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GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and his Era in the Bancroft Library.
by [Hammond, George P.] Morgan, Dale L.; Agapito Rey, Charles L. Camp, Robert Becker, Warren R. Howell, Susanna Bryant Dakin, J. S. Holliday and others, contributors
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Berkeley, CA:: Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California,, 1965.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, and a facsimile of GPH's initials on the front cover (some pages still unopened.) . First printing. Published to as a celebration of Hammond's nineteen-year tenure as Director of the Bancroft Library at the University of California. Contributors include Dale L. Morgan, Agapito Rey, Charles L Camp, Robert H. Becker, Warren R. Howell, Robert E. Burke, J. S. Holliday and others..Includes a bibliography of George P. Hammond's writings and as well as reprinting his first published work. Frontispiece portrait, 10 additional sepia-toned pages of reproductions, plates and portraits. Keepsake Number 13, designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. xiii, 119 pp.
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- Title
- GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and his Era in the Bancroft Library.
- Author
- [Hammond, George P.] Morgan, Dale L.; Agapito Rey, Charles L. Camp, Robert Becker, Warren R. Howell, Susanna Bryant Dakin, J. S. Holliday and others, contributors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in rust-colored cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, and a facsimile of GPH's initials on the front cover (some page
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- 1965.
- Keywords
- libraries, california history, bibliophile,
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