THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT (COMPLETE AND GORGEOUS: 39 LEATHER VOLUMES WITH MARBLED EDGES)

San Francisco, CA: The History Company, 1886. Leather-bound. Near Fine. Thirty-nine matching volumes. Octavo, 9.3 in. x 6 in. ORIGINAL leather bindings with gilt title on two black panels to spine. Marbled edges. Hands down, this is the loveliest set we've come across in nearly thirty years. A few recent nips and tucks in the capable hands of our book restoration guru and this full set looks the masterpiece it is. (See pictures.)

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"Colossal cooperative undertaking; nothing approaching it has ever been attempted in this country..." (Howes B 91). Volumes 1 - 5: Native Races
Volumes 6 - 8: History of Central America
Volumes 9 - 14: History of Mexico
Volumes 15 - 16: History of the North Mexican States and Texas
Volume 17: History of Arizona and New Mexico
Volumes 18 - 24: History of California
Volume 25: History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming
Volume 26: History of Utah
Volumes 27 - 28: History of the Northwest Coast
Volumes 29 - 30: History of Oregon
Volume 31: History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana
Volume 32: History of British Columbia
Volume 33: History of Alaska
Volume 34: California Pastoral
Volume 35: California Inter Pocula
Volumes 36 - 37: Popular Tribunals
Volume 38: Essays and Miscellany
Volume 39 - Literary Industries.