History of California II 1801-1824 Vol 19 Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Hebberd
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
History of California II 1801-1824, Volume 19
by Hubert Howe Bancroft
Originally Published in 1886
Published by Wallace Hebberd (1966)
Condition:
Excellent Arno 1st Thus Edition (1967) Hardcover Book from the set of 39 books. The book measures approximately 5.75" x 8.75". The binding is tight and all pages within are bright white with no writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The covers look near perfect with just some very minor shelf wear, as can be seen in my photos. The insides of this book appears to have never been read. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
About the Author and the Works Set:
Hubert Howe Bancroft (May 5, 1832 – March 2, 1918) was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote, published and collected works concerning the western United States, Texas, California, Alaska, Mexico, Central America and British Columbia.
In March 1852, Bancroft's brother-in-law provided him with an inventory of books to sell and was sent to the booming California city of San Francisco to set up a West Coast regional office. Bancroft was successful in building his company, entering the world of publishing in the process. He also became a serious collector of books, building a collection numbering into the tens of thousands of volumes.
In 1868, he resigned from his business in favor of his brother, A. L. Bancroft. He had accumulated a great library of historical material and abandoned business to devote himself entirely to writing and publishing history.
Bancroft's library consisted of books, maps, and printed and manuscript documents, including a large number of narratives dictated to Bancroft or his assistants by pioneers, settlers, and statesmen. The indexing of the vast collection employed six persons for ten years. The library was moved in 1881 to a fireproof building and, in 1900, numbered about 45,000 volumes.
He developed a plan to publish a history in 39 volumes of the entire Pacific coast region of North America, from Central America to Alaska. He employed writers and wrote some of the material himself, though he credited only himself as an author.
In the late 19th century, it was determined that much of the work of which Bancroft claimed authorship had in fact been written by others. This tainted his legacy in the eyes of some scholars, on the principle "false in one thing, false in all." The Salt Lake Tribune called him a "purloiner of other peoples' brains" in 1893.
The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, named in his honor, was founded when the University of California purchased his 60,000-volume book collection in 1905. Bancroft is also the namesake of Bancroft Way in Berkeley, California.
Bancroft's written works include the following 39-volume set of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
(pub. 1874–1890):
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