New York: A.S. Barnes, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. “Much interesting data is included on the history and native culture of the islands. Missionary endeavor in Hawaii is also a favorite topic. Cheever was fascinated by..... 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, Hawaii: Advertiser Publishing Company, Ltd., 1963. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1827 London edition and the 1917 Hawaii edition, with an Introduction by Thurston Twigg-Smith. An English missionary, Ellis (1794-1872) traveled through the Society..... 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
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
Wellington and Sydney: Published for the Polynesian Society by A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1972. Hardcover. Third edition, with a new foreword and supplementary bibliography. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light bumping to..... More
A bound run of the Annual Reports of the Hawaiian Historical Society, together with a 20-year run (1967-86) of its successor, The Hawaiian Journal of History. Both publications include scholarly papers presented to the Society..... 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
Honolulu: The University of Hawaii Press, 1947-1967. Hardcover. The first volume is an early reprint, the second and third volumes are first editions. Long considered the standard history of Hawaii‘s early political and economic relations..... 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
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
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The author's second book, preceded by Headhunting in the Solomon Islands (1942). Both works are based on the long letters Mytinger (1897-1980)..... 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