuels's monumental and authoritative larger six-volume set of Adams's letters.
"Classics of the Old West" facsimile of this travel narrative to California in the 1850s.
First edition of the first publication of the narrative of the iconic explorer of the American West, only recently discovered after they were believed lost for over one hundred years.
First edition of this Rocky Mountain travel account, focusing on Colorado within the first decade of its statehood.
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 edition of these essays presenting arguments for the international abolition of the slavery by the Treasurer of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, specially bound for presentation and inscribed by the author.
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 US edition of "one of the most popular books of the eighteenth century" (Harper), and a title that was a formative read for a young George Washington.
First edition of Gilman's most important nonfiction work, with still-relevant arguments about the economic value of female household labor.
Inscribed first printing of the essential work of investigative journalism on the AIDS epidemic.
First edition of Washington's autobiography, detailing his rise from a life born into slavery to becoming the esteemed leader of the Tuskegee Institute.
Beautiful first edition of Woodward & Bernstein's revelatory chronicle of the Watergate scandal and their own Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation for the Washington Post, with publisher's presentation card signed by Woodward.
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 historic account of Virginia, the Roanoke colony, and its environs, including the landmark map of Virginia and all the famed engravings of Native American life in the 1580s.
Signed first printing, first state ("failure"), of this best-selling memoir from the former President.
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.