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

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

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

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