[Rarebooks] FS: Great River: The Rio Grande. Inscribed by Paul Horgan to Alfred Knopf

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HORGAN,  Paul.  GREAT  RIVER: THE RIO  GRANDE  IN  NORTH
       AMERICAN  HISTORY.  New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc.  1954.
       First Edition.  Two volumes, illustrated with maps. Winner of
       both the  Bancroft  Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for  history
       and originally  intended  to  be  published as  part  of  the
       Rivers  of  America  series, this account of  the  region  is
       considered  by most to be definitive. An exceptional copy  in
       that both  volumes contain the bookplate of publisher  Alfred
       Knopf,  and  the first volume is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by  the
       author    "for   Alfred   Knopf/with   a   lifetime's/respect
       and/admiration/Paul  Horgan."  Laid in are a  prospectus  for
       the book  as  well  as a typed note dated  1964  from  Sidney
       Jacobs  to  Knopf giving a detailed breakdown of word  count,
       typeface,  and design of the book, apparently intended  for a
       potential  reprinting  of  the book. Near Fine,  lacking  the
       dustwrappers and slipcase.                            $750.00

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