[Ottawa: 1881]. Broadside, 18.5 x 6 inches. One horizontal fold. Small chip at left edge, not affecting printed area. Light tanning. A rare illustrated railroad broadside that advertises an 1881 voyage from Ottawa and several other towns in Ontario via the Canada Central Railroad to Iowa, the Dakotas, and Minnesota..... 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

Waterloo, Ia. [ca. 1925?]. Folding map, 11.5 x 17.5 inches, in a printed card cover, 6.25 x 4.75 inches. Light wear and soiling to covers. Map with slight separation at corner folds, lightly toned. A map of the roads in Iowa, prepared by the state Highway Commission. The map is..... More

New York: C.S. Hammond & Co., 1912. Folding map, 17 x 28 inches folded to 7.5 x 3.5 inches. Map printed in color. Original printed card covers. Slight separations along a few folds, minor wear and soiling. A handsome map of Iowa, with each county printed in color and railroads..... More

Mt. Ayr, Ia. News Job Print, 1893. Broadside, 16 x 11 inches. Previously folded, a few small chips and tears at edges. Small repair on verso. Top corner torn away, contemporary remnants of glue on verso. Broadside advertising a farm auction in rural Iowa in the late 19th century, featuring..... More

Denmark, Ia. 1856. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Letter written by emigrant Timothy Allen back to his friend, Dr. William Maynard, in the “Old America,” describing at length “the Promised Land” of Iowa. Writing in February 1856, he states that they are all well..... 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

Sioux City: W.C. Deitch & Co., printers, [1898]. 24pp. 24mo. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear along spine. Partially erased pencil scratch work on rear wrapper. Light tanning. An unrecorded directory for merchants in agriculture and manufacturing along the lines of the Sioux City & Northern and Sioux City, O'Neill..... 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

Des Moines: J.T. Long & Son, [1898]. Twenty-one mounted photographs on twenty leaves; five more loose and unsigned. All but one photo approximately 6 x 8 inches; first photo 4.75 x 4 inches. Loose images approximately 3.75 x 2.75 inches. Oblong quarto. Original green cloth boards, cover gilt; tied with..... More

Pesten [i.e., Budapest]: Lauffer es Stolp Kiado Könyvkereskedese Tulajdona, [1858]. 175pp., plus twelve tinted lithograph plates, including frontispiece. Original cloth boards, spine gilt and stamped in blind. Minor patches of discoloration to boards; spine ends and corners lightly worn; front joint starting at head. Scattered pencil annotations. Minor dampstaining to..... More