William Silag (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Completely clean and unmarked inside. Spine lean to the left. Some foxing (tan spotting) to the outer page edges, otherwise exterior completely clean. Will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Gateway to the Grasslands: Sioux City and the Missouri River Frontier" by William Silag; "Water Rights During the California Gold Rush: Conflicts over Economic Points of View" by Douglas R. Littlefield; and "Like Swallows at the Old Mission: Mexicans and the Racial Politics of Growth in Los Angeles during the Interwar Period" by Douglas Monroy.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and bright, with numerous illustrations; cover quite clean and showing only a tiny tap at the spine heel, a little rubbing at the corners, and very faint surface rubbing, otherwise excellent. 32pp., Lead article: 'The Road to Denver' by Vera Marie Teape.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; cover shows some blue smudging at left front and right rear and a short fold at the top right front corner, otherwise well-kept. 38pp.; b/w illus. ISSN 0031-0360 Articles include "Iowa's Early Birds" (i.e., pioneering aircraft) by David M. Hubler; "Senator Guy Gillette Foils the Execution Committee" by Jerry Harrington; "Glenn Miller, Big Band Sensation" by Maureen McCoy; "A Martyr for Prohibition: The Murder of Reverend George C. Haddock" by Thomas S. Smith.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and clean; stapled binding secure. Soft cover has a small, pale smudge at the upper front, gentle toning along the spine, and a few very tiny surface chips along the spine, otherwise excellent. 34pp., illustrated in black-and-white and color. ISSN 0031-0360 Lead article: 'The Character of the Country' by Loren N. Horton.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Cover has just a little wear at corners and spine ends and one tiny white fleck at the center front but is overall clean and excellent. 32pp., black-and-white illustrations. ISSN 0031-0360 Lead article: 'American Classic' by Laurence Lafore.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Crisp, clean pages; securely stapled binding; soft cover bears scattered gray smudges across front and back, a short crease at the bottom rear, and edgewear at the spine ends, otherwise sound. This issue contains "The Providers" by John N. Schacht, an article about Henry A. Wallace, John L. Lewis, Herbert Hoover, and Harry Hopkins. 32pp, illustrated. ISSN 0031-0360.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Good+. Crisp and clean except for a prior owner's ink stamp on the title page, a short grayish line at the lower left front, a short crease at the left front, and a few small surface scuffs near the spine front and back; spine ends show light shelfwear; otherwise excellent. 32pp., b/w illus. Articles include: "Jessie Field Shambaugh: The Mother of 4-H" by Janice Nahra Friedel; "Iowa Innovations: The Army Helps the Farmer" by James E. Ferguson; and "The Colby Motor Company" by Paula Colby Barrett. ISSN 0031-0360.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and bright, with numerous illustrations; cover shows light smudging, a line of surface wear along the spine, shelving nicks at the corners; otherwise well-kept. 32pp. Articles include "W. B. Leffingwell, Iowa Sportsman" by William M. Furnish; "The Dream of Bishop Loras: A Catholic Iowa" by Thomas E. Auge; and "Letters from Algona, 1856-1865" edited by Doris Faulkner. Also includes index for 1980.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and bright, with numerous illustrations; cover quite clean and showing only a short, faint blue streak at the upper front and a little rubbing at the corners, otherwise excellent. 32pp., staplebound. Lead article: 'Memoirs of a Council Bluffs Druggist' by Robert B. Stuart.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Good. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Cover has a very light, yellowed spot at the upper right front, some pale gray spots on the back, and just a little wear at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. 32pp., black-and-white illustrations. ISSN 0031-0360 Lead article: 'The Woman's World: Carrie Lane Chapman in the Mason City Republican' by Teresa Opheim.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Good. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; stapled binding is secure; cover has several small tea spots at the left front, gray smudging across the rear, and a little reddish smudging on the front, but is overall sound. 32pp.; b/w illus. ISSN 0031-0360. Articles include: "Cap Anson of Marshalltown: Baseball's First Superstar" by David L. Porter; Photographs from the Schwinn Collection; "The Library Fire of 1897" by Mary Monson; and "The Davenport Boat Club's Celebrated Regatta" by Barbara Clough Spargo.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; saddle-stapled binding secure; cover bears a small crease at the left front, light surface rubbing and some shallow surface chips on the rear, and modest wear at corners and spine ends, otherwise excellent. 32pp., b/w + color illus. ISSN 0031-0360 Articles: 'Dr. Emerson's Sam: Black Iowans before the Civil War' by Robert R. Dykstra; 'Former Homes of the State Historical Society, 1857-1960' by Alan M. Schroder; 'The New Deal Murals in Iowa' by Gregg R. Narber and Lea Rosson DeLong.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Cover has just a little wear at corners and spine ends, but is overall clean and excellent. 32pp., black-and-white illustrations. ISSN 0031-0360 Lead article: 'Iowa and the Civil War: A Military Review' by Julie E. Nelson and Alan M. Schroder.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and clean, with no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Cover has gentle toning along the spine, a small thumbnail mark at the lower rear, and light handling smudges at the upper rear, otherwise excellent. 32pp., black-and-white and color illustrations. ISSN 0031-0360 Lead article: 'P. G. Holden and the Corn Gospel Trains' by Rosanne Sizer and William Silag.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Good+. Pages crisp and clean except for a small red spot at the upper right front; no owners' marks; stapled binding secure. Cover has some faint grayish smudges front and rear and just a little wear at corners and spine tips but is overall attractive and sound. 32pp., black-and-white illustrations. ISSN 0031-0360 Lead article: '"A Soldier's Life at Ft. Atkinson"' by Bradley B. Williams.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages crisp and bright, with numerous illustrations; cover quite clean and showing only a little rubbing at the corners and very faint surface rubbing, otherwise excellent. 32pp., staplebound. Lead article: 'Images of Victorian Iowa' by Mary Bennett.

Staple-bound Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Crisp and clean except for narrow lines of grayish offsetting along the left and right front and right rear of the cover; otherwise excellent. 30pp., black-and-white illustrations. ISSN 0031-0360 Articles include: "The Dubuque Female Seminary: Catharine Beecher's Blueprint for 19th Century Women's Education" by Robert E. Belding, "Women at Home: A Photographic Essay" by Mary Bennett; and "Davenport's Golden Building Years" (i.e., 1919-1931) by Edmund H. Carroll, Jr.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Very clean and tight. Light edge wear. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Historical Periodical.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Very clean and tight; rubbed edges. Carrie Lane Chapman, Mason City Republican, Threshing, Steam Threshers, Farming, Grasshoppers Size: 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Periodical.