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139. HORGAN, Paul. Great River: The Rio Grande
in North American History. New York: 1954. 1020 pp.,
maps, illustrations, 2 vols., 8vo, original maize buckram,
gilt title on spines, t.e.g., pictorial endpapers, in
publisher’s board slipcase. Very fine set.
First
edition, deluxe limited edition (1000 copies signed by
Horgan, and with 17 watercolor sketches by the author, not
included in the trade edition). Adams, Herd 1065.
Basic Texas Books 95A: "The most thorough and most
civilized account of the vast region draining into the
river that forms 900 miles of Texas border." Powell,
Southwestern Century 48. 1955 Pulitzer prize-winner
in history. Carl Carmen called it "one of the major
masterpieces in American historical writing. It deserves to
stand with the works of Motley, Prescott, and
Bancroft."
($150-250)