First Edition. A four-part defense of the Freedmen's Bureau and its head, Major General Oliver O. Howard, spurred by a proposed amendment to cut the $5,000 budget for the hospital in Washington, D.C. and a speech accusing the agency of "plundering the public treasuring." The Freedmen's Bureau was a Reconstruction-era.....

First Edition. Two short texts by Booker T. Washington advocating for equality in voting between while and black men (women's suffrage is not addressed). The first text is a letter written to the constitutional convention in Louisiana supporting a test for voting so long as "no one clothed with State.....

44 pages. 8-1/4 by 12-1/4 inches. Published in an edition of 100 copies. A collection of patriotic poems printed letterpress on handmade paper and bound using silver cord. Some of the poems are printed over a linocut of a palm tree scene. The image, by Freddy García Azze, is repeated on.....

First Edition. By the popular MSNBC host. First edition (first printing, with numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

A collection of tracts, including Wilkie's scarce report on the Iowa First in the opening months of the Civil War (a classic of war journalism written by an embedded newspaper reporter); two Copperhead (pro-slavery Democrats) pieces—the speeches of Clement Vallandingham and a pamphlet supporting the Dred Scott decision; Gen. Justus.....

First Edition. A printed record of the testimony before the House Committee on Indian Affairs, charging Colorado's Territorial Governor, the ex officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the territory, of corruption. The charges were politically motivated—Alexander Cummings (1810–1879) opposed statehood and faced strong opposition from Colorado residents clamoring to join.....

8-1/2 by 8 inches. 110 pages. Black-and-white photographs of Ann Richards taken during her successful run to be governor of Texas. The photographs are printed only on the odd pages. First edition, first printing. A bit of wear to the edges, but generally a near fine copy. This copy is.....