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.

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.

Printed Writ of Judgment with manuscript additions, signed by Cheswell in his capacity as Justice of the Peace for Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

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.

Handsomely bound 2nd edition of the first collection of words and phrases characteristic of American English.

First US edition of this this fascinating half-travelogue, half-history book, documenting the experiences and observations of a Hungarian politician and his wife as they tour the Antebellum US South.

First UK edition — and the first printed edition outside the US — of the foundational text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in an extraordinary, likely original, morocco binding.

Startlingly rare first printing of Gilman's most important nonfiction work.

First edition of this collection of documents and writing by Washington published in the wake of his death, a work that helped shape his enduring image and legacy.