Works (Complete in 39 Volumes)
San Francisco: The History Company, 1886 - 1890. 20 volumes dated 1886; the rest range from 1887 - 1890. Octavos. Various paginations. Engraved portrait of Bancroft; maps (some folding); in-text illustrations. Publisher's three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards; gilt decoration on spines; gilt ruling; red and gree morocco spine labels with gilt lettering; marbled endpapers; all text block edges marbled. A solid, worn set. All hinges sound except Volume XXXIV front board holding by the strings, with small loss of leather at lower spine. General overal wear and scuffing, some staining to spines. A good and complete set of " the most ambitions publishing project ever undertaken in the western United States." - Kurutz. Item #23196
"As time passes and prejudice drifts into obscurity, these works become more strongly entrenched each year. For scholars and investigators they will always remain the greatest source of authority." "These works... now and always will constitute the great body of history of the Pacific Coast." (Cowan) "Colossal co-operative undertaking; nothing approaching it has ever been attempted in this country." (Howes B91; Zamorano Eighty #3).
Price: $1,000.00