Washington DC: 1941. 5,[1]pp. Original self wrappers. Soft horizontal crease. A slip-bill printing of the Gillette Propaganda Exposure Bill of 1941, proposed by Iowa Senator Guy Gillette. The bill sought "to protect the integrity of the democratic process by requiring disclosure of persons writing, publishing, and circulating scurrilous literature in..... More

[Boston: 1889]. 34,[1]pp. Original green pictorial wrappers, stapled. Minor chipping, some discoloration to wrappers. Soft vertical crease, light occasional foxing. The rare prospectus for the Boston Investment Company, formed by William Gordon (1857-1933) to finance the development of Sioux City, Iowa. Gordon raised over a million dollars in order to..... More

Waterloo, Ia. [ca. 1925?]. Folding map, 11.5 x 17.5 inches, in a printed card cover, 6.25 x 4.75 inches. Light wear and soiling to covers. Map with slight separation at corner folds, lightly toned. A map of the roads in Iowa, prepared by the state Highway Commission. The map is..... More

New York: C.S. Hammond & Co., 1912. Folding map, 17 x 28 inches folded to 7.5 x 3.5 inches. Map printed in color. Original printed card covers. Slight separations along a few folds, minor wear and soiling. A handsome map of Iowa, with each county printed in color and railroads..... More

Decorah, Ia. [1855]. Handbill, 9.75 x 7.75 inches, printed on ruled paper. Old folds, minor edge wear, a few creases. A seemingly-unrecorded promotional handbill, handsomely printed on the northeastern Iowa frontier, touting real estate services to emigrants following the removal of the Ho-Chunk peoples to Minnesota. The company would later..... More

Sioux City: 1878. Broadsheet, 6.25 x 5 inches. Minor soiling, lightly toned. Trimmed unevenly along bottom edge. Broadsheet advertising the land services of Daniel H. Talbot, a speculator and land agent based in Sioux City, Iowa. "Having but recently made a visit to the state, and with the aid of..... More