Biography and study of the works of artist Robert S. Duncanson (1821–1872), African American landscape painter, part of the second generation of the Hudson Valley..... Read More about Robert S. Duncanson: 19th Century Black Romantic Painter
Rare 19th century self-published treatise on the treatment of political prisoners published in the first decade after the Franco-Prussian War and the establishment of the..... Read More about Die Behandlung der politischen Gefangenen in Bayern. Prozess Franz Rohleders. Zusammengestellt...
Rare triple-decker novel retaining its original publisher’s quarter-cloth bindings. “If the author of the following tale avows a desire to unite the moral application of..... Read More about Education; or, Elizabeth, Her Lover and Husband. A Tale for 1817. In Three Volumes
1839 Letter by Alexis de Tocqueville, author of the influential book Democracy in America, here writing as a member of the French Chamber of Deputies..... Read More about 1839 Autograph Letter Signed by Alexis de Tocqueville concerning the Publication of his Report...
C. 1920s Second Polish Republic photograph album prepared by the Workers’ Society of Friends of Children in Warsaw. It is presented to the Workers’ Society..... Read More about Pierwszemu Oddziatowi Robotniczego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Dzieci w dalekiej Ameryce w mieście...
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Warmly inscribed by the author to James Phinney Baxter III, historian, academic, Pulitzer Prize-winner for history. An exhaustive study of this topic; “This is the..... Read More about The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti 1776-1891. [Inscribed Copy
Unrecorded homeopathic medical tract—whose title roughly translates as “Rules of Conduct during a Homeopathic Treatment.” It was written by Dr. Arthur Lutze (1813–1870), an important..... Read More about Verhaltungsregeln während einer Homöopathischen Kur [Rules of Conduct during a Homeopathic...
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Rare first appearance of Wilkie Collins’ short story “The Girl at the Gate” published in New York in December 1884 before its January 1885 appearance..... Read More about Wilkie Collins:] “The Girl at the Gate (Written for the Christmas Spirit)” [published...
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Advance copy of a controversial novel of British colonial rule in Egypt by the incredibly popular and successful English novelist, Hall Caine (1853–1931). The public..... Read More about The White Prophet. [Advance Copy for First American Edition
Rare late 19th-century promotional work providing the then-current economic climes of Paraguay’s capital, Asunción. As the title informs, the work serves as a city directory..... Read More about Guía Comercial de la Ciudad de la Asunción, conteniendo la dirección de todas las casas...
“For the first week I seemed (as in truth I was) a stranger in a strange Land… ” Circa 1820s letter from evangelist or preacher..... Read More about Ca. 1820s Autograph Letter Signed by Novice British Evangelist J. A. Roberts
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Exceedingly rare and unrecorded. The first institution in Malta to actually call itself a bank was the Anglo-Maltese Bank, established on 23 June 1809, nine..... Read More about Printed 1809 Circular Establishing the Anglo-Maltese Bank in Malta
Over eighty-five award recipients and their accomplishments in the sciences, ornamental, decorative, and fine arts detailed and listed. Among the recipients: James Marsh, of the..... Read More about Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. 12th June, 1837. His Royal...
Unrecorded eighteenth century polemical broadside in the tradition satirist Ned Ward or the mock poem Hudibras. While the present broadside includes only a few lines..... Read More about Cut for Cut, the Rubber Rubb’d, Nonsense for Nonsense, or, Dicko-Don-Quacko And his Methodist...
A memorial and tribute to Isabelle née André Monnier, a native of Paris. The bulk of this book gathers writings by Monnier which appeared anonymously..... Read More about Un Souvenir de Madame Isabelle Monnier née André. Née à Paris le 13 mai 1836, Rappelée à...
Hughes Robert Charles Henri Le Roux (1860–1925) was a French writer of travel literature and French colonies, a journalist, and an intimate of official French..... Read More about Oh My Past…Memoirs of a Child [Unknown Manuscript Translation of the Autobiography of French...
Personal photograph album of German film sound engineer, Erich Lange, documenting 1930s Nazi-era movie productions in which he participated.¹ About 100 photographs clearly show film..... Read More about German 1930s Photo Album documenting, in part, Film Production of Director Richard Eichberg’s...
Rare and unlocated. Eighteenth century satin silk broadside recording a Royal visit to Cheltenham in 1788. Goding’s Norman’s History of Cheltenham (pp342–343) describes the pageantry..... Read More about Theatre Royal, Cheltenham. Their Majesties, the Princess Royal, the Princess Augusta and the...
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Rare. No copies recorded in America. Translated by Henry Phillips, Jr. Hugo von Meltzel’s or Meltzl’s work is the first English translation of Romanian folk..... Read More about Volk-Songs Translated From the Acta Comparationis Litterarum Universarum [and] Selections From...
First edition. “The admission of said Territory into the Union as the State of Deseret.” Flake 2786. [Washington, D.C.: np, 1862]. 11pp. Approx. 8¾ x...... Read More about Constitution of the State of Deseret. Memorials of the Legislature and Constitutional Convention...
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Scare prospectus for the National Gazette and Literary Register, begun as a twice-weekly newspaper first published in Philadelphia by printer William Fry on April 5..... Read More about Prospectus:] Preliminary Address. The National Gazette and Literary Register ... To Be Printed...
Authoritative critique of the Black intelligentsia by a prominent Black academic. The Crisis offers a powerful précis of black politics since 1945, which Cruse saw..... Read More about The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual
The seventh edition of this important national directory of leading Black Americans, first published in 1927, this being the first updated edition since before the..... Read More about Who’s Who in Colored America. An Illustrated Biographical Directory of Notable Living Persons...
Important state-by-state, county-by-county directory of free Black heads of families in 1830 with a 53-page introduction by Carter G. Woodson—“The Father of Black History.” The..... Read More about Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830 together with a Brief Treatment of the...
Significant biography of Paul Cuffe (1759–1817), Massachusetts freeman, Wealthy shipping entrepreneur, and Pan-Africanist. Cuffe visited Africa “...where he formed the mercantile-oriented Friendly Society of Sierra..... Read More about Rise to Be a People: A Biography of Paul Cuffe
