Published by The Friends of the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1965
Seller: Eagle Valley Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-Little Wear. No Jacket. Very good condition with little wear; no dj.
Published by Univ. Of California Press, 1977
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Fold mark on back cover, bottom edge as well as the last couple of pages at the bottom edge. Page turning marks on the pages here and here. 83pp.
Published by Berkeley, 1980
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
(16)pp. 6 illus. Wraps.
Published by University of California, Berkeley, 1975
Seller: Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
Staplebound. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated staplebound newsletter, 8pp., with minimal wear. 8 p. Journal.
Published by University of California, Berkeley, 1975
Seller: Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
Staplebound. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated staplebound newsletter, 12 pages, with minimal wear. 12 p. Journal.
Published by University of California, Berkeley, 1972
Seller: Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
Staplebound. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated staplebound newsletter, 8 pages, with minimal wear. 8 p. Journal.
Published by University of California, Berkeley, 1986
Seller: Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
Staplebound. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated staplebound newsletter, 12pp., no visible defects. This is an unusual special issue.There is a cover that serves as a mailer on the front and includes two unpaginated pages of text on the back. Bound in the center is a separata with its own pagination (16pp including wraps and frontispice) entitled "The Bancroft Library 1946-1948 George P. Hammond". Journal.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 256 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 344 Language: English.
Published by University of California Press, 1972
ISBN 10: 0520019911 ISBN 13: 9780520019911
Seller: Eryops Books, Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HARDCOVER; owner's bookplate; o/w in very good condition with dustjacket. Book.
Published by Berkeley Friends of the Bancroft Lib. 1965., 1965
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Very good. Printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Illustrated by Plates. 1st ed. Binding is Cloth.
Published by California Historical Society, San Francisco, CA; Berkeley, CA
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Three titles in three separate volumes, all 1st Editions. One clothbound book and two wrappers. Clothbound book printed by Lawton Kennedy. The pages and covers of each book are very clean and intact. Bindings are tight. The Plate of Brass Reexamined, 1977 has a few spots that have been rubbed off on the front cover. Each book is Fine. The following description addresses each title consecutively. Drake's Plate of Brass Authenticated by Colin G. Fink, E. P. Polushkin, Allen L. Chickering (Foreword), and Joel H. Hildebrand (Biographical Note); published in San Francisco, California: Original publisher's green cloth binding. 1938. 7 1/4" x 10 3/4." Twenty-eight pages, complete. Additional unpaginated pages in the back comprising the Figures. Two plates and forty-nine Figures, all in black and white, complete. Printed on copyright page: "Special Publication No. 14; Attention is called to Special Publication No. 13, issued April, 1937, under the title, 'Drake's Plate of Brass,' to which the present volume is a sequel." Card laid in also indicating this volume is a sequel to No. 13. Back colophon: "Printed for the California Historical Society by Lawton R. Kennedy, December 1938; Typography by Harold N. Seeger." The Plate of Brass Reexamined by the Bancroft Library; published in Berkeley, CA: Original publisher's beige wrappers. 1977. 7" x 10 1/4." Eighty-three pages, complete. The Plate of Brass Reexamined: A Supplement by the Bancroft Library; published in Berkeley, CA: Original publisher's beige wrappers with staple binding. 1979. 7" x 10 1/4." Fifteen pages, complete. As the title of the clothbound book suggests, the thesis of the 1937 publication supports the idea that Drake's Plate of Brass is real. The Plate of Brass Reexamined, 1977 is inconclusive but raises doubts of the plate's authenticity. The Plate of Brass, Reexamined, 1979 concludes the plate is a hoax after years of research and a battery of tests. Technological advancements, such as X-ray diffraction and new methods of testing chemical composition, helped determine the true origins of the Drake's Plate of Brass and that is was a fake. These three volumes were published amid the infamous hoax involving the Plate of Brass purportedly made by Sir Francis Drake on which he claimed California for England. Drake's Plate of Brass was an elaborate prank carried out by members of E Clampus Vitus (ECV), a fraternity and historical society characterized by humor and lightheartedness. ECV members frequently used Dog Latin, made humorous claims of the ECV's own history, and played jokes on fellow members. The target of this hoax was Herbert Eugene Bolton, an ECV member, history professor, and Director of the Bancroft Library. The joke was intended to have been between the pranksters and Bolton, but things got out of hand when the plate gained prominence and recognition in the public spotlight. Eventually, ECV published Ye Presposterous Booke of Brasse in 1937 as a veiled confession and an attempt to expose the hoax. However, Bolton and other specialists were adamant that the plate was real. Despite compelling scientific evidence and multiple conclusions the plate was fake, it was not until 2003 that the ECV's Plate of Brass was officially proven to be a forgery.
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1925
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Octavo. xvii, fold-out map, [1], 382 pages. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Inscribed by the author on the right front flyleaf to "Miss Fessenden A good moral book for a nice girl." Some pages are unopened/uncut. Light faded area to the cloth on the front cover. DeRenne III p.1163; Howes A 336.