EARLY DAYS AT COUNCIL BLUFFS.
Washington. 1916. 96pp. Maps. Illus. Cloth. Some pencil underscoring, contemporary inscription in pencil dated 1925 on titlepage, else very good. Includes material on the Pottawattamie Indians and the Mormons.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY, TO DECEMBER 25th, 1865.
Blairstown, N.J. 1865. 8pp. Stitched as issued. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good plus. Untrimmed and unopened. In a red half morocco slipcase, spine gilt. Report by the president of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company. John Blair was one of the most successful railroad investors of the.....
THE BANDITTI OF THE PRAIRIES. A TALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, [ca. 1890]. 248,[4]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Front cover detached and heavily chipped. Spine and rear cover chipped. Titlepage detached, first few leaves chipped. Fair. A later printing of one of the rarest of outlaw narratives, first printed in Chicago in 1850. The author describes the.....
CITY OF KEOKUK IN 1856. A VIEW OF THE CITY, EMBRACING ITS COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES, AND CONTAINING THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF MAYOR CURTIS, AND STATISTICAL LOCAL INFORMATION; ALSO, A SKETCH OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR AND HISTORY OF THE HALF BREED TRACT.
Keokuk, [Ia.]: Printed by O. Clemens, 1856. 44pp. Modern tan buckram. Vertical crease throughout, light soiling and edge wear, institutional blind stamp on second leaf. Very good. A fine piece of early Twainiana, as well as an early Iowa promotional. This pamphlet was written and published by Orion Clemens, the.....
HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN DAKOTA ITS SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH, GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL FEATURES - COUNTIES CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES - INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE PIONEERS AND BUSINESS MEN, WITH A BRIEF OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY IN GENERAL.
Sioux City, Ia. 1881. 392pp. plus 8pp. advertisements. Original cloth. Head of spine frayed, binding edgeworn and somewhat soiled. Ink inscription on front endpaper and rear pastedown. Good. A fairly early historical account of the development of the Dakota Territory, focusing on the valley of the Big Sioux River in.....
THE VALLEY AND THE SHADOW. COMPRISING THE EXPERIENCES OF A BLIND EX-EDITOR. A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY....
New York. 1868. 336pp. Original cloth. Cloth worn, sunned and bit bubbled. Internally very good. The author was much involved in politics and journalism throughout Iowa in the 1850s and '60s. Many pungent and forceful opinions are expressed.
MAP OF THE STATES OF MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, IOWA, AND WISCONSIN: THE TERRITORY OF MINNESOTA, AND THE MINERAL LANDS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1849. 21 1/2 x 29 inches, folded into 12mo. contemporary cloth folder, gilt-lettered cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Two minor tears in from left edge along folds, one three-inch tear also in from left edge; additional small separations at intersections. Occasional faint soiling. Printed color bright and clean.....
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION IN THE HAIRY NATION. A COMPARATIVE TOPICAL REVIEW OF THE STAGES OF PROGRESS IN THE BRIEF HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY, IOWA.
Bloomfield, Ia. Republican Steam Print, 1883. 144pp. Original green cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Fine. Though there are varying stories as to the source of Davis County's nickname, "The Hairy Nation," almost all stem from the wide reputation that its earliest settlers were rough, unkempt men. This is a history.....
[COLLECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS].
[Washington. 1854]. Thirty-seven (of forty-four) maps, plans, and views. Contemporary calf, red and black gilt morocco labels. Internally clean. Very good. An exhaustive collection of congressional documents, including many maps from President Pierce's message to Congress. The documents range in subject matter from survey maps of Arkansas, Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan.....
PIONEERING IN THE NORTHWEST NIOBRARA-VIRGINIA CITY WAGON ROAD...PIONEERS SHORT SKETCHES OF CHARLES FLOYD WAR EAGLE THEOPHILE BRUGUIER AND OTHERS....
Sioux City, Ia. 1924. 150pp. Portraits. Illus. Printed wrappers. Wraps bit chipped, but very good. The first section is an account of the establishment of the overland wagon route from Sioux City to the gold fields of Montana, with a detailed account of the Sawyer Expedition's journey to inspect the.....
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE IOWAY INDIANS.
[Washington. 1854]. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio. Stitched as issued. First gathering separating. Small tear to titlepage, not affecting the text. Light soiling to outer leaves, edges tanned. Internally very clean. Very good. Concluded May 17, 1854, proclaimed July 17, 1854. This treaty was made at the city of.....
THE STATUTE LAWS OF THE TERRITORY OF IOWA, ENACTED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SAID TERRITORY, HELD AT BURLINGTON, A.D. 1838-'39.
Dubuque: Russell & Reeves, Printers, 1839. [2],597,[1]pp. Pages 565-566 and 569-570 in index bound out of order, but all present. 20th-century half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt leather label. Corners bumped. Text tanned, scattered light foxing and staining. Very good. This law book is essentially.....
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE IOWAY INDIANS.
[Washington. 1854]. 7pp. Folio. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched as issued. Printed on blue paper. Very minor staining and wear to spine-edge. Near fine. The treaty cedes more of the Indian lands along the Missouri River. Concluded May 17, 1854, proclaimed July 17, 1854. This treaty was negotiated at the city.....
THE DEBATES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA, ASSEMBLED AT IOWA CITY, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1857.
Davenport: Luse, Lane & Co., 1857. Two volumes. [2],ii,644; xx,[1],[645]- 1096,103pp. 20th-century tan cloth, gilt leather labels, paper label at foot of spines. Ink stamps on titlepages. Internally clean. Good. The third of Iowa's constitutional conventions, these proceedings for 1857 formed the basis for the constitution which is still in.....
HISTORY AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF MADISON COUNTY, IOWA. CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE COUTY; TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ITS NATURAL RESOURCES, AND SKETCHES OF ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, PROMINENT CITIZENS....
Des Moines: Miles & Company, 1869. 254pp. plus folding map. Frontis. Original brown cloth boards, spine gilt. Neatly rebacked, with original backstrip laid down. Edges and corners somewhat worn, folding map split into two pieces along fold. Internally quite clean. Good plus. With many unique contemporary advertisements. Compiled by J.J......
MAP OF IOWA PREPARED AND PRINTED FOR THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1901. Folding color map, 33 x 45 inches. In original cloth folder. A few minor tears at folds, else very good. Handsome and quite large folding pocket map of Iowa. Detailing the counties, railroads, etc.
NORTHERN IOWA. BY A PIONEER. CONTAINING VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS.
Dubuque: Nonpareil Job Printing and Publishing House, 1858. 40pp. Two frontispieces plus in-text illustrations. Modern half morocco and cloth, original rear wrapper bound in. Head of spine chipped. Leaves tanned. Small cancelled library stamp on verso of titlepage. Else quite good. One of several versions of this pamphlet, all issued.....
NORTHERN IOWA. BY A PIONEER. CONTAINING VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR EMIGRANTS.
Dubuque: Nonpareil Job Printing and Publishing House, 1858. 40pp. Two frontispieces and an in-text illustration. Original printed yellow wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled. Bookplate on verso of front wrapper. Foxing. Good. Denoted the "second edition" on the front wrapper, one of several versions of this pamphlet, all issued in 1858.....
[MANUSCRIPT IN GERMAN OF KOSSUTH'S APPEAL FOR HUNGARIAN FREEDOM, TITLED "AN DAS FREIE VOLK DER VEREINIGTEN-NORD-AMERIKANISCHEN STAATEN," PREPARED BY LADISLAUS UGHAZI, A HUNGARIAN EXILE LIVING IN NEW-BUDA, IOWA].
[New-Buda, Iowa]. January 24, 1851. 22pp. Folio. Loose sheets. Some dust soiling. Overall good. An eloquent and impassioned appeal for Hungarian freedom from centuries of Austrian tyranny, here prepared by the leader of a community of Hungarian exiles living in Iowa. In a paragraph on the last page, Kossuth appoints.....
SIX SEASONS ON OUR PRAIRIES AND SIX WEEKS IN OUR ROCKIES.
Louisville, Ky. Chas. A. Rogers, 1884. 218,[1]pp. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed and edgeworn. Very clean internally. Very good. A lively journal of an extended stay in the upper Plains and Rocky Mountain region. In journal fashion Jenkins relates his experiences.....
MEMOIRS HISTORICAL AND EDIFYING OF A MISSIONARY APOSTOLIC OF THE ORDER OF SAINT DOMINIC AMONG VARIOUS INDIAN TRIBES AND AMONG THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Chicago: W.F. Hall Printing Company, 1915. xxv,[1],375pp. plus illustrations and folding map. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary three quarter black faux morocco and green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Minor wear to extremities. Internally clean. Very good. Lacks the half title called for by Howes. A translation of Mazzuchelli's memoirs, first published in Milan.....
AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY.
[Various places]. 1937-1942. Twenty-three volumes. Folio. Uniformly bound in green buckram, spines lettered in gilt; some with original wrappers bound in. Very good. A collection of the useful state imprint bibliographies, spearheaded by Douglas McMurtrie and published by the WPA Historical Records Survey Program. States covered include Tennessee, Ohio, Nevada.....
THE BROOKHART CAMPAIGNS IN IOWA 1920 - 1926. A STUDY IN THE MOTIVATION OF POLITICAL ATTITUDES.
New York. 1932. 129pp. Maps. Printed wrappers. Slightly chipped, else very good. A Columbia dissertation by a late Progressive.
LIFE HISTORY OF THOMAS ORR JR.
[Np. 1930]. [10],51pp. plus photos. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit worn, light soiling. Very good. Thomas Orr, born in 1832, travelled first to Iowa with his parents, then to Utah since they were Mormons. This life history contains much genealogical information on the Orr family as well as Orr's.....
IOWA AS IT IS IN 1856; A GAZETTEER FOR CITIZENS, AND A HAND-BOOK FOR EMIGRANTS, EMBRACING A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA.
Chicago. 1856. 282pp. plus plates, advertisement. Frontis. Contemporary blue cloth. Light foxing. Lacks the folding map, else very good, The second edition of this guide, the first being issued the previous year. Covers the state by counties, with a large folding map. Through some remarkable oversight this book, which is.....