GPH: an informal record of George P. Hammond and his era in the Bancroft Library
1965, First Edition. Berkeley: University of California. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages; Description: xiii, 119 p. Illus. , facsims. , ports. 26 cm. Contents: Foreword, by O. C. Majors. --GPH, by D. L. Morgan. --A pleasant dialogue, by A. Rey. --Bancroft, old and ever new, by C. L. Camp. --A time of adventure, by R. H. Becker. --History before it cools, by R. E. Burke. --A thorough bibliophile, by W. R. Howell. --"His mild and magnificent eye," by S. B. Dakin. --Remarks on the occasion of the Wagner award, by J. S. Holliday. --Rmarks on the occasion of the Serra award, by F. V. Scholes. --Response to the Academy of American Franciscan History, by G. P. Hammond. --George P. Hammond's publications, by F. P. Farquhar (p. 83-106)--GPH's first appearance in print: Impressions of Spain in 1923. Notes: Presented on the occasion of George P. Hammond's retirement from the Bancroft Library. Subjects: Hammond, George P. (George Peter), 1896-1993. Bancroft Library. Series: Its Keepsakes, no. 13. Unread copy with unopened pages. Item #168807
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