GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and His Era in the Bancroft Library by George P. Hammond - 1965-01-01

Friends of the Bancroft Library University of California, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.8000 9.9000 6.5000. book has a slight bend to it

Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Cloth. Fine/No dust jacket. 8vo xiii+119pp Essays in honor of Hammond by Charles L. Camp, Warren Howell, et al. Printed letterpress by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. No dust jacket as issued.Illus. with 12 b/w plates. No. 13 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library. Foreword by O. Cort Majors.

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. Hardcover. Fine. Brick cloth gilt, 8vo., xiii, 119 pages, 11 illustrations. Keepsake No. 13, designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. A fine copy, in archival mylar, of a well made book.

The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by person(s) connected with book. 119 pages. Shelf wear, light discoloring; a sound binding; very good otherwise. Inscribed and signed by Hammond inside. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Books on Books; Signed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 204053. .

Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Keepsake number 13. 119pp. Octavo [25.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Signed by Hammond beneath the frontispiece. Contains the Morgan essay GPH. George P. Hammond was director of the Bancroft Library from 1946 to 1965 and was responsible for directing much of the institution's growth, especially in its significant holdings. He was also an historian of California and the Southwest. The book includes essays on various aspects of his professional life and tenure at the Bancroft as well as an annotated bibliography of his published writings. Morgan's contribution was an expansion of his biographical article on Hammond in The Pacific Historian. Saunders 51.

University of California: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. NOT a library discard. SIGNED by George P. Hammond in blue ballpoint pen, directly under the book's frontispiece portrait of him (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Also laid-in is a document signed by Hammond, in his capacity as Secretary of The Friends of the Bancroft Library. Very Good condition -- only very lightly rubbed. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated with frontispiece and 10 other plates. This festschrift has contributions by Dale L. Morgan, Charles L. Camp, Robert H. Becker, Warren R. Howell, J. S. Holliday, Francis P. Farquhar, etc. There is also a chapter by Hammond, and the book reprints his first appearance in print, IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN IN 1923. Includes a George P. Hammond bibliography. Number 13 in the series of Keepsakes issued by the Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members. Bound… Read More