[MISSISSIPPI RIVERBOATS]. A group of 28 works, including:

CARSE, Robert. The River Men. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Publisher's blue cloth; original dust jacket. -- LIGHT, Kent and Margaret. Shanty-Boat. New York and London: The Century Co., 1930. Publisher's blue cloth FIRST EDITION. -- MELTON, Elston J. Towboat Pilot. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, 1948. Publisher's green cloth; dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 723 of 1,000 copies, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Provenance: E.J. Milton (ownership inscription). -- QUICK, Herbert and QUICK, Edward. Mississippi Steamboatin'. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1926. Publisher's grey cloth. -- RAVEN-HART, Major R. (1889-1971) Down the Mississippi. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1938. Publisher's olive green cloth. -- WAY, Frederick, Jr. (1901-1992) The Log of the Betsy Ann. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1933. Publisher's light blue boards. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Charles E. Ward (ownership signature). -- Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States. Worcester: Warren Lazell, 1843. Contemporary half calf. Provenance: S.W. Adams (ownership inscription). -- And 21 others. Together, 28 works in 29 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, condition generally fine. Provenance for the lot: Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (sold Bloomsbury, 19 November 2009). Complete list available upon request.

Property from the Collection of Perry B. Hansen