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Hamilton, Gail (pseudonym of Mary Abigail Dodge) : A Battle of the Books, Recorded by an Unknown Writer for the Use of Authors and Publishers: To the First for Doctrine, To the Second for Reproof, To Both for Correction and for Instruction in Righteousness

Riverside Press; Hurd and Houghton, Cambridge, MA, 1870

Copy of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Bancroft's signature in pencil on front free endpaper: "H. H. Bancroft." Original publisher's brown cloth binding. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 288 pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are clean and intact except for very faint smudges on front cover. This book is listed in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL), no. 4720. Mary Abigail Dodge (1833-1896) was an American author who wrote under the pen name, Gail Hamilton. A Battle of the Books is a book she anonymously wrote after negative experiences with the publisher, Ticknor and Fields. Problems began when she had learned that her royalty payment was less than average because she was a woman (she had learned Sophia Hawthorne, widow of Nathaniel Hawthorne, was having similar pay issues from publisher's as well). Dodge advocated for women's rights and also supported the abolition of slavery. Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918) was an American historian, publisher, bookseller, and ethnologist who published and collected books on British Columbia, Central America, and the western states of the U.S. including California, Texas, and Alaska. Bancroft had a vision to donate his personal library of approximately 60,000 books for the benefit of scholars. That vision was realized when the Bancroft Library, which is named after him, at UC Berkeley was founded in 1905 upon the acquisition of his book collection.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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