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The Life And Curious Adventures of Peter Williamson, 1805
$2000A gripping 1805 chapbook edition of one of the most popular Indian captivity narratives, detailing Peter Williamson’s abduction from Scotland, harrowing trials in colonial America, & remarkable survival among the Delaware Indians.
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First Obtainable Printings of the Emancipation Proclamations With Manuscript Orders Signed by E.D. Townsend and Lorenzo Thomas
General Orders of the War Department, 1862–1863
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Up From Slavery First Edition Association Copy with Signed Letter from Booker T. Washington
$9500First edition of the deeply impactful autobiography with a typed signed letter from Booker T. Washington.
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Stride Towards Freedom First Printing, Martin Luther King Jr.
$1500First edition, first printing of King’s first book, recounting the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the birth of the nonviolent civil rights movement in very good condition.
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My Life With Martin Luther King Jr. Inscribed by Coretta Scott King to Cecil & Carolyn Jones, First Edition.
$1000Near fine first edition with an incredible inscription from Coretta Scott King to fellow human rights activists.
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1550 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Third Collected Edition (Scarce Variant)
$40000The definitive edition of Chaucer’s collected works, edited by William Thynne, Henry VIII’s custodian and hunter of Chaucerian manuscripts. Chaucer is often referred to as the Father of English Literature and Poetry. 1 of 12 surviving copies.
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The peoples of Russia, or description of the customs and costumes of the various nations of the Russian Empire. 2 Volume Folio Set.
$450001348 First edition. Fine condition filled with absolutely stunning hand colored plates (95/96), richly colored and providing a rich view of the different people of the Russian Empire at that time- a true work of art. Printed in Paris 1813, 2 Folio Volumes.
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1st Account of Lewis & Clark – Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery by Patrick Gass. First Edition 1807.
$12500This earliest published firsthand account of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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Typed & Signed JFK Letter 1947
$4800Typed and signed letter by John F. Kennedy to Mr. Alfred C. Lane from his time in the U.S. House of Representatives. July 15th, 1947.
