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Captain's Log: A Few Books and the Mystery of the Hidden Room

By Jeffrey A. Rothermel August 25, 2022 Secret rooms were things I read about in Hardy Boy novels as a kid. I spent my youthful summers...

Selling Books Along the Cedar River

Captain's Log: August 24, 2021 How we remember our past and what we learn from it are interesting topics. How humankind portrays and...

The Mystery of George F. Jowett's Vanity Press

Captains Log, July 23, 2021. It was a week of exceptions and mystery. It started with the exception. I avoid acquiring Bibles and...

Bots vs the Cyborg (Published January 12, 2020)

Captain's Log: Stardate 2020: It was bound to happen. The first salvos between the bots and cyborgs... The cyber-sales-cops, (robot...

Buying & Selling of Used Books? (October 27, 2019)

What types of books do you buy? We buy all genre of fiction and most types of non-fiction. We generally do not deal in the turbulent...

The Captain's Halloween Hours (October 6, 2019)

Looking for something spooky to kick off your Halloween? Stop on by our European Styled Book Store to find your hidden book treasure. ...

Winter Hours (February 7, 2019)

The Captain's Book Shoppe revised Winter hours are: Monday - Friday: 1 PM - 5 PM Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM Sunday: Closed We are also...

Browsers Welcome! (June 12, 2018)

The Captain's Book Shoppe show room is open daily 1 - 5 PM. 1570 South First Avenue Iowa City, Iowa (319) 351-3166...

Captain's Log

Captain's Black Friday, Small Biz Saturday & Cyber Monday Sale

Captain's Antiquarian Bibles Starting at $25

Captain's Log: A Few Books and the Mystery of the Hidden Room

Captain's Log: History on the Cedar River

Captain's Cookbook Challange

How Much is a Book Worth?

The Adventure Continues

Selling Books Along the Cedar River

The Captain's Book Buying Guide

The Mystery of George F. Jowett's Vanity Press

Captain's Log: The Story of the Book Seller

2021 Captain's Book Shoppe Summer Hours

COVID Update May 20, 2021

Preserving Your Vintage Magazines (May 26, 2020)

COVID-19 Bookstore Operations (May 16, 2020)

Store-Front Remains Closed thru 15 May 2020 (as of APR 15, 2020)

Captain's Book Closed thru 30 April 2020 (Published April 8, 2020)

Captain's Book: Closed until 8 April 2020... (Published March 27, 2020)

Captain's Book COVID-19 Update (Published March 21, 2020)

2020 Winter Store Hours (Published January 15, 2020)

Bots vs the Cyborg (Published January 12, 2020)

The Bots vs. the Cyborg (Published January 12, 2020)

What Do We Buy? (October 27, 2019)

Buying & Selling of Used Books? (October 27, 2019)

The Captain's Halloween Hours (October 6, 2019)

Fall 2019 Captain's Book Shoppe Hours (September 10, 2019)

Spring Store Hours (March 28, 2019)

Classical Music has Arrived at Captain's Book (FEB 14, 2019)

Winter Hours (February 7, 2019)

2019's First Book Buying Trip (January 28, 2019)

The Indian Wars - Part One (January 13, 2019)

The Defunct American Book Company (1890 - 1970) [As of OCT 8, 2018]

Determining the Current Value of the Catcher in the Rye (SEP 26, 2018)

New Sci-Fi Hits Captain's Book Shoppe (Published August 8, 2018)

Browsers Welcome! (June 12, 2018)

10 June 2018 Opening at New Location. (May 13, 2018)

Free Shipping (Published December 6, 2017)

Reviewing: Hostile Skies- A Combat History of the American Air Service in World War 1