GPH: AN INFORMAL RECORD OF GEORGE P. HAMMOND AND HIS ERA IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
Berkelely: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. (Mylar) First Edition. Small Quarto. xiii, 119 pages. Illustrated including plates, portraits and facsimiles. Frontis portrait from photograph by Marjorie Farquhar. Bibliography. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Largely unopened. Terra cotta cloth with gilt front cover initials and gilt spine titling. A tribute in honor of George P. Hammond's tenure as head of The Bancroft Library. Essays by Dale L. Morgan, Charles L. Camp, Warren R. Howell, J.S. Holliday, Susanna Dakin, among others. Includes "Impressions of Spain in 1923", Hammond's first appearance in print. A FINE copy in a clear mylar protective jacket. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.
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- Bookseller
- Hardy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 487
- Title
- GPH: AN INFORMAL RECORD OF GEORGE P. HAMMOND AND HIS ERA IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY
- Author
- (Various)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Friends of the Bancroft Library
- Place of Publication
- Berkelely
- Date Published
- 1965
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