A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA: Published for the Bancroft Library by the University of California Press, 1963. First Edition. 2 volume set. 379, 294pp. Quarto [27 cm] Blue cloth with titles gilt on the backstrips. Minor sunning to volume one's jacket at the head and spine. Otherwise both volumes are better than very good. Item #7489
Excellent association copy. Warmly inscribed by Dale Morgan to Carl Wheat: "To Carl Wheat who as friend and friend gave devotedly of himself that this book might come to be. Dale L. Morgan - George P. Hammond. July 8, 1963." A descriptive catalog of manuscripts relating to the Pacific region and Western America (except California) organized by location. A second volume (not Morgan's work) was published by Hammond in 1972 which addressed the holdings dealing with Mexico and Central America. Saunders 41.
Price: $175.00