1973 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [Cover Title]
An album of photos by an unknown attendee of President Nixon's second Inauguration (January 20, 1973) all shot from the main platform less than ten rows behind the swearing-in.
An album of photos by an unknown attendee of President Nixon's second Inauguration (January 20, 1973) all shot from the main platform less than ten rows behind the swearing-in.
First edition of this collection carefully selected from Samuels's monumental and authoritative larger six-volume set of Adams's letters.
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.
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.
Rare midcentury Boy Scouts promotional brochure advertising the benefits of scouting to an African American audience.
First edition of this remarkable collection of silhouette portraits of prominent politicians and leaders, created by scissors artist William H. Brown.
First printing of this miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
Signed first printing, first state ("failure"), of this best-selling memoir from the former President.
First printing in book form of the landmark study that "transformed the study of slavery — and of economic history" (Jamelle Bouie).
First printing of this account of the history and lives of Black Bostonians, compiled over nine years by a social reformer.
"Classics of the Old West" facsimile of this travel narrative to California in the 1850s.
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).
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.
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.
Inscribed first printing of this reflection of the effects of a culture of toxic masculinity on individual men, and how that in turn shapes the American landscape.
Original pair of muster rolls from 1863, documenting the pay of the Union company just before their fateful role in turning back Pickett's Charge, "the high-water mark of the Confederacy," with incomplete payments offering poignant evidence of their losses during the battle.
First edition of this pamphlet printed early in Garrison's career, a fiery and carefully researched summary of anti-slavery efforts, delivered to a Black abolitionist audience.
Inscribed first printing of this look into the American family from the former Vice President (and near-President) and his (then) wife.
Ephemeral prodution from the American Woman Suffrage Association, reprinting a vehement pro-suffrage speech by Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachussetts.
Inscribed first edition of this major history of the California Gold Rush, an excellent copy.
Incsribed first edition of this biography of the famed civil rights leader and attorney.
First edition of this Rocky Mountain travel account, focusing on Colorado within the first decade of its statehood.
Taken Veteran's Day, November 11, 1961, these images document Kennedy's first presidential visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
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 classic biography of the first president of the United States, including the scarce atlas volume.