[Des Moines, Ia. Robert E. Patten, 1951]. Broadside, 8 x 6 inches, printed in brown ink within a decorative border. Mild toning. A rare sample copy of an original promotional certificate offering a loan to prospective members of a “Co-operative movement” in Iowa. African-American publisher, printer, and Co- operative movement..... More

Fort Randall, D.T. February 12, 1862. [4]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling and wear. An interesting letter addressed to the governor of Iowa signed by seven officers of the 14th Iowa Infantry stationed at Fort Randall in the Dakota Territory. Fort Randall was charged with..... More

Des Moines: State Register Print, 1876. Small folding pamphlet, with [8] panels. Small separation at foot of one fold line; slight biopredation at head of two panels. Light tanning. An unusual Iowa promotional, which charts the growth of the state over the 19th century through statistics and tables of its..... More

Chicago: Geographical Publishing Co., [1915]. Folding map, 20.75 x 27.75 inches. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and dust soiling to wraps. Several short separations along fold lines. Handsome map of Iowa, with each county printed in color, delineating all the automobile roads in green. Also titled "Premier Series Map of..... More

Mount Vernon: Warren C. Fisher, [1910]. [24]pp. Oblong 12mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor creasing and wear to wraps; two short closed tears and fore-edge of front wrap, repaired with tape. Some tanning and dust soiling. A scarce pictorial promotional for the small Iowa town of Mount Vernon, east of..... More

Des Moines: 1900. Folding pocket map, 9.5 x 12.75 inches; covers 5.5 x 3.25 inches. Original printed card covers. Covers lightly chipped and worn. Minor wear to map. Lovely little map of Iowa, here in promotional covers advertising the Capital Insurance Company of Des Moines. An ominous ad on the..... More

[Muscatine, Ia. 1887-1899]. Ten issues, each between 6pp. and 10pp. Single folded sheets. Minor chipping, uneven toning, occasional mild edge wear. All newsletters unopened and untrimmed. A significant collection of newsletters memorializing the Old Settlers' Reunion in and around Muscatine, Iowa in the last decade-and-a-half of the 19th century. The..... More

Iowa City: [1892, 1894]. Small quarto. Spine ends slightly chipped; light wear to edges and spine cloth. Occasional small patches of staining; light tanning. "Revised edition," published in 1894 by University of Iowa botany professor T.H. McBride, of a workbook for students of the subject to record their plant finds..... More

Boone, Ia. Standard Book and Job Office, 1876. [2],51pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, first two leaves loose at top of spine. Some light wear and soiling, marginal loss and wear to first two leaves. One page with contemporary pasteover in text. By-laws for the Freemason's lodge in Boone..... More

Vinton, Ia. [ca. 1913]. [80]pp. Oblong octavo. Original printed wrappers. Light dampstaining and creasing to wraps. Light dust soiling internally. A scarce, profusely illustrated trade catalog for this Iowa harness company based in the town of Waterloo. The publication advertises and illustrates nearly forty different types of available harnesses, hundreds..... More

Vinton, Ia. T.O. Loizeaux, Bible Truth Depot, 1878. 8pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Minor wear. Slightly later ink stamp on first leaf recto. Unrecorded tract on repentance published by the Bible Truth Depot of Vinton, Iowa. The short narratives weaves various extended metaphors comparing the necessity of fruit to..... More

Villisca, Ia. Roggen, [ca. 1895]. Cabinet card photograph. Minor soiling and wear. Contemporary pencil notation on verso. Handsome photograph depicting two young Native American women, one seated and the other standing. The young woman who is seated is older, hands folded demurely in her lap. The second girl is younger..... 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