This fall brings our ninth catalogue. Once again we offer twenty-five items with important stories to tell, stories that bring unique perspectives to the American experience at its broadest: from the diary of a New England immigrant settling in 1850s Los Angeles to the previously unknown slavery narrative of John Thomas; from Samuel Mitchell’s 1836 Map of Florida, with Seminole War additions, to Yukon Territory’s very first imprint; from an early edition of the first sex manual published in America to the unrecorded first edition of George Thompson’s notorious Venus in Boston; from the earliest surviving lithograph of Simón Bolívar produced in South America to a unique album of prints by Telluride photographer Joe Byers; and from a handbill advertising a fair by the Ladies of the Troy, New York, AME Bethel Church to a brochure advertising the Detroit finishing school of Maxine Powell, Motown’s Maven of Style. They all contribute to new ways of exploring the corners of American history. Our name is what they have in common. They are primary sources, and they are largely uncharted. Thanks again to everyone who has supported our prior efforts, and we hope that you enjoy browsing Catalogue 9.
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