Rare set of 75 game cards containing Civil War facts and figures, published while the conflict was still fresh in American minds — an effort to teach about and sanitize the event, with all references to slavery omitted.
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.
First printing of these notes, assembled from transcribed interviews for a French documentary, inscribed by Banks to poet Stanley Plumly.
Inscribed first printing of this account of the history of emancipation and what it meant for the identities of formerly enslaved Black Americans, given as part of the Nathan I. Huggins Lectures.
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.
True first edition of this WWII-era collection of facts and profiles of notable Black Americans and reflections on Black culture, written by a Black minister for an expressly Black 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.
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.
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.
First edition of this critical investigation of US policing, covering seventy-two cities across the US over the course of two years.
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.
First printing of this compilation of 24 folk protest songs collected in the 1920s and '30s, accused with little evidence of being fabricated Communist propaganda during the Cold War.
First printing of this patriotic guide to home economizing for American women in the First World War.
Warmly inscribed first printing of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of the trailblazing publisher of the WASHINGTON POST during the tumultuous period that saw the stories of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate — with signed letter from Donald Graham.
First edition of this Gilded-Age handbook for the aspiring Floridian, by a passionate lover of the land and its lizards.
Signed first printing of Hitchens's history of the famous defense of the principles behind the French Revolution, by the English-born American Revolutionary and author of COMMON SENSE.
Ephemeral prodution from the American Woman Suffrage Association, reprinting a vehement pro-suffrage speech by Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachussetts.
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.
First edition of this volume of devotional addresses by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered in 1958 on the heels of the success of the Montgomery bus boycott.
