Shenandoah, IA: World Publishing Co, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. 1,168pp. Illus. Indices to articles, illustrations, historical families, & sponsors. Abundant information. Fine. No dj probably as issued. Scarce.
Juniper Press, La Crosse, 1977, 1977. Limited First Edition. Soft cover. 2nd printing. Printed yellow-gold wraps. 26pp. Ltd to 325 copies. Fine work by the Iowa poet. Fine copy.
Davenport: Iowa Publishing Company, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-stamped large folio ½ leather & cloth over boards. 15" x 18.5". Now, let's get this disclaimer out of the way. Buyer will not be acquiring this copy because of the condition - the binding is in dreadful condition - but.....
State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, Iowa City, October 1914, 1914. First Thus. Soft cover. Large printed wraps with overlapping edges. pp. 479 - 664. "Fur Trade Operations in the Easter Iowa Country from 1800 to 1833" (89pp), "The Public Domain as a Field for Historical Study", etc.. Vg+ condition, the.....
State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, Iowa City, July 1913, 1913. First Thus. Soft cover. Large printed wraps with overlapping edges. pp. 307 - 473. "History Made by Plain Men" "Episodes in the Early History of the Western Iowa Country", "History of the Codes of Iowa Law", etc.. Vg+ condition, the.....
State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, Iowa City, January 1922, 1922. First Thus. Soft cover. Large printed wraps with overlapping edges. pp. 3 - 160. "Letters from the West in 1845" by Stephen H. Hayes (67pp), "The Internal Grain Trade of the United States 1860 - 1890 (part) III", etc.. Vg+.....
Iowa City: State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, 1911. First Thus. Soft cover. Large printed wraps with overlapping edges. pp. 475 - 672. Includes "History of the Codes of Iowa Law," "Coming of the Hollanders to Iowa," Vg+ condition, the overlaps with the usual short splits. Scarce.
Iowa City: State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, 1913. First Thus. Soft cover. Large printed wraps with overlapping edges. pp. 479-703. Includes "Some Hungarian Patriots in Iowa," "Old Fort Madison Resource Material," "The Thirty-Fifth General Assembly." Vg+ condition, the overlaps with the usual short splits. Scarce.
Iowa City: State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, 1917. First Thus. Soft cover. Large printed wraps with overlapping edges. pp. 479-675. Includes "Some Hungarian Patriots in Iowa,"The Opening of the Des Moines Valley," "Indian Agents in Iowa " Vg+ condition, the overlaps with the usual short splits. Carefully note that pages.....
Iowa City: State Hist. Soc. of Iowa, 1910. Reprint. Soft cover. 1st printing. Printed wraps. 59pp. An offprint from a 1911 issue of the Iowa Journal of History. Near fine in brown, overlapping edge wraps.
n.p. Privately Printed, 1970. First Edition. Soft cover. Apparent 1st printing. Medium sized pictorial wraps in plastic comb binding. 450pp. A few photo illustrations. Frontispiece portrait of "Mr. Dan Thomas 1833-1911 'Founder of Danbury'". "Property of..." written in colored pencil on title page. Index of names but without accompanying page.....
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, January 1908, 1908. First Edition. Soft cover. Royal 8vo printed wraps. 158pp. Four articles: 1) The History and Principles of the Democratic Party of Iowa, by Louis Pelzer. 2) The History of Liquor Legislation in Iowa 1846 - 1861, by Dan Elbert Clark.....
Privately Published & Ames Daily Tribune, Ames (Iowa), 1955, 1955. First Thus. Soft cover. 4to pictorial wraps. 181pp. Illustrated with excellent vintage photos. Also, "Artist's Sketch Shows Ames as It Was in 1876." A nice Iowa item with lots of Ames history. Meads "was a commentator on radio station KASI".....
Iowa: Wells-Fargo, 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Original covers were boards, but both covers broken off (2/3 front & 1/2 back). Album of original two-sided oblong printed/ruled sheets filled out in ink & pencil on both sides. Shipments "Received of Wells Fargo & Co. Express at their Offfice in Peru (handwritten).....
Iowa: Wells-Fargo, 1899. First Thus. Hardcover. Stiff oblong boards with label. Album of original two-sided oblong printed/ruled sheets filled out in ink on both sides; occasionally pencil. " RECORD OF WAY-BILLS Forwarded from Peru (handwritten) Office, State of Ia (written)" with month & date (first two numbers printed, last two.....
Davenport: Luse, Lane & Co., 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. Decoratively embossed original cloth over boards. 333Ppp. Steel or copper-engraved portraits. with tissue-guards. Double-page frontispiece of "City of Davenport, Iowa" looking across the Mississippi River. Very old signature of Wm. A. Meese on front paste down. Fair condition because.....