CAMELS AND SURVEYORS IN DEATH VALLEY
Details the Nevada - California Border Survey of 1861, reprinted from the 1861 files of the SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION.
Details the Nevada - California Border Survey of 1861, reprinted from the 1861 files of the SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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 Marx's classic critical study of the sentimental and utopian uses of the pastoral in American literature and culture.
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 remarkable collection of silhouette portraits of prominent politicians and leaders, created by scissors artist William H. Brown.
Inscribed first edition of this significant sociological study of colorism and the construction of beauty in African American communities of the 1970s, published by a Black scholar.
Inscribed first printing, publisher's review copy, of the Chief Justice's second book, elucidating many aspects of the importance of the separation of the three branches of American government.
First edition of this classic biography of the first president of the United States, including the scarce atlas volume.
Ephemeral prodution from the American Woman Suffrage Association, reprinting a vehement pro-suffrage speech by Senator George Frisbie Hoar of Massachussetts.
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 miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
Miniature book featuring an illustrated ode to San Francisco's cats, printed letterpress and hand-tinted in many colors.
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.
An exhaustive archive of polling, public opinion, and related papers (including memos and other internal communications, research materials, and like) belonging to Fred Panzer, President Lyndon B. Johnson's chief pollster.
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.
Association copy of this first edition published during Johnson's White House tenure — inscribed to advisor Harald Saunders.