(IOWA) John W Taylor Iowa the “Great Hunting Ground” of the

Sale 2580 - Lot 145

Price Realized: $ 625

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(IOWA.) John W. Taylor. Iowa, the "Great Hunting Ground" of the Indian; and the "Beautiful Land" of the White Man. 16 pages including hand-tinted frontispiece view of Dubuque and one text illustration. 8vo, publisher's yellow wrappers, moderate foxing, wear, and dampstaining; light vertical fold throughout, minor dampstaining to inner margin touching text, minor soiling to last two leaves. Dubuque, IA: Daily Times, 1860

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Issued to promote immigration to Iowa, by a Dubuque real estate agent representing almost 100,000 acres. Describes soil, geography, natural resources, transportation, and the effects of the recent Crisis of 1857. Captioned "John W. Taylor's Descriptive Pamphlet. No. 1." None traced at auction since 1967 Streeter sale (IV:1919). Graff 4083 (describing a copy with tan wrappers).