Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. Hard Cover. Pages crisp and clean except for a water stain affecting the bottom edges and lower right corners of the page block edges, bleeding through into margins only on plate pages, though modestly toned throughout; no owners' marks; binding is square and tight... More about Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Union Counties, Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA: Abel Publishing, 1998. Hard Cover. Clean, bright pages, no owners' marks; except for delicate rubbing at the free corners and spine ends and a shallow crease across the top rear of the jacket, as new. 127pp. More about From the Wishmore to You: Sisters Growing up in the '40s
iUniverse, 2013. Paperback. Clean, bright pages except for two gray fingerprints on the bottom edge of the book and short folds across the top corners of the last twelve leaves; no owners' marks; soft cover has a long crease at the top left rear, very short wrinkles at the spine... More about From Troublesome Creek: A Farm Boy's Encounters on the Way to a University Presidency
Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Signed by the author at the title page with no date or inscription. Clean and bright except for a prior owner's name on the front free endpaper; spine ends of the jacket bear very light shelfwear; otherwise excellent. Second printing. More about A Brit Among the Hawkeyes
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. Signed, dated, and inscribed by both authors to a named individual at the half-title page. Clean and bright; except for gentle rubbing and fading at the spine ends of the hard cover, a pair of short, shallow scratches at... More about To Go Free: A Treasury of Iowa's Legal Heritage
Cedar Rapids, IA: Washington High School, 1925. Soft Cover. The pages of this copy are clean except for an area of moisture discolouration at the lower corners of the pages, affecting only the margin and not the printed portions; the lower corners of the pages also show small creases; otherwise... More about The Pulse - Volume XXV, Number 4 - April 1925 (Washington High School - Cedar Rapids Iowa
Self Published, 2005. Soft Cover. Crisp and clean; no owners' marks; except for a hint of shelf rubbing at the corners of the soft cover, as new. Numerous color photo illustrations throughout. More about Amana Style : Furniture, Arts, Crafts, Architecture and Gardens
Iowa City: Graphic Printing & Design, 1996. Staple-bound Softcover. Crisp, bright, and clean except for a prior owner's name inside the front cover; stapled binding secure, cover slightly chipped at the spine ends but otherwise excellent. 99pp.; black and white photo illustrations. More about Trinity Parish, Iowa City: 1853 - 1996
Montezuma, IA: Sutherland Printing Co., 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Signed and inscribed to two named individuals on the first (table of contents) page. Crisp, clean pages; square, uncreased spine; soft cover shows light surface wear on front and back, causing patches of mild fading to the color pictures, as well... More about Centennial St. Wenceslaus Church Iowa City, IA 1893-1993
Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa, Inc., 1977. Paperback. 4to. Pages crisp and clean except for two pen marks in the table of contents; spine square and uncreased; soft cover is faded along the spine, top, and right edges and bears shallow surface wrinkles at the upper spine, a small ink... More about Iowa Agents' Study Manual - Approved by Insurance Department of Iowa
State Historical Society of Iowa. Leatherette Hard Cover. Large 4to. Undated (1975) facsimile of the original 1875 Andreas Atlas Co. edition, with a new introduction by William J. Petersen. Crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; hard cover bears modest softening and shelf-rubbing around spine ends and corners, two short... More about Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875
Midwest Heritage Publishing Company, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Crisp, clean pages except for a short gift note on the front free endpaper; square, secure binding; hard cover shows only some wear at the spine heel. Dust jacket bears modest toning along the spine and around the rear as well as... More about Christmas in Iowa
Iowa City IA: Midwest Heritage Publishing Company, 1982. Hard Cover. Signed by the editor at the half-title page with no date or inscription. Pages crisp and clean except for sparse foxing along the top edges; binding square and secure, hard cover shows only a touch of shelfwear at bottom corners;... More about This Is Iowa - A Cavalcade of the Tall Corn State
Cedar Rapids, IA: The Iowa Masonic Library. Staple-bound Softcover. ca. 1955-60. Clean except for a pale brown droplet mark at pp.14-15 also affecting the foreedges of surrounding pages; mild curling of the free corners top and bottom throughout; a small surface chip at the middle front and some brown specking..... More about The Iowa Masonic Library, Museum, and Administration Building
Iowa State University Press, 1970. Hard Cover. Pages crisp and clean; binding square and tight. No owners' marks. Red cloth hard cover shows a slight tap at the spine head and a little gentle shelf rubbing at the corners, otherwise clean and excellent. 99pp. More about History of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University
Iowa State University Press, 1989. Paperback. 4to. Clean, bright pages, though two scratches on the right side of the book have left very tiny chips in the margins; square, uncreased spine; soft cover is only very lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends and has one thumbnail crease at the... More about A Country School: Marion No. 7
Iowa State University Press, 1979. Paperback. 4to. 11th printing, 1984. Signed and dated by the author at the half-title page with no inscription or named dedicatee. There is a prior owner's label at the top of the page; interior is otherwise crisp and bright; spine is square and uncreased, soft... More about Memories of a Former Kid
Iowa City IA: State Historical Society of Iowa, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Pages crisp and clean except for a small ink stamp at the front free endpaper and a little toning at the endpapers and page block edges; binding square and tight, though the front hinge is shaken and... More about History of Education in Iowa - Volume 4
Self Published, 1995. Plastic Comb. Note: the Evergreen Cemetery index is in a companion volume. Clean, bright pages; no owners' marks; plastic binding has clean, even comb; blue card covers show only a touch of corner rubbing, though plastic protector sheets show a few scratches and some surface dulling. 475pp.... More about Jefferson County, Iowa: 77 Cemeteries (21,380 Burials 1839-Dec. 1990
Arcadia Publishing, 2001. Paperback. Clean, crisp pages except for tiny folds at the top corners throughout due to a light bump at the top rear free corner; spine square and uncreased, soft cover showing short handling creases at the lower left front, some creasing and a small surface chip at... More about Life Narratives of African Americans in Iowa (IA) (Voices of America
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. Hard Cover. Pages clean except for a line of pencil ghosting at the top of the front free endpaper and some foxing around all edges of the page block; binding is square and tight, hard cover somewhat shelf-rubbed at corners and spine ends... More about Prairie City, Iowa: Three Seasons at Home
Des Moines, Iowa: The Iowa Genealogical Society, 1990. Staple-bound Softcover. Bright and clean except for a mailing label affixed at the lower rear of the cover; stapled binding secure, cover gently wrinkled at the lower right front and bearing two small, brown spots at the right rear, a fold across... More about Hawkeye Heritage: A Quarterly Publication of The Iowa Genealogical Society: Volume 25, Issue 3,...
Des Moines, Iowa: The Iowa Genealogical Society, 1992. Staple-bound Softcover. Clean and bright except for a mailing label affixed at the lower rear of the cover; securely stapled binding; three corners of the cover show light folds, and the spine has minor chipping at the ends, otherwise excellent. 61pp. More about Hawkeye Heritage: A Quarterly Publication of The Iowa Genealogical Society: Volume 27, Issue 2,...
Des Moines: The State of Iowa, 1953. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Pages crisp and clean; no owners' marks; sewn binding remains tight; full cloth cover shows only a little mild softening at the spine ends and light rubbing at the corners, with some dimming of the gilt titles on the... More about Inaugural Address of William S. Beardsley - Governor of Iowa - 1953
Iowa City, IA, USA: Rose of Sharon Publishing House, 1990. Enlarged Edition. Soft Cover. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author at the first (blank) page; spine square and uncreased, soft cover showing short glue wrinkles and some shelf rubbing at the spine ends as well as... More about Memoirs of Iowa's Only Socialist Mayor
