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Map dimensions 95 x 125.5 cm, overall dimensions 96 x 127.5 cm. Large folding mid-Civil War map of the United States and adjacent territories, extending as far west as Nebraska, Kansas, and "Indian Territory". The southern continuation of Florida is shown in an inset to the right edge. Original color in outline marking out the state boundaries and also the dividing line between the Southern and Union lands.

Quarto. XII, [4]pp (Text), [40] leaves (Plates). Uncut and unopened copy. Original illustrated wrappers. Léon Delarbre (1889-1974) was a French painter, museum curator, and World War II resistance fighter. After a career as a museum conservator and teacher in his hometown of Belfort, he joined the French resistance in 1941. Arrested in 1944, he was held in a series of concentration camps where he sketched scenes from camp life.

Rachel Simmons created a narrative about a time traveler seeking to understand the invisible laws of space-time as they search for their lost twin, a story based on the real-life disappearance of the artist's youngest brother, who hasn’t been seen since 2018. The concept of Elsewhere, an unseen space, neither in the past nor the future, is offered as his possible location. Aesthetically this book brings together Simmons love of experimental mixed media printmaking, hand-punched lettering, and graphic illustrations through an interactive flag book structure.

Haunting documents of oppression and resistance in Nazi-occupied northern France. Intensely evocative, the marks of making on these composite posters clearly reveal the driven process behind their creation; the risk gathering of the fragments, their painstaking collaging, careful docketing, and vigilant concealment as important evidence in the future prosecution of the administration of occupation. The resultant fragmented, jagged typography and buckled surfaces of the pieces serve to accentuate the record of degradation narrated by their texts.

Typed Letter Signed, to "Harry," Washington, D.C., February 19, 1944. 2 pp., 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.

Miami: Self-published by the author, 1975. Paperback. [viii, 28p] 5.5x8.5 inches, text in Spanish, very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps.

As a book object, Gay and Lesbian Studies is simultaneously loud and familiar, feminine and unapologetic. The letterpress printed cover paper hides a lesbian liaison in a traditional pattern, while bits of lime goatskin peek out at head and tail, capturing the central tension of the text within the allure of secretive sexuality vs a fully out existence enabled by the burgeoning acceptance of LGBTQIA+ identities.

Manuscript Document. Summary of Points in Executors of Maitland v. Amelia M. Whitlock, June 1872, Court of Appeals of the State of New York. 8 pp., 6.25 x 8.75 in.

Silkscreen poster. 17 x 22 inches. A protest poster from the Berkeley Political Poster Workshop, created in response to the Kent State shootings. Features the famous image of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller, May 4, 1970. The Political Poster Workshop was a loose collective of student activists that formed out of screenprinting classes led by Malaquías Montoya, an important figure in the Chicano Art Movement and lecturer at Berkeley

Flexagon/popup created to acknowledge the unknown and marginalized women of the 19th century. Bird of Paradise Quilt Top unidentified 1858-1863 Log Cabin Throw Harriet Rutter Eagleson 1874-1880 String Quilt unidentified 1920-1940 Center Star Crazy Throw Mary Ann Crocker Hinman 1880-1890.

From the artist: Along with many other Americans, I have recently been reacquainting myself with the Bill of Rights and thinking about the core of what I think of as American. As a library worker of many years, I believe in free and equal access to information as well as the freedom to read without fear of surveillance. These First and Fourth Amendment rights must continually be used, fought for, and protected. Use our free libraries to vote for social services. Buy a newspaper to support its publication and distribution. Practice Speech-plus, our right to speak out with action. A look at our First and Fourth Amendment rights in four bookmarks presented as a pamphlet binding with library book pocket.

Votes for Women felt armband, circa 1910-1920. 1 1/2 x 24 inches. These armbands were worn by Suffragettes during parades and rallies leading up to the passing of the 19th Amendment.