(Geneva): Huldrichi Fuggeri for Henri Estienne, 1560. Vellum. Two volumes in one. 32mo (5.0 in, 12.7 cm). [2] 3-576; [2] 3-432 pp. a-z aa-nn^8; A-Z, AA-DD^8. Greek and Latin on opposite pages. Vol. I: "Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. Eight of the rest of the lyric verse Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus..... More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. Hardcover. 8vo (7.4 in, 18.8 cm). 285 pp. B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday (translator); Eleanor Roosevelt (introduction). First English language edition: First edition stated on copyright page and $3.00 on jacket flap. Anneliese Frank's diary documents her life in hiding during the Nazi occupation of Holland beginning..... More

London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 1/2 roan. 3 vols. Sm 8vo (7.7 in, 19.5 cm). Vol. I: [vii] viii, [1] 2-315 [1]. Vol. II: [iv], [1] 2-324 Vol. III: [ii], [1] 2-326. Vol. III has no half-title as issued. C. & p. Third edition: same year as first. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)..... More

1913. Broadside (14.1 in, 35.9 cm). Order Brith Abraham, open to men and women, was a fraternal organization founded in 1865, as sealed on document. The main objectives were to aid members in need, to offer medical aid, to bury deceased members, to support families of deceased members, and to..... More

New York: Doubleday, Page, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo (8.1 in, 26 cm). [i-iv] i-xi [blank], 1-246 pp.; frontis. port., illus. First edition: 1904 on title-page, copyright page, and introduction. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose from slavery to prominence and believed in manual labor to build skills and the industrious character necessary..... More

New York: 1835. Wraps. Vol.1, no.12. Pamphlet (6 7/8 in, 17.5 cm). 9 leaves; [1], 134-144 [i-iv] pp. Printed by R.G. Williams. First edition stated. Inspired by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, The American Anti-Slavery Society was established in 1833 in recognition of the exploitation of black people. The society was..... More

Amsterdam: Printed by Heinricum Wetstenium, 1684. Vellum. 4to (8.1", 20.6 cm). [28], 598 40 [20] pp. Latin. Francesco Guicciardini (editor). First edition: The preeminent Swiss theologian of his time, Heidegger (1633-1698) was a professor of Hebrew, philosophy, dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, moral philosophy, and theology. This is a chief example..... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to (9.4 in, 23.9 cm). [2], [4] 5-504 [2] pp.; frontis. Index. Tribute by Pearl Buck on jacket lower panel. First edition: Teacher, social worker, and nurse, Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) witnessed frequent pregnancies and botched abortions. Sanger founded the paper, The..... More

1871. A.N.s. (6 3/8 in, 16.4 cm). One page mounted on sheet. Olive Logan (1839-1909), was a successful actress who left the theatre once she achieved financially stability, a popular orator on suffrage who earned a substantial income by it, and a productive novelist, playwright, journalist, and author. A social..... More

New York & Cincinnati: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1857. Hardcover. Sm 4to (9.4 in, 23.8 cm). [1-5] 6-8, [i] ii-xi [blank], [9] 10-555 [blank] pp.; frontis, illus. Early print of 1856: "All the New Constitutions of the Various States of the Union to the Spring of 1856." Contents: Declaration..... More

Portland, ME: Steven Berry for self-published, 1877. Wraps. Printed pamphlet. 12mo (7.3 in, 18.5 cm). 9 [blank] p. "Portland Dispensary. City Hall, Portland. Incorporated in 1854. Since the year 1854, 10,900 patients have been treated." - Medical Register for New England v.1, 1877. Three sections: 1) Officers elected on April..... More

New Orleans: 1865. Printed broadside (14 in, 35.6 cm). Albert J. Banfard was appointed Sutler of the 81st Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry Volunteers of the Union Army from Louisiana.More than 186,000 black people served in the army during the Civil War; 38,000 of them died in service. One civilian..... More

London: C. Clarke for T. and J. Egerton, 1791. Full calf. 12mo (7.1 in, 18 cm). [2] xvi, 152 [2] pp. First edition: Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) was a literary scholar, anthologist, and bibliographer. Here are seven Middle English poems including Tom Thumbe. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) is known for reviving the..... More