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The Habit of Empire by Horgan, Paul - 1939

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The Habit of Empire by Horgan, Paul - 1939

The Habit of Empire

by Horgan, Paul

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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Published after the Rydal Press Edition; INSCRIBED and dated 1993 by Horgan on ffep; 8vo, gray cloth; good (bowed; spine and joints darkened; spine ends and bottom corner of front board bumped; light wrinkling to cloth on rear board; eps and pastedowns darkened; water stain to bottom third of rfep and rpastedown; ink smudge from Horgan's inscription on fpastedown; pages toning) in fair dj (heavily rubbed and worn; edges worn, torn, and chipped; tear and scar to spine; large chips to front and rear panels; large chip on front panel repaired with non-acidic Filmoplast P; scar to front panel; interior extremely toned); 114pp.

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  • Publisher Harper and Brothers
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1939

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The Habit of Empire

by Horgan, Paul

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United States of America: Harper & Brothers, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good +. INSCRIBED. 114pp. Octavo. [21.5cm] Gray cloth over boards with the title stamped on the front cover and spine in black and green ink. Illustrated dust jacket. Price intact. Dust jacket has several small areas of rubbing and losses and two larger losses on the extremities, one on the front cover which measures 2x4cm, and one on the head of the spine which measures 1.5x3cm. The dust jacket also has the remnants of a previous owners attempts to repair. Light fading on the spine of the book. Edges of pages slightly toned. End pages toned. Author's inscription is on the front free endpage and reads "J*** & M********, All Best Regards, Paul Horgan
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The Habit of Empire

by Horgan, Paul

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hurd, Peter (landscapes); Clark, Willard (dec.initials). 114pp.; HB lt.gray w/blk.&green; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; lt.stains; spine sunned; newspaper review(1941 NYT book review) glued to ft.pastedwn.w/bleed-thru on ft.endpaper; clean,tight pgs. The story of Captain-General Juan de Oñate. may be pub.1941. signed by Horgan, 1941. illus.
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The Habit of Empire

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Santa Fe, NM: Rydal Press, 1939. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hurd, Peter (landscapes). 114pp.; HB lt.gray w/blk.&green; slight rub w/lt.sun on spine; PON; clean,tight pgs. DJ tan w/blk.&green; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; spine sunned w/2x1/2"chip,bttm.; chips&tears; corner-cut. " ...a romantic narrative of Oñate and of his battle of Acoma..." illus.
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Habit of Empire

Habit of Empire

by Horgan, Paul

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Santa Fe, New Mexico: Rydal Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Hard-to-find dust jacket has light soil and tears with yellowed tape reinforcing the spine head and tail. Some toning, not price clipped. Gray boards have a few soil spots and light sunning on spine and edges. Soil on top edge. Some small glue marks and a small tear on rear endpapers. First free endpaper is signed by the author. Landscape illustrations by Peter Hurd. A romantic history of Spanish governor Juan de Onate and the Battle of Acoma in the last years of the 16th century. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 114 pp; Signed by Author .
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION...
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH CONGRESS. 23rd MAY 1809

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Washington: Printed by Roger C. Weightma, 1809. 6pp. Dbd. Very good. James Madison's first official appearance before Congress, focusing on the state of foreign relations and its domestic effects. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 18962.
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The Habit of Empire

by HORGAN, Paul

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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1939. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, trade issue. Octavo. 114pp. Illustrated with landscapes by Peter Hurd. A fine copy in price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with very shallow loss at the foot. Signed by Paul Horgan on the front flyleaf.
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THE HABIT OF EMPIRE

by Horgan Paul

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Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, 1939. First Edition. With 8 double-page black and white illustrations from original lithographs and elaborate chapter heading initials in colour by Peter Hurd. 8vo, publisher’s original beige cloth, with black lettering on the spine and upper cover, and in the dustjacket. 101 pp. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. The story of Juan de Ońate, soldier millionaire, grandee, coming up from Old Mexico in 1598 who came first to the land of the Pueblos. He fought the battles of politeness with jealous vice-regal courtiers. He learned how to treat shrewdly with hostile Indians. The Acomas were absent his awareness, and the tribe became an enemy. The battle of Acoma, strange and picturesque resulted. This is a narrative, romantic in nature of the battle of Acoma. Hogan called it The Habit of Empire--"...old means served man's timeless end--the repetition of his faith and pattern of life wherein he went as the stronger of his kind.
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The Habit of Empire

by Horgan, Paul

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Used - Cloth. A very good copy in very good, price-clipped dust jacket; jacket has small chip at crown of spine (which is evenly browne
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New York, New York, United States
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Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Rydal Press, 1939. First edition. 114pp. 8vo. Cloth. A very good copy in very good, price-clipped dust jacket; jacket has small chip at crown of spine (which is evenly browned), light browning to the extremities and a few short tears. First edition. 114pp. 8vo. Inscribed by Paul Horgan to historian Henry Steele Commager on the front flyleaf: "for Henry Steele Commager from Paul Horgan, 1946. Dear Henry- you once said you enjoyed this story. I found this copy of the limited edition the other day, and take much pleasure in sending it to you. Paul." Kraft A13a
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THE HABIT OF EMPIRE

by Horgan, Paul

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, [ 1939].. Gray cloth, stamped in black and green. Illustrated with reproductions of lithographs by Peter Hurd. Short surface crack in upper joint near crown, some tanning and slight rippling of the pastedowns, else a near fine copy, in very good, slightly tanned dust jacket. First edition. The dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page (and incorporating the printed dedication): "In friendship To Vernon Knapp from Paul Horgan, the first copy of the edition which is all his, in the name of a long and good time. Roswell 1939." The recipient joined the faculty of the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell in 1928 as a member of the English faculty, and in time excelled as well in geology, serving as department head. He retired as a LTC and was inducted into the Institute's Hall of Fame in 1958. Horgan, himself a graduate of the Institute, was later on staff there, and the Institute's Library was named for him.
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