Thwaites, Reuben G.

THE BANCROFT LIBRARY: A Report Submitted to the President and Regents of the University of California upon the Condition of The Bancroft Library.

Berkeley, CA: (U. of California), 1905. First edition. 8vo. (2), 18 pp. An appraisal (coming in at $300,000; another $15,000 for duplicates) of the Bancroft collection of books and manuscripts, primarily relating to California and the Pacific slope north and south of that state, but including other Western Americana and material related to Western Hemisphere areas once under Spanish dominion; its purchase was made in November, 1905, for $250,000, with Bancroft donating $100,000 of that total. Caption title: "Report on the Bancroft Library." Very good. Original printed brown wrappers. (10657). Item #64184

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