1891 Iowa State Fair Handbill. Children's Day. Des Moines ALBERT (PRESIDENT) AND JOHN R. SHAFFER (SECRETARY) HEAD 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" handbill advertising *Children's Day, Tuesday, Sept 1. IOWA STATE FAIR, Des Moines, August 28 - Sept. 4, … $225.00
A Day At Wall Lake CHARLES SUMNER NICHOLS 6" x 5" stitched-in pictorial wrappers, 16 pp., illustrated, map of connections in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Provided … $200.00
Advertisement For "Bicycle" Playing Cards The United States Printing Company, Russell & Morgan Factories, Cincinnati, Ohio 3-1/2" x 2-1/2." The front of the card shows a very colorful picture of the King of Spades riding a … $175.00
An Okoboji Outing BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS & NORTHERN RAILWAY 6" x 19" sheet, 8 panels, printed in green and red pictorial wrappers, illustration of the "Queen" at the dock, … $225.00
"A Trip" - - - 1947 Photograph Album / Scrapbook / Manuscript Diary AGNES MARIE NEWER 15 3/4" x 12" x 2 1/2" in embossed and gilt brown boards. 149 pages with nearly 450 photographs, postcards … $3,500.00
Chicago And Northwestern Railway. Comprising 5 Trunk Lines Chicago And Northwestern Railway 16" x 46 1/2" sheet folded to 50 panels. Printed in red and black. Map. 23 panels of time tables; … $850.00
Description Of The Town Of Lawrence, Van Buren County, In The Des Moines Valley, … The Lawrence Coal Company First edition. 8vo. Original salmon-colored, printed wrappers, 11 pp. *A rare promotional and description of a town that was never … $1,500.00
Dog Days ROSS SANTEE Pen and watercolor sketch by Santee of two baseball players with a dog to ffep with INSCRIPTION *"Dear Lou /Believe … $575.00
Dog Days. SANTEE, ROSS [WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY] First edition. 8vo. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends. In this book, Santee writes of … $2,750.00
Duty On Tin Plate, Etc. Speech Of Hon. Frederick E. White, Of Iowa, In … Self-Wrappers, 7pp. "The House being in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and having under consideration … $250.00
Fishing On The Line Of The Great Rock Island & Albert Lea Routes (Cover … CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY First edition. 5 3/4" x 4" oblong, color, pictorial wrappers, 16 pp., black & white engraved view of the *"Hotel … $595.00
Furs / [Title Page] Thirtieth Annual Catalog Of Fur Coats And Robes And Fine … Sioux City Robe And Tanning Company, Sioux City, Iowa First edition. 10" x 6 1/2" in light green pictorial wrappers showing man wear a buffalo coat and standing beside … $375.00
Glimpses Of .... Des Moines, Iowa / (Title Page) Glimpses Of Des Moines First edition. 4 7/8" x 6 3/4" in dark green wrappers, tied at the spine. [64] pp., illustrations. Information about … $135.00
History Of The Spirit Lake Massacre! And Of Miss Abigail Gardiner's Three Month Captivity … L. P. LEE First edition. 8vo. Original cream-color pictorial wrappers, 47 [1] pp., a few woodcut illustrations, appendix. This rare narrative is "According … $750.00
Lakes And Resorts Of The Northwest. A Tourists' Guide To The Summer Resorts And … Chicago & North Western Railway 9" x 8" colorful pictorial wrappers. 61 pp., illustrations, maps. "The purpose of this booklet is to describe the various … $500.00
Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Submitting Estimates For Carrying Out Stipulations Of … J. THOMPSON First Edition. Disbound. 5pp. House of Representatives. 35th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 136. The secretary recommends the addition … $45.00
Letter From The Secretary Of The Interior, Submitting Estimates Of Appropriation For The Preservation … J. THOMPSON First Edition. Disbound. 13pp. House of Representatives. 35th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 135. With growing hostility being demonstrated … $45.00
Life And Adventures Of Polk Wells The Notorious Outlaw, Whose Acts Of Fearlessness And … CHARLES KNOX POLK WELLS First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, lettered in black ink and gold gilt on front cover, decorated endpapers, frontis., 259 … $175.00
Marshall County, Iowa, Holograph Letter Written By An Iowa Farmer With Significant Women's Suffragette … GLASPEY, JOSEPH [LETTER WRITER] Interesting Marshall County, Iowa, letter written by Iowa farmer Joseph Holliday Glaspey (1819-1900) and with a fourth page letter written … $3,250.00
News Of The Plains And Rockies 1803-1865 WHITE, DAVID A. [EDITOR] 8 Volumes, plus the supplemental ninth volume. Cloth. Illustrated with numerous maps, tables, and facsimiles. Index. An outstanding, and much-needed … $500.00
One Million Acres - B & M Railroad Land In Iowa And Nebraska For … CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY AND BURLINGTON & MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANIES First edition. 18.3 X 9.7 cm [7 1/4" x 3 3/4"] original green decorated, sewn wrappers, 32 pp. frontispiece [Plate: … $895.00
Panoramic Artura C.W. Bean & Sons, "Roofing Specialists," Mcgregor, Iowa First edition. 4" x 12 1/2" in pictorial wrappers, stapled at spine and with string for hanging. [14]pp, including wrappers. … $155.00
Rand Mcnally & Co.'S Indexed County And Township Pocket Map And Shippers' Guide Of … RAND MCNALLY & COMPANY First edition. 6 1/2" x 4" stiff printed wrappers, 50 pp., including advertisements for hotels, color map. Folded color map … $250.00
Report Of Brig.-Gen. Nathaniel B. Baker, Adjutant General And Act'g Q. M. G. And … BRIG-GEN NATHANIEL B. BAKER First Edition. Cloth. 695pp. The first 506 pages are comprised of tables that list "Casualties Among Enlisted Men" in 1862, … $250.00
Rock Island Arsenal: In Peace And In War. With Maps And Illustrations BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TILLINGHAST 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" printed wrappers with a map of the Illinois & Mississippi Canal on the back cover. [xxxii]. Advertisements … $350.00
The Central Railroad Of Iowa, Forming, With Its Connections, A Direct And Unbroken Line … Central Railroad Of Iowa 9" x 6" printed wrappers, 32 pp., frontispiece is a double page map with color outlining, tables. The wrappers are … $595.00
The Central Railroad Of Iowa, Forming, With Its Connections, A Direct And Unbroken Line … GILMAN, CHARLES C. [PRESIDENT]. First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6" printed wrappers, 32 pp., frontispiece is a double page map with color outlining, tables. … $650.00
The Central Railroad Of Iowa, Two Hundred And Thirty-Five Miles In Length, Forming, With … GILMAN, CHARLES C. [PRESIDENT]. First edition. 8vo. 9" x 6" printed wrappers, 32 pp., frontispiece is a double page map with color outlining, tables. … $825.00
The Heart Of The Continent: An Historical And Descriptive Treatise For Business Men, Homeseekers … Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad First edition. 61/2" x 4 1/2" in pictorial wrappers. 63 [1] pp., illustrated, map. 6 1/2" x 4 1/2" in … $300.00