Popular Tribunals (Vol. I + Vol. II) : The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volumes XXXVI & XXXVII

New York:: Arno Press, Inc., 1967. 2 volumes, complete. A solid reading/reference set. Bright, square, and tight. Sharp corners. DISCARD stamp, and a few other library markings. The front free endpaper of each volume has been neatly removed. Text pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Fold-out street map of San Francisco in 1854. This is a history of popular tribunals in the west, especially California, but also Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, plus British Columbia and Mexico. Among the chapter titles are: Aberrations of Justice; The Hounds Association; The San Francisco Society of Regulators; The Advent of Law; Mobocracy in the Mines; John Jenkins, Nolens Volens; Organization of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851; James Stewart; Whittaker and McKenzie; Minor Rascalities; The Downieville Tragedy; Ballot-Box Stuffing; Assassination; Attack on the Jail, and Seizure of the Prisoners; Perils of Journalism; Trial and Execution of Casey and Cora; The Honorable Edward McGowan; Arrest of Terry, Judge of the Supreme Court; Johnson and His Gentle General; Arrest and Trial of Durkee and Rand for Piracy; The Pueblo Papers; The Labor Agitation of 1877-8; etc. Wheat 10 describes POPULAR TRIBUNALS as among the writings by Bancroft that are "the fundamental authority on Pacific Coast backgrounds." Adams SIX GUNS 130: "[Gives] some history of the outlaws of the various states treated..." Howes B-91. Decker 35-670a. Soliday p. 23. Flake 292. . Reprint of the 1887 originals.. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No jackets.. 2 vols. xiii, 749pp. + viii, 772pp..