![3733564] Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom. Charles H. Wesley, 1891–1987, Charles Harris...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733564_2.jpeg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694537456)
Biography of Richard Allen (1760–1831), once-enslaved, the African American, preacher, hymn book publisher, founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church. Charles H...... Read More about Richard Allen, Apostle of Freedom
![3733559] One Dozen Tower’s Anti-Nervousness Penholders for Sale by Booksellers and Stationers...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage-req.png?auto=webp)
An unusual Victorian American penmanship item, a trade card (identical text on both sides; 3¾ x 7¼ inches) laid into its illustrated box (worn, heavily..... Read More about One Dozen Tower’s Anti-Nervousness Penholders for Sale by Booksellers and Stationers Everywhere...
A rare and early issue of this Rosicrucian publication. This issue discusses the origins of the Society, has a “Question Department” section, a poem entitled..... Read More about Echoes from Mount Ecclesia [1914 Oceanside, California issue of Rosicrucians publication
First edition, first printing. Second issue of this collection of essays and excerpts with contributions from Richard Wright, W.E.B. Du Bois, LeRoi Jones, Toni morrison..... Read More about Amistad 2: Writings on Black History and Culture
![3733543] History’s Missing Pages … The Journal of Negro History. [Prospectus; Carter G....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733543_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695236249)
Prospectus for the cloth-bound 54-volume set of the Journal of Negro History, published since 1916 by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and..... Read More about History’s Missing Pages … The Journal of Negro History. [Prospectus; Carter G. Woodson
First edition, first printings. A handsome set. An exploration of ancient Rome’s legal framework, encompassing natural law, individual rights, contracts, and property rights that influenced..... Read More about Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines. (First edition; two volumes
First edition, first printing. Woodruff’s journal of this travelogue and expedition to distribute food and clothing to the Greeks. Woodruff offers thorough descriptions and observations..... Read More about Journal of a Tour to Malta, Greece, Asia Minor, Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon, and Spain, in...
![3732651] Trainspotting. (First edition, first printing). Irvine Welsh](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732651_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1686674705)
True first edition first printing. “The first edition of Irvine Welsh’s first and best-known book. It made its author a celebrity, and put contemporary Scottish..... Read More about Trainspotting. (First edition, first printing
The first photograph depicts Senators Robert Kennedy and Ted Kennedy arriving at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church amidst a bustling crowd, accompanied by police officers and..... Read More about Two 1968 wire press photographs of Robert Kennedy and others at the funeral services for Dr....
![3733475] 1881–1882 Gilbert & Sullivan, three programs for the comic opera “Patience” at the...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733475_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685400183)
Three variant Savoy Theatre programs for Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera Patience; or, Bunthorne’s Bride, a satire on the aesthetic movement. The lead character Reginald..... Read More about 1881–1882 Gilbert & Sullivan, three programs for the comic opera “Patience” at the...
Architectural and landscape plan book issued for Floridians by McCormick-Hannah Lumber Co. of Orlando, dealers in millwork and building materials. Color plates showcase drawings of..... Read More about Home and Garden. [cover title of trade publication marketed to Floridians
A collection of 18 letters. The first 14 were written by Gladys M. Manweiler of Santa Cruz, California when she was a student at San..... Read More about 1899 to 1912 collection of letters by Gladys M. Manweiler studying at the College of the Pacific,...
Two letters addressed to U.S. Treasury Secretary Howell Cobb discussing proposed legislation for a New York City branch of the U.S. Mint. Philadelphia Mint Director..... Read More about Communication from the Director of the Mint to the Secretary of the Treasury relative to a...
1886–1887 Catalogue of Allen Academy, a co-ed “English, Classical, French and German Boarding and Day School” conducted by Ira Wilder Allen. Includes a list of..... Read More about Twenty-Fourth Annual Circular of Allen Academy…Boarding and Day School…Chicago
Circular letter announcing the inaugural session of Irving Female College, the first women’s college in Pennsylvania to grant degrees in arts and sciences. The school..... Read More about Irving Female College, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania [1856 circular
Issued in Christmas of 1853 as a companion to Homes of American Authors, this 1854 gift book is the “first American book with an original..... Read More about Homes of American Statesmen: with Anecdotal, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches. [First American...
![3732705] Tafilet. The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732705_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685303045)
First edition, first printing of Walter Harris’ recounting of his 1893 expedition to Morocco’s vast Tafilet oasis, providing a meticulous narrative of his interactions with..... Read More about Tafilet. The Narrative of a Journey of Exploration in the Atlas Mountains and the Oases of the...
First edition, first printing. This travelogue documents the scientific expedition of Joseph Dalton Hooker and John Ball to Morocco and the Great Atlas region. The..... Read More about Morocco] Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas
First edition of this classic of British Victorian-era travel literature written by this “flamboyant adventurer” who was nicknamed “the uncrowned king of the Scots” and..... Read More about Mogreb-El-Acksa. A Journey in Morocco
![3732699] The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. Being a Full and Impartial Account of the...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732699_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685303043)
First edition, variant issue. One of a number of works that were published in 1872 to capitalize upon the sensational murder of James Fisk who..... Read More about The Life and Times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Remarkable...
This archive of 400 wire press photographs offers a strong visual record of President Richard Nixon’s administration, capturing the key moments from his 1969 Inauguration..... Read More about Archive of 425 Nixon Administration wire press photographs 1969-1976
![3732925] Money. Gertrude Stein](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732925_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685140871)
First collected edition, limited to 126 numbered and lettered copies, this being copy number 28. Five essays originally written in 1936 for the Saturday Evening..... Read More about Money
![3732728] The Walk and Other Stories. Robert Walser](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732728_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685140871)
First edition, first printing of this translation from the German by Christopher Middleton. “Like Kafka, Robert Walser had his own original visions of things, exploring..... Read More about The Walk and Other Stories
![3732713] Psychopathological Researches. Studies in Mental Dissociation. (Signed, Association...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732713_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685140870)
First edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed: “To Mr. H. Addington Bruce, from his friend, Boris Sidis.” Boris Sidis (1867-1923), a Russian-born psychologist and physician..... Read More about Psychopathological Researches. Studies in Mental Dissociation. (Signed, Association Copy
![3732664] Dumb Instrument. Poems and Fragments. (Special Limited Issue). Denton Welch](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732664_1.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1685140869)
First edition, No. 32 of 60 copies on blue paper and specially bound. Edited and with an introduction by Jean-Louis Chevalier. Decorations by Denton Welch..... Read More about Dumb Instrument. Poems and Fragments. (Special Limited Issue
