GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and His Era in the Bancroft Library
by Hammond, George P. [Dale L. Morgan]
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Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1965. First edition. Keepsake number 13. 119pp. Octavo [25.5 cm] Rust colored cloth with the title gilt stamped on the backstrip. Near fine. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Signed by Hammond beneath the frontispiece. Contains the Morgan essay GPH. George P. Hammond was director of the Bancroft Library from 1946 to 1965 and was responsible for directing much of the institution's growth, especially in its significant holdings. He was also an historian of California and the Southwest. The book includes essays on various aspects of his professional life and tenure at the Bancroft as well as an annotated bibliography of his published writings. Morgan's contribution was an expansion of his biographical article on Hammond in The Pacific Historian. Saunders 51.
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- Tschanz Rare Books (US)
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- 7497
- Title
- GPH: An Informal Record of George P. Hammond and His Era in the Bancroft Library
- Author
- Hammond, George P. [Dale L. Morgan]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Keepsake number 13
- Publisher
- Friends of the Bancroft Library
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1965
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