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Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: The Native Races. Volume I. Wild Tribes; Volume II. Civilized Nations; Volume III. Myths and Languages; Volume IV. Antiquities; Volume V. Primitive History (5 volumes)
by Bancroft, Hubert Howe
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1882. First edition. Leather bound. 797; 805; 796; 807; 796pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 3/4 brown calf with marbled paper over boards, gilt tooled spines and red and green leather spine labels, and double gilt ruled borders on the covers. Marbled text block edges and endpapers. Mild rubbing to the extremities. Underlying boards peeking through at the corners. The endsheets have occasional thin cracks along the hinges, and the front pastedowns have a previous owner's bookplate. Professional restoration to the joints and head of spine of volume 1. The hinges of this volume have been reinforced as well. The front endpaper of volume 3 is cracked along the hinge, and the hinge is soft. There is a very thin loss from the leather at the head of the spine of volume V, and the front board of this volume is detached at the head. Volume I: 6 fold-out maps. Volume II: 1 fold-out map; 1 fold-out chart. Volume IV: 1 fold-out map. Volume V: 2 fold-out maps. The first 5 volumes from the exhaustively researched series of works in 39 volumes on the western half of North America. Wright/Howes describes the work, as a "Colossal co-operative undertaking; nothing approaching it has ever been attempted in this country." Howes B91.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41443
- Title
- Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: The Native Races. Volume I. Wild Tribes; Volume II. Civilized Nations; Volume III. Myths and Languages; Volume IV. Antiquities; Volume V. Primitive History (5 volumes)
- Author
- Bancroft, Hubert Howe
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A.L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- Native races; Native Americans Western Americana; Utah; California; Nevada; Texas; Bancroft; Arizona; Oregon
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Calf
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Marbled Paper
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Cracked
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