signed first edition
1986 · Baltimore
by Roush, Herbert L. (Editor)
Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1986. Limited First Edition. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. There is a prior owner's name and date neatly written at the upper edge of the front pastedown. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. This is copy number 600 of only 750 copies printed as noted on the book plate pasted to the front end paper which is also signed by the author. The subject of this narrative, Thomas C. Collins, kept four journals of which the editor, Roush, has knitted together the life and adventures of a 19th century riverboat man in the Ohio River valley. His journals provide a unique first-person insight into early frontier days and the life on a big river. 302 pages followed by an index. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs and facsimiles of related early documentation. (Inventory #: TB19111)