Book of Wealth and the Book of the Fair (H.H. Bancroft & Co.) Collection, 1890-1900

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Summary

Title:
Collection of Material About the Book of Wealth and the Book of the Fair (H.H. Bancroft & Co.),
Dates:
1890-1900
Abstract:
Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) established a bookselling and publishing business in San Francisco. The collection consists of engraving plates, portfolios with prints, and editions of Hubert Howe Bancroft's Book of the Fair and Book of Wealth. Includes cygne noir edition, author's editions, and sections of the deluxe edition of the Book of Wealth, and an incomplete 1893 text and an imperfect copy of the Book of the Fair.
Extent:
10 boxes (5.0 linear ft.) 21 oversize boxes
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Material About the Book of Wealth and the Book of the Fair (H.H. Bancroft & Co.) (Collection 938). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of engraving plates, portfolios with prints, and editions of Hubert Howe Bancroft's Book of the Fair (Chicago and San Francisco, 1893) and Book of Wealth (published under the title: Achievements of Civilization: the Book of Wealth ... in New York, 1898). Includes cygne noir edition, author's editions, and sections of the deluxe edition of the Book of Wealth, and an incomplete 1893 text and an imperfect copy of the Book of the Fair (10 volumes).

Biographical / historical:

Hubert Howe Bancroft was born on May 5, 1832 in Granville, Ohio; worked in his brother-in-law's bookstore in Buffalo, New York, 1848-52; went to California in 1852 and established a bookselling and publishing business in San Francisco; gathered material on the West, eventually publishing 39 volumes of his works covering the American and Canadian West, Central America, and Mexico; collected 60,000 volumes of history, manuscripts, and personal narratives, which he donated to the University of California in 1905; he died on March 2, 1918 in Walnut Creek, California.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Ralph Lyon in memory of Robert Dewey Bristol, 1951.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Book of Wealth materials (Boxes 1-25).
  2. Book of the Fair materials (Boxes 25-31).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:
© 2002
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Collection of Material About the Book of Wealth and the Book of the Fair (H.H. Bancroft & Co.) (Collection 938). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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