HEROES OF THE ALAMO
(1976)
First printing of this miniature book about four prominent people from the Battle of the Alamo.
Post-WWII
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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 MEMOIRS OF RICHARD NIXON
(1978)
First edition of the memoirs of the 37th US president, with ephemera including matchbook from the Watergate Hotel.
ROSA PARKS: My Story
(1992)
Signed first edition of this memoir for young readers by one of the most well-known figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
THE STAGES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
1960
First printing of the title that established a particularly influential model of historic economic growth, by economist and National Security Advisor W. W. Rostow.
SEIZE THE TIME
(1970)
First edition of this memoir by one of the founders of the Black Panthers, with a focus on his trial as one of the "Chicago 8."
THE CAINE MUTINY
1951
First edition, in first state jacket, of Herman Wouk's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of conflict and mistrust aboard a destroyer, adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Humphrey Bogart.
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