first edition Hardcover
1887 · San Francisco
by Bancroft, Huberto H. (or Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1832-1918)
San Francisco: The History Company, Publicadores, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Scarce Spanish language schoolbook, with lessons modeled after those in early American primers. Bancroft (1832-1918) is best known for his monumental 39-volume history of the Pacific Coast region from Central America to Alaska. Numerous textual illustrations. Small octavo. Original printed brown paper-covered boards. Pencil marginalia to a few pages. Period previous owner's ink signature to the front flyleaf, with a pencil inscription to the front pastedown. The corners are showing, with some general shelfwer and minor spotting to the boards. (Inventory #: 68676)