[SPANISH & FRENCH EXPLORATION]. A group of 61 works, including:

DONDORE, Dorothy Anne (1894-1946). The Prairie and the Making of Middle America: Four Centuries of Description. New York: Antiquarian Press, 1961. Publisher's green cloth. -- GAYARRE, Charles (1805-1895). Louisiana: Its History as a French Colony. New York: John Wiley, 1852. Publisher's olive cloth. Howes G-87. -- MCWILLIAMS, Richebourg Gaillard (trans.) (1901-1986). Fleur de Lys and Calumet. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1953. Publisher's black cloth; dust jacket. -- PARKMAN, Francis (1823-1893). A Half-Century of Conflict. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1892. 2 volumes. Publisher's green cloth gilt. Provenance: D.N. Richardson (bookplate). -- VOGEL, Claude. The Capuchins in French Louisiana (1722-1766). New York: Joseph F. Wagner, 1928. Later red cloth gilt. -- WATSON, Virginia. With LaSalle the Explorer. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. Publisher's green cloth. -- WINSOR, Justin (1831-1897). The Mississippi Basin. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Publisher's buff cloth. Howes W-577. -- And 54 others. Together, 61 works in 72 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