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Great River; The Rio Grande in North American History
by Paul Horgan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 087719002X
- ISBN 13
- 9780877190028
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Austin, TX: Texas Monthly Press, 1984 Texas Monthly Press, Austin, TX. 1984. Hardcover. First Printing by Texas Monthly. Reprint of the 1954 Rinehart edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: VG+; scattered splash stains on text block top; slight soiling to bottom edges of boards from shelving. No DJ. White cloth boards and spine with bright gold lettering on spine.1020 pp 8vo. Two books in one; Indians and Spain and Mexico and the United States. In its length of nearly two thousand miles and it cultural evidence encompassing 10 centuries and more, the Great River remains the unifying vein of history not only of the life adjacent to its banks, but also of the greater Southwest. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002510
- Title
- Great River; The Rio Grande in North American History
- Author
- Paul Horgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 087719002X
- ISBN 13
- 9780877190028
- Publisher
- Texas Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- THE RIO GRANDE RIVER, SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES, GREAT River, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, MEXICO, IMMIGRATION, agriculture, flood irrigation, archaeology, anthropology, wildlife,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
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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- Edges
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- Reprint
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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