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Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 8.75 x 11.25 inches. 267 pp. Fine / Very Good. Original unclipped dust jacket, with watercolor art by Gil Reid, shows price of $17. Light brown cloth over boards. Black leather strip on front board stamped with silver Hiawatha logo. Spine lettering in silver on black field. Illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, including frontispiece. Top edge very lightly foxed, else Fine. Dust jacket shows some edge wear, minor rubbing near crown and foot of spine, half-inch chip on upper edge of front panel, two three-quarter-inch closed tears on lower edge of back panel, and two-inch closed tear in lower right corner of front panel. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover.

Athens, OH: Ohio University, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. xviii, 620 pp. Indexed. Fine / Near Fine. Passenger Steamboats of the Mississippi River System Since the Advent of Photography in Mid-Continent America. Alphabetically listed. Steel blue cloth over board. Gilt stamping to spine. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Front panel of dust jacket has half-inch deep chip to top edge near spine and several small closed tears and creasing along bottom edge. Over 5900 entries, including all types of passenger carriers propelled by steam which plied the waters of the Mississippi System. Dust jacket now in removeable archival cover.

Athens, OH: Ohio University, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by authors. Hardcover. Quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. xxvii, 294 pp. Indexed. Fine / Near Fine. Flat signed and dated by authors on bookplate affixed to title page. Brown cloth over board. Gilt stamping to spine. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Back panel of dust jacket has one quarter-inch closed tear to top edge near spine, else Fine. Over 2700 entries of steamboats which shoved river barges transporting bulk commodities from the headwaters of the Ohio River to the jetties of the Mississippi. Dust jacket now in removeable archival cover.