The Habit Of Empire

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. … Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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, 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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.