Hawaii; The Land and the People.
many color photo. illus. oblong folio, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled, ex-lib). N.Y.: Gallery Books, (1987). More
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Hawaiian Birdlife
Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1972. With color and b/w illustrations throughout. 270 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, (1972). First printing. A very good(-) copy -- light foxing and spotting to outer edges, minor dampstaining and fading to lower edge of front cloth, sticker residue to front pastedown; in a very good(-) dust wrapper, edgeworn with wear to head and rear panel corner. More
The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wales, 1794-1799
Cambridge: University Press, 1967. Ed. by Michael Roe. Frontis., 5 maps, 2 folding. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. dampstained on spine portion. Cambridge: University Press, 1967. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: No. CXXXI. More
East Wind Rain: A Pictorial History of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Missoula: Pictorial Histories, 1981. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos. 182 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. Missoula: Pictorial Histories, (1981). A very good(+) copy with light bending to lower corner. More
Une Vue De L'Interieur De L'Isle D'Atooi
Paris: 1785. Engraving. 9 x 18 1/4 inches. Margin trimmed to neat line on left, folded as issued. Lively scene with groups of people at work in front of a village on the Hawaiian Village on the Island of Kauai. The island is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest of the archipelago. From the French edition of the Official Report of Cook's 3rd voyage. More
The Explorations of Captain James Cook in The Pacific; As Told by Selections of His Own Journals, 1768-1779.
New York: Heritage. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Color frontispiece, black & white illustrations. Short 4to, bown leather-backed patterned boards, slipcase. New York: Heritage Press, (no date, circa 1955). Fine. More
Hawaiian Petroglyphs
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1995. With b/w images throughout. 100 pages. Large, slim 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, (1995). Seventh printing. A very good copy--lightly sunned at spine and front cover near head, some scuffing to rear cover and corners. More
Shoal of Time; A History of the Hawaiian Islands.
494pp. 8vo, pr. wrs.; (wrs. lightly soiled). Univ. of Hawaii Press, (1982). More
Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee; With observations on the natural history of the Sandwich Islands,
London: H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1827. and remarks on the manners, customs, traditions, history, and language of their inhabitants. Complete with 2 folding maps, frontispiece portrait of the author, and 8 plates. viii, 480pp. 8vo, beautifully rebound in modern 3/4 black morocco, spine lightly sunned, both maps have light foxing, mostly to margins, portrait and plates have light foxing to small areas of the images. London: H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson, 1827. Second Edition. Very good Author..... More
Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919. 1911-1912. 95 plates. 112 text illustrations. 677pp. 4to, green cloth. Washington: Governmant Printing Office, 1919. First edition. Near Fine. Papers include: Gilmore, Melvin Randolph. Uses of Plants by Indians of the Missouri River Region; Fewkes, Jesse Walter. Designs on Prehistoric Hopi Pottery; Beckwith, Martha Warren. The Hawaiian Romance of Laieikawai. More
Captain James Cook: A Biography
New York: Norton, 1995. Illustrated with a handful of b/w images. 398 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Norton, (1995). First American edition. A very good(-) ex-library copy--foxing to outer edges, residue from partially removed plate on front pastedown, rear endpaper removed; in a very good(-) wrapper, lightly scuffed with paper damage to lower spine. More
The Last Voyage of Captain James Cook.
New York: William Morrow, 1979. Illustrated. 271 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; small dent along top edge, dust wrapper spine sunned, price clipped. New York William Morrow and Company, 1979. First U.S. edition. But for dent, a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Georgia O'Keeffe's Hawai'i
Hawai'i: Koa Books, 2011. Illustrated abundantly in color and in black and white. 113 pages. Square 4to, green cloth with gold lettering, d.w. Hawai'i: Koa Books, (2011). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. Introduction by Jennifer Saville. Afterword by James Meeker. More
Eternal Hawaii.
profusely illus. in color. folio, cloth, d.w.; (ex-lib). (Portland: Graphic Arts Center, 1976). More
A Taste of Hawaii; New Cooking from the Crossroads of the Pacific.
color illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, (1992). vg. More
Admiral Kimmel's Story
Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1955. 2 maps. xvi, 206pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w., head of spine slightly frayed. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1955. First Edition. Dust jacket is lightly soiled and price-clipped with a small area of chipping to the top of the spine portion. More
Outer Islands
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984. 87pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, (1984). Fine Poetry on Hawaii. More
Typed Letter Signed
Washington: 1911. Important Department of State memorandum, 1 page, 10 x 7.75 inches, Washington, April 22, 1911, embossed letterhead and Great Seal, concerning the sanitary conditions in the Territory of Hawaii, in part: "...I have the honor to inform you with regret that cholera has again appeared in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, a case having occurred on April 12 and two additional cases being reported on April 15...the local health authorities, assisted by officers of the Marine Hospital Service, are..... More
Trailside Plants of Hawai`i's National Parks
Hawai`i Natural History Association, 1996. Many color photo Illus. 80pp. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled. N.p.: Hawai`i Natural History Association, 1996. More
Day of Infamy.
New York: Henry Holt, 1957. Illustrated. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, edgeworn and foxed pictorial d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (1957). Book Club Edition. Very good(+) in very good(-) dust wrapper. History of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. More
Captain Cook; Master of the Seas
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Illus. 490pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, (2011). Very good. More
The Folding Cliffs: A Narrative
New York: Knopf, 2010. 331 pages, 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. A near fine copy. More
The Kingdom of Hawaii
Honolulu: 1934. Photo text Illus. 400pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. which is dampstained and chipped, spine of cloth very lightly dampstained, one corner bumped on front cloth cover. Honolulu, 1934. Pages 285-400 comprises a continuation titled, " Hawaii Since Annexation," by Wallace R. Farrington, former Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. More
Paradise of the the Pacific: Approaching Hawai'i
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015. Illustrated. 303 pages, 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2015). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Hawaii; Twelve Woodcuts
Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1928. 12 woodcuts by the author. 8 unnumbered pages. 8vo, original wrappers with original d.w. Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1928. Second Printing Author lived in Hawaii from 1910 to 1917. Lovely prints showing island life including surfing and night fishing. Dust wrapper is lightly soiled, chipped on some edges, and worn on the spine portion, wrappers of book are chipped on corners. Internally, a tight bright copy. University of Washington Chapbooks, Number..... More