Philadelphia: Thomas Hunter, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. The first exposition of its kind in the United States, the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition was held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Ten..... More
New York: Butler Brothers, 1901. Wraps. George and Edward Butler founded the wholesale mail order company Butler Brothers in Boston in 1877 and opened a Chicago warehouse in 1879. The company focused on providing inexpensive..... More
New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Hardcover. "Lyndon B. Johnson secretly recorded 700 hours of telephone conversations as president. With these three volumes, slipcased with audio DVD, the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Jeff Davis, 1944. Second Edition. Wraps. Signed by Jeff Davis on the title page. “Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Davis, a vaudeville performer and advocate for homeless workers, established another union in Cincinnati in 1908, called the..... More
A handwritten diary kept by James M. Chaney while he was studying at the Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. It includes 40 pages of near daily entries between December 15, 1853 and March 18..... More
A handwritten letter, dated June 4, 1804, from Margaret Eustace to another woman concerning her troubles finding witnesses to support her in a legal matter. Eustace and her children were close to several U.S. founding..... More