St. Louis: [1894]. [4]pp., on a bifolium. Light toning and dust soiling. Scarce advertisements for anti-Catholic lectures by Margaret Shepherd, a nativist speaker who impersonated an ex-nun to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment in the late 19th century. Shepherd headlined extensive national speaking tours, and authored a fictitious autobiography about her sordid..... More

[Kansas City, Mo. 1895-1899]. Ten carte-de-visite photographs, 4 x 2.5 inches or slightly smaller, on thick cardboard mounts, four with partially-printed "rap sheets" on verso, completed in manuscript. Occasional edge and surface wear, as well as generally light dust-soiling. A nice group. A group of ten fabulous mugshot photographs or..... More

St. Louis: A.R. Fleming & Co., 1893. 220pp. including frontispiece. Original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt. Corners and spine ends lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front flyleaf. Some staining to several leaves in lower corner. A solid copy of this unusual autobiography of a 19th-century police matron, featuring..... More

[Emporia, Ks. & Avalon, Mo.]: 1886-1888. [90]pp. Primarily folio, with some smaller leaves. Light soiling and wear, some edge tears and chipping. Lightly soiled and toned. Highly legible. A small archive of notes and essays written by student Emil Pelz during his time at Avalon College in Missouri and subsequently..... More

Kansas City, Mo. 1912. [48]pp. Original printed card covers, stapled. Remnants of original paper label at top of front cover, some light wear and soiling. Errata slip town away at title page. Internally clean. Early telephone directory for Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's hometown. The Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company was..... More

[N.p. J.W. McChesney, ca. 1900]. [38]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light dampstain in upper left corner, with some minor attendant damage. Scarce, early 20th-century photographic promotional for the town of Marshall, Missouri. The small town, located in Saline County midway between Kansas City and Columbia, was "third in the mule..... More

Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1875-1892. [138]pp. of manuscript content. Folio. Contemporary preprinted record book, with some pages partially-printed and completed in manuscript and some pages with wholly manuscript content, bound in three-quarter calf and brown pebbled cloth, gilt spine titles. Some abrasions and wear to spine and edges, minor rubbing and..... More

St. Louis: 1926-1931. Cover letter, plus 109 photographs, all 8 x 10 inches, including about thirty duplicate prints. Contemporary brad-bound wrappers, typed title label on front cover. Moderate soiling and significant edge wear and tearing to wrappers. Varying levels of marginal chipping to cover letter, first two photographs, and top..... More

Missouri: 1845-1852. Five autograph letters, signed, totaling [15]pp., and approximately 3,750 words. Original mailing folds, some wear and minimal occasional loss at crossfolds, minor occasional chipping to edges, a few short separations along fold lines, occasional spotting and foxing. A well-thumbed collection. A small but notable collection of five manuscript..... More

Flat Woods, Va. December 10, 1855. [4]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor wear. A detailed record of one man's travels upriver and overland to Missouri in search of a place to resettle. Jonathan Koiner (1820-1889) of Flatwoods, West Virginia, went on a western tour in 1855..... More