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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xiii+288 pages with maps, illustrations and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with green and black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. The presidio was as essential an element of Spanish civilization in the Mexican North and the American Southwest as the communities it was established to protect-missions, settlements, mines, and ranches. A fortified outpost in hostile Indian country, it not only assured Spanish occupation and retention of that vast region but also participated in its development. The presidio was first and foremost a garrisoned fort presiding over a military district. It was most often situated strategically in hostile terrain, forming an enclave of Spanish civilization. Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper else very good in near fine jacket.