[PHOTOGRAPHY -- MISSISSIPPI RIVER]. Art Work of the Valley of the Mississippi from La Crosse, Wisconsin to Keokuk, Iowa. Oshkosh: Art Photogravure Co., 1899. FIRST EDITION. A complete set. RARE.
12 original parts, folio (347 x 272 mm). 93 photogravures (67 full-page, 25 with two images on the same page). (Some chipping, light soiling and toning.) Contemporary brown faux-alligator wrappers, front covers gilt-lettered (some chipping and soiling, some with hinges starting). Provenance: Dudley Bell Priester (1923-2017), Mississippi River collector and bibliographer (sold Bloomsbury, 20 November 2009, lot 93).
FIRST EDITION. A complete set of this photographic work of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Views include the Mississippi and St. Croix Rivers; the Quad Cities; Red Wing, Stillwater, and Winona in Minnesota; Hudson and La Crosse in Wisconsin; and numerous downtown business areas. All are presented alongside historic anecdotes of the region. RARE: according to online records, we trace only two other instances of this work at auction.