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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Librería: William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: WRCLIT68468
Título: THE HABIT OF EMPIRE
Autor: Horgan, Paul
Estado del libro: Usado
Cantidad disponible: 1
Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Editorial: The Rydal Press
Lugar de publicación: Santa Fe
Fecha de publicación: [ 1939].

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