Iowa from Books of the World

Woodland Hills, California: Windsor Publications, 1980. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Very Good book in a Very Good jacket. Date and bookplate to FFEP. Text unmarked. Spine straight and tight. Rubbing and chipping to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 232 pages. Profusely illustrated.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Laid-in book reviews from the Washington Post and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 215 pages. 8 pages of color plates. Is… Read more

New York: Chamberlain Bros, June 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition / full number line. Very Good+. Gift inscription on title page. Lightly tanned. Otherwise as new. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 165 pages

Cedar Rapids: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and Munich / New York: Prestel, 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition (no additional printings listed). As New. Pristine inside and out. Not damaged. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 143 pages. 11 x 9.5 x 0.5 inches. Profusely illustrated in chiefly in color. Catalogue of the exhibition Grant Wood… Read more

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading… Read more

New York: Viking, September 1985. Hardcover. First Edition, 9th printing, October 1985. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail slightly bumped. Jacket clean and bright. No tears, folds or creases. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 337 pages.

New York: Viking, 1985, 1987, 1989. Hardcover. Fine books in Near Fine/Fine jackets. Interiors pristine. Spines straight and tight. Jackets clean and bright; Leaving Home is price clipped. No tears, folds or creases. Not from a library. No remainder marks. 911 total pages.

Cedar Rapids: The Gazette, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good+. Gift inscription to title page and spine head lightly bumped, otherwise as new. Not from a library. No remainder mark. iv + 156 pages. More than 300 black & white photographs made by amateur and professional photographers recording every day life in the Cedar Rapids area during the 1880s and 1890s and… Read more

Cedar Rapids: Gazette Communications, 2008. DVD. Very Good. Very Good DVD in a Very Good case. No region code listed on case.

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Revised and Expanded Second Edition / first printing. Beige cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Sewn binding. Very Good. A few penciled notations. Spine straight and sound. A few small food stains to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiv + 530 p. illus. 22 cm.

Iowa City: University Of Iowa Press, November 1991. Trade Paperback. First Edition (stated). Fine. Slight corner wear, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiv + 179 pages.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2014. Trade Paperback. First Edition (stated) / full number line. New. No remainder mark. Not damaged. 261 pages. Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church - the only available shelter from the rain - and ignites a romance and a debate that will… Read more

New York: Knopf, October 2017. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Jacket clean and bright with light rubbing at rear. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii+728 pages. The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century--a… Read more

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Junior Class of Coe College, 1930. Hardcover. Leatherette over boards. Exquisitely decorated endpapers. Fair condition. Front hinge cracked. Covers slightly warped. Corners and spine ends bumped and frayed. Original owner's name inked to half-title page, otherwise contents appear unmarked. Not from a library. 320 pages.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Junior Class of Coe College, 1924. Hardcover. Leatherette over boards. Fair condition. Sewn binding is cracked, but not split. Edgewear and some rubbing to covers. Contents appear unmarked. Not from a library. 320 pages.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Junior Class of Coe College, 1926. Hardcover. Leatherette over boards. Poor condition. Sewn binding cracked in several locations. Front hinge of cover torn. Covers warped. Corners bumped and frayed. Contents appear unmarked. Not from a library. 324 pages.

Iowa City: Penfield Press, 1979. Staple-bound softcover. Fourth printing, June 1986. Near Fine. No writing. A few small discolorations. Securely bound by two staples. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. vi + 66 pages.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Stamats Publishing Co., 1970. Hardcover. First Edition. Poor condition. Pages 3-6 missing, replaced with photocopies (Table of Contents and "The Butterflies"). Interior unmarked. Spine faded. Rubbing to pictorial covers. Not from a library. 36 pages.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: privately published by translator, no date (c. early 1970s). Beautiful matching set of two Staple-Bound Pamphlets. Full original title: Fables by our Mother with Father's Pictures : for children from three to seven years old : told by F. J. Andrlík : numerous pictures of drawings by A. Krátkého. One volume in Czech, the other in English,… Read more

Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Czech Heritage Foundation, 1974. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Fine. Sun shadow to cover, otherwise As New. Interior pristine. Securely bound with two clean staples. Not from a library. 22 pages.