| "Ground Plan, Second Floor, Valencia Street." Manuscript, ca. 1880. | Second Floor, library work area. Engraving, ca. 1881. |
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| On the second floor, Bancroft placed his "working library" of printed books, still arranged alphabetically and numbered one through 11,498. Here, too, were 450 volumes of reference works and bibliographies; 400 volumes of rare books; and 1,200 volumes of manuscripts, arranged in three groups: Mexico and Central America; California; and the Northwest Coast, including Alaska and British Columbia. Bancroft’s correction of "Mr. Bancroft’s Study" to read "The Author's Study" provides more than a little insight regarding his self-image. | |
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