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San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Company and the History Company, 1883. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1883-1890. Complete in thirty-nine volumes. This set has recently been professionally rebound in full brown cloth with gilt titling to spines, red ribbon markers bound in, new white endpapers. Bindings are fresh, tight and fine. Contents of all volumes are very good with mildly tanned pages showing light use, tears to several pages, overall remarkably clean and bright. A landmark work and a cornerstone of Western Americana. Howes B91. Smith 522. Very heavy set: NO international or priority orders.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Stated first edition. Small pale spot to upper page edges. Prior owner's name and address neatly ink-stamped on front flyleaf. Full blue cloth binding. Dust jacket is good only, price-clipped, rubbed, and with several significant chips along upper edge. Offered in a new mylar cover. 504pp. Introduction to the American edition and extensive notes and tables supplied by Narcissa G. Chamberlain. A book to be read as well as used, as Mrs. David takes the reader on a leisurely and pleasurable tour of the French provinces, describing the individual flavor and character of the cooking of each.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Renny, Juliet. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.