Name/Title
"THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT VOLUME XVII: ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO"Entry/Object ID
2002.82.1.1Description
"THE WORKS OF HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT VOLUME XVII: ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO" or "THE HISTORY OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO, 1530-1888"
Color: Gold; Red
"The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume XVII: Arizona and New Mexico 1530-1888," by Hubert Howe Bancroft (San Francisco: The History Company Publishers, 1889), 829 pp. The book has a red hardcover with gold-bordered leather at the corners and along the spine. The title, author's name, and name of the publisher are on the spine in gold. At the beginning of the inside are a title page, a preface, and chapter summaries. Containing thirty-one chapters, the book covers the histories of Arizona and New Mexico includong the states' explorations by the Spanish, rule under the Mexican government, annexation by the United States and the formation of cities and towns. A map of both territories is included before chapter one. On footnote 21, pages 321-22, a reference is made to William Workman's politial activities in New Mexico in 1841. With some abrasions on the spine and corners; brittleness and corrosion of the leather; creases on the cover; slightly dented corners; soiling; fading of the gold lettering on the spine; tears of the cover paper on the spine and corners; and overall wear, the object is in fair condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, History Company Publishers, Arizona--History--To 1888, New Mexico--History--To 1888
