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.
US American
DREAMING UP AMERICA
(2008)
First printing of these notes, assembled from transcribed interviews for a French documentary, inscribed by Banks to poet Stanley Plumly.
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.
HEROES OF THE ALAMO
(1976)
First printing of this miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
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).
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.
STIFFED: THE BETRAYAL OF THE AMERICAN MAN
(1999)
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.
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.
BARRIO LANGUAGE DICTIONARY: First Dictionary of Caló
(1974)
Scarce first edition of this dictionary of Chicano vocabulary and usage as recorded in community interviews in the early 1970s.
Civil War Muster Rolls for Alonzo Cushing's Battery, Company A of the 4th US Artillery
1863
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.
FOODS THAT WILL WIN THE WAR
(1918)
First printing of this patriotic guide to home economizing for American women in the First World War.
PERSONAL HISTORY
1997
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.
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.
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.
THOMAS PAINE'S RIGHTS OF MAN: A Biography
(2006)
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.
WOMAN'S CO-OPERATION ESSENTIAL TO PURE POLITICS
[1885]
Ephemeral prodution from the American Woman Suffrage Association, reprinting a vehement pro-suffrage speech by Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachussetts.
HOLLYWOOD ON TRIAL: The Story of the Ten Who Were Indicted
1948
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.
THE MEASURE OF A MAN
(1959)
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.
THE MYTH OF THE VAGINAL ORGASM / DER MYTHOS VOM VAGINALEN ORGASMUS
[1970-1974]
Three states of the first separate edition of Koedt's revolutionary essay, together with the hand-annotated typescript draft German translation utilized for the first published German edition.
"WE"
1927
Limited "Author's Autograph Edition" of Lindbergh's first memoir – a stunning copy in the original glassine and publisher's box.
THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
1804, 1805, 1807
First edition of this classic biography of the first president of the United States, including the scarce atlas volume.
THE SURROUNDED
1936
First edition of this groundbreaking novel of the conflict between white and Native American cultures, centered on the experiences of a young man with a Spanish father and a Salish mother.
THE HARVEST HOME
1800
First US edition of this moral tract for working class readers, part of the Cheap Repository series conceived by the eminent Bluestocking Hannah More in an attempt to counter the revolutionary ideas of radicals like Thomas Paine.
