A first edition of this highly regarded 2-volume history of the areas near the Rio Grande. Volume One is concerned with the Indians and Spain, who declared present-day Mexico to be "New Spain." Volume Two focuses on Mexico and the United States. Each volume with two maps by Palacios. --- Each volume in full black cloth-covered boards with spine titling in gilt, blue endpapers and brown topstain. Volumes share a slipcase, with wrap-around watercolor painting of a Rio Grande valley scene to covers. --- A well-preserved set: clean and tightly-bound but with mild dampstains to cloth on front cover of vol. 1. Slipcase with chafing & rubbing to extremities, remains structurally sound.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xv, 1020 pages
Title: Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History (2-volume set in slipcase)
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: New York, Rinehart & Company, Inc.: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good+
Categories: >>American History & Politics, >>History of Colorado & the Old West
Stock No.: 86265
