Search Results: the habit of empire by horgan paul

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.