Iowa

Spencer 1926.. very good paper wraps. "Iowa's Greatest County Fair" (later changed to "World's Greatest County Fair". Illustrated by photos and ads. 1st edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Iowa City: The Long River Press, 2002. Author was a graduate of the famed Writers course at the Univ of Iowa, as well as the wife of the former Univ of Iowa President. Her photo is at the rear of this fine press book. The binding is fine, with no edgewear and protected in a mylar dj. Inside , quality paper, with no stains or browning , and signed by the author. Very interesting short stories. . Signed by Author. 2nd PRINTING. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Print of Woman Under Hat Tipped on Front Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia Dorrance 1948.. Very good original cloth, a bit soiled. Signed, "to Florence Fisterson from Katherine Buxbaum April 1948" on ffep. 1st edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston H. Mifflin 1975.. very good white cloth spine, brown cloth boards. Illustrated by hundreds of Mid West photos. 1st edition.. more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1940.. A beautiful, fine copy, with fresh gilt title. A fine Centennial history of Iowa through depression. 1st edition. Protected in a clear plastic dustjacket . 8 Vo. more information

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Iowa City Torch Press 1936.. Near fine original cloth, fresh gilt front & spine. Iowa farm boy to editor to Congressman. first edition. This is a remarkably fresh copy, with no prior owner marks, and protected in a clear plastic dustjacket. Pages 543 with index. . 8 Vo. more information

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Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Univ, 2006. A fine celebration of the murals and sculptures of two artists at Iowa State University in the 1930s. This copy is a unique, artistic binding in yellow morocco leather, with a hill in lime morocco on the front and sweeping fields across both boards and the spine in browns, greens and terra cotta until they meet a blue sky on the far horizon at the edge of the back board. Inside, as new. Pages xlii, 398. Signed by the binder, as well as the author. Protected in a brown cloth box, as new, with leather title label that extends onto the front of the box with fields that hint of the book within the box. A very special artistic creation. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Illus. by Profuse in b/w and Color. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Minneapolis Adams 19741st.. Handsome photographic summary of Iowa as it was 40 years ago. Pages 176. The introduction is by the founder of the renowned Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa. . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Iowa City Univ of Iowa 1986.. Near fine. Illustrated by photos and maps. 1st edition.. more information

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New York: W.W. Norton, 1944. An early biography of Wood, by an art student of his from Iowa University. Pages 259 with index, and a four page listing of "important paintings by Grant Wood". The author interview ed friends, family, and farmers who knew Wood, and writes a sympathetic, highly readable biography. Nice copy, very cleand and tight inside. Minor soiling to the green cloth. . Stated First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Frontispiece Photo of Wood, 10 Photos of His Paintings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ames: Iowa State Univ , 1975. Charming memoir of growing up on an Iowa farm, early 20th C. Pages 185. . 4th Printing . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Profuse Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1975.. very good/ very good. Iowa City architecture, present and past. Illustrated by plentiful photos. 1st edition.. more information

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Northfield, Minn Norwegian-Amer Histor Assoc 1939.. . Larson became a professor at Univ of Illinois after growing up near Coon Grove, Iowa. Illustrated by 2 portraits. 1st edition. pages 318. Near fine original dark blue cloth with very slight edgewear. No fading on the spine. Exceedingly clean and tight inside, with no prior owner marks. . more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1928.. A bright, very good copy, with slight wear at the corners and spine ends. Clean and tight inside. Looks to me like new endpapers were added at some point. Pioneer reflections from 1846 to 1860 on the Iowa frontier.. Illus. by Rontispiece Portrait of Author, 2 Plates of Frontier Cabins. 8 Vo. more information

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Philadelphia Lippincott 1852.. Original brown, blindstamped cloth, quite worn and faded, but hinges tight. Sabin 58009. Atlas volume is not present. Illustrated by engraved frontispiece and 69 woodcuts. 1st edition. Inside, very clean and tight, with no foxing or stains. . more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc 1913.. 1/2 morocco, marbled boards, 1/2 inch off head & tail of spine. from July 1913 Iowa Journal of History and Politics, an interesting essay on the importance of the average pioneer. . more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1952.. Near fine original cloth. An important reference for the study of Iowa. The author was a professor at Iowa State University. No dustjacket, as issued. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1941.. A beautiful, fine copy, with bright gilt titles on front and spine, no edgewear. Inside, as new, no prior owner marks. No dustjacket, as issued, but protected in a clear plastic dustjacket. This is one of the best in the series published by the State Historical Society.. 8 Vo. more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1948.. A fine copy in a very good dustjacket that has chips at the corners and head of the spine. First edition was 1839 by which early time Plumbe had lived in frontier Iowa all of 3 years. Introduction by Wm Petersen. Illustrated by frontspiece and a nice folding map of early Iowa. 2nd edition.. 8 Vo. more information

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Ames Iowa State U. 1983.. Fine / near fine dustjacket. Iowa boyhood farm memoirs 1913-1926. 1st edition. Beautiful copy with no prior owner marks. . Signed by Author. 8 Vo. more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1951.. Near mint. by the most boring lecturer in history I ever heard. The book, however, is excellent. Illustrated by 17 agriculture Iowa maps. 1st edition. A beautiful copy with no prior owner marks, and protected in a clear plastic dustjacket. . more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1951.. Near mint. by the most boring lecturer in history I ever heard. The book, however, is excellent. Illustrated by 17 agriculture Iowa maps. 1st edition. A beautiful copy with no prior owner marks, and protected in a clear plastic dustjacket. . 8 Vo. more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc. 1958.. Near fine original red cloth. Illustrated by 8 photos, 5 cartoons. 1st edition. Only the slightest wear at the corners, internally clean and tight with no prior owner marks. Biography of one of Iowa's finest politicians at the end of the 19th Century.. Illus. by 8 Pages of Photos, 5 Cartoons. 8 Vo. more information

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np privately publ 1948.. A fine copy, with no dustjacket. Pages 175. A good history of a small town in Iowa, into which Herbert Hoover was born. Red cloth with no wear, clean and tight inside. Signed by the author "with good wishes" on the front endpaper. . 8 Vo. more information

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np privately publ 1948.. A fine copy, with no dustjacket. Pages 175. A good history of a small town in Iowa, into which Herbert Hoover was born. Red cloth with no wear, clean and tight inside. Signed by the author "with good wishes" on the front endpaper. . more information

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Iowa City Iowa Hist. Soc. 1922.. Near fine red cloth, top edge gilt with very slight edgewear, bright gilt title on front and on spine. Notes & references. Illustrated by frontispiece of Wm Brooks Close. 1st edition. A nice clean and tight copy, with no prior owner marks, and protected in a clear plastic dustjacket. . 8 Vo. more information

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Dobbs Ferry Oceana 1978.. Fine beige cloth, bright gilt title on front and on unfaded spine, no edgewear. Inside, as new. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pp 145, Index. more information

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Cedar Rapids Torch Press, ltd to 500 1914.. Fine original beige cloth, with bright gilt title on front and spine. Nature writings on Iowa in the Fall at the turn of the Century. Scarce as limited to 500 copies. Inside, clean and tight, no foxing or stains and no prior owner marks. Illustrated by 8 antique photos. 1st edition.. 8 Vo. more information

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Des Moines Mills & Co 1870.. Very good original green cloth, clean and tight with bright gilt title on spine, and slight edgewear at the corners. Lithographs sketched in Iowa in 1868 and 1869, with numerous other illustrations, graphs and foldout elevations. Illustrated by 8 lithographs, fold charts. 1st edition. Pages viii, 391. Inside, hinges fine, pages clean and tight with slight foxing only on the frontispiece. . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Iowa City The Amana Society 1975.. Near fine softback. A splendid collection of old photos of the Amana, Iowa colony, founded in Germany and related to the Mennonite/ Quakers. IAuthor inscribed inside cover. Illustrated by profuse old photos. 1st edition.. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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