Iowa City: Printed by Wm. Crum, 1844. 22,[1]pp. Disbound. Moderate foxing, heavier to outer leaves. Slight paper loss at foot of title page, not affecting text; contemporary ink stain and pencil inscription at top of title page. Several contemporary ink notations to text. Unrecorded and early Iowa Territory imprint presenting..... More

[Onawa, Ia. 1870-1871]. [88]pp. Handmade journal comprised of forty-four lined sheets, folded and stitched with twine. Outer leaves detached, minor wear at upper corner. In a somewhat cramped but legible hand. Manuscript diary and account book for 1870 and 1871 of Harlow Erskine, a farmer and lumberman in the small..... 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

[Des Moines; Wilton: 1869]. Two letters, [6]pp. total. Previously folded. Light tanning. Two 1869 letters addressed to a Thomas C. Goodwin of Newburyport, Massachusetts, that supply advice on emigrating to Iowa. Goodwin seems to have solicited counsel from former Newburyport residents who made the move, as the letters make several..... More

Anamosa, Ia. [1891]. 26pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers worn, spine and edges chipped, soiled. Contents with some wear and soiling, moderate at times. Illustrated catalogue for the mail-order elevator company of Kimball Brothers in Anamosa, Iowa. The company was founded in 1883 when a local grocer wanted an easier way..... 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

New York: 1862. Broadside, 12.5 x 8 inches. Previously folded. Light wear and scattered discoloration. An unrecorded 1862 circular from the American Emigrant Company intended to soothe jittery purchasers who had not yet received deeds to lands in Iowa or received instructions for travel and moving arrangements to their new..... 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

[Toronto, Ia.]: 1882-1918. [224]pp. Folio. Original black half calf and cloth, spine gilt. Corners and spine ends a bit worn. Text block separating from spine, but still sound. Several leaves loose, lightly soiled. Large folio ledger recording thirty-five years of health data for Clinton County, Iowa, comprising the minutes of..... More

[Various locations in Iowa]: 1894-1895. 149 albumen photographs on twenty cardstock leaves, images measuring 4 x 5 inches. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth, cover gilt; leaves laid in, formerly string-tied. Light wear and soiling to cloth, evidence of slight dampstaining to lower edge of binding and later leaves. Internal numbering..... 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