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Great River; The Rio Grande in North American History (2 Volumes in Slipcase)
by Paul Horgan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Rinehart and Company, 1954 Rinehart and Company, New York. 1954. Hardcover. First Edition with Rinehart colophon (circled R) on both Volumes. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: both are Very Good +; rubbing to boards from slipcase contact; light bumping to head and tail. No DJ. Illustrated slipcase in good condition with worn spot on top left; rubbing and chipping around the opening; light suntanning to front. Black cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on spine. 1020 pp (447/573). This was Horgan's massive tome to the River covering archaeology, anthropology, Indian tribes, Spain, Mexico, livestock, agriculture, and live on the river from the time of recorded history. Vol. 1; Indians and Spain. Vol. 2; Mexico and the United States. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize for History, Great River was hailed as a literary masterpiece and enduring classic when it first appeared in 1954. It is an epic history of four civilizations Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American that people the Southwest through ten centuries. With the skill of a novelist, the veracity of a scholar, and the love of a long-time resident, Paul Horgan describes the Rio Grande, its role in human history, and the overlapping cultures that have grown up alongside it or entered into conflict over the land it traverses. Clean very presentable copies.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008342
- Title
- Great River; The Rio Grande in North American History (2 Volumes in Slipcase)
- Author
- Paul Horgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- RIO GRANDE, ROSWELL NEW MEXICO, PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORY, Rio GRANDE RIVER, MEXICO, MEXICAN civilization, Indian Tribes, agriculture, irrigation, Pulitzer Prize, Peter Hurd, Elephant Butte Dam, border disputes, Texas, United States Boundaries, Treaty o
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Mexico Related;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Chipping
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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