Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. "Through painstaking archival work in British Columbia, Oregon, California, and Hawaii, Jean Barman and Bruce Watson pieced together what is known about these sailors, laborers, and..... More
New York: Taylor & Dodd, 1839. First Edition. Having graduated from the Auburn Theological Seminary in Massachusetts in 1830, Sheldon Dibble (1809-45) and his newlywed bride sailed for Hawaii with the fourth company from the..... More
Honolulu: Published by the authors, 1980. First Edition. Trade paperback. The first book on the history of the 'ukulele, accompanied by A Tradition in Hawaiian Music: The 'Ukulele (1980), the guide to the 'ukulele exhibit..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Laid in are a pair of autograph letters signed (ALS) by the author to Anna Maria Hager, who compiled the index for this work, as well..... More
Honolulu: Robert Grieve, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo: xx ads, [4], 100, [2], xxi-xxxv, [1] ad p. with 4 leaves of ads within text. Illustrated with photographs, engravings, and maps. Original printed boards, with..... More
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company, 1887. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to William De Witt Alexander (1833-1913), the noted educator, author, and linguist in the Kingdom of Hawaii, on a prefatory blank..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on a prefatory blank leaf. “Inglis was a missionary stationed in the New Hebrides Islands; he was based at Aneityum. His book..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Important account of tourist travels in Australia in the late 1850s and early '60s. "Jessop records in interesting and accurate detail an early expedition of Ernest Giles whom..... More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo: xxx, [2], 543, [1] pp. with nearly 200 illustrations. Original gold cloth over cream cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titling. A near fine in a...... More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 345 p. with 17 illustrations and a map. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. More
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to Harry R. Goff, past president of the Book Club of California, on the front flyleaf. “In spite of its pedantic title..... More
London: John Murray, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. A compilation of letters written and edited by the author, detailing his journeys across northern Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, China, and Japan. Includes accounts of the Torres Straits..... More
Munich: Prestel, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "Drawing on the famous collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller this beautifully illustrated book brings together for the first time the arts of the Malayo-Polynesian countries to demonstrate the astonishing..... More
English-language manuscript document rendered in brown gall ink on a light blue sheet (15 1/8” x 12 5/8”) with a period embossed stamp along the bottom edge. Folded variously in sixths or eighths. Minor oxidation..... More
Sydney and London: Collins, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Souter on the title page. Panoramic history of Australia from the birth of the commonwealth to its climactic ordeal by fire in the..... More
Los Angeles: N.A. Kovach, 1965. Hardcover. Edition limited to 225 copies of which 200 copies are for sale. "Tasman sailed in command of an exploratory voyage 'for the discovery of the unknown Southland...,' commissioned by..... More
Honolulu: Gazette Print, 1881. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo: [12, ads], 71, [25, ads] pp. In the publisher's printed paper wrappers. Uncut and largely unopened. Short worm line to the fore-edge of the concluding leaves. The..... More
Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette, 1900. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo: xviii [ads], 210, xix-xxx [ads] pp. Original printed paper wrappers. Minor creasing to the bottom corner of a small number of leaves, with some very mild foxing..... More