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BooksEntry/Object ID
2020.5.1.38Description
Books, "The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. XXXVIII. Essays And Miscellany" (39 Volumes), San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1890. The encyclopedic book contains nineteen chapters that cover topics such as early American chroniclers, gold diggers, treatment of native races, historical writings, social analysis, jury system, literature of Central America, Colonial Mexico, Mexican literature during the nineteenth century, early California literature and more. With minor scratches, abrasion along the edges, minor discoloration, an inscription on the fly page, embrittled and flaking covers, it is in good condition.