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1999réf. mon00009483155/1/1999 12:00:01 AM. spiral_bound. Good. in x in x in. Minor stain on top outer corner of a few pages. Published by Hawaii TMK Service. unknown
1981réf. 2080202102500727Japanese Books Co. Ltd. 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japanese Books Co., Ltd. paperback
1782réf. PHO-1331Paris ,Chez Pissot père et fils, Chez Laporte, (1782) 1 volume in-octavo (20 x 12,7 cm) de X-508 pp. ,Reliure plein veau marbré d'époque, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre et tomaison, tranches rouges ,la carte et le frontispice sont manquants , défauts à la reliure .
1914réf. 51977Honolulu H.T.: n.p. ca. 1914. Seven Real Photo Postcards all printed on split-back CYKO photo postcard stock and stamp box w/ outline CYKO imprint indicating 1906-1915 dating slight edgewear very slight dustsoiling still NF set of images. This scarce group of Real Photo Postcards chronicle some of the floats and events from the 1914 Floral Parade held on the 8th day of Carnival Feb. 21 1914 with the parade forming at Aala Park in the afternoon. The first shows bustling crowds a cleared street men women and families lined up along the street as the parade passes down the corner from McInerny’s Shoe Store with store front and window displays clearly shown in downtown Honolulu. The next series of cards depict the pyramid of children sitting on the Lincoln-Lee Legion float touting their lifelong temperance pledges to abstain from alcohol a large model wooden ship on the Inter-Island Transportation float another showing Lady Liberty on a Spanish War veterans float; along with a RPPC of the Honolulu Fire Department Engine Co. No. 1’s first motorized fire engine what appears to be a 1910 Knox High Pressure Hose Wagon fitted with ladders on the side cab-over configuration and large Brass lamps in front fitted with ladders and firemen riding in the parade. The RPPC of the Iolani Palace lit up at night with floodlights bringing out the architectural details and revealing all of the windows draped in American flags. n.p., unknown
1981réf. 2080202102900246Honpo shoseki 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Books: 3 books Honpo shoseki paperback
1887réf. 329927Honolulu: Daily Bulletin Steam Print 1887. 204pp. 12mo. Original lettered wrappers. 204pp. 12mo. Includes accounts of the celebration reminiscences and a table of the missionaries sent by the ABCFM and the Seamens' Friend Society with their date and place of birth death arrival return and descendants. Forbes 3909 Daily Bulletin Steam Print unknown
1960réf. 2162Honolulu Hawaii U.S.A.: Hawaii Visitors Bureau 1960. MAPS TOURIST BROCHURE. Four of the folded tourist brochures measure 6" x 3" and open to 12" x 9". Each is printed on colored paper and features tourist information on one side along with a relief map that includes an inset map of the eight major islands showing their placement in the island chain on the verso. The maps include a compass rose legend elevations major roads towns crops sports facilities hotels and topography featuring volcanic mountains forests parks beaches and more. Light age-toning at some folds the Maui brochure has a ¼" cut on one panel; all near fine. The four large brochures with maps are: Hawaii The Big Island; Kauai The Garden Island; Maui The Valley Isle; and Oahu Crossroads of the Pacific. The fifth brochure is smaller and pictures the island of Molokai it measures 6" x 3" and opens to 8 7/8" x 5 7/8". It features a table of distances to various towns and to the airport from Kaunakakai. Dating the maps is based on hotels that opened in the early 1960s and closed in the late 1960s. Hawaii Visitors Bureau unknown
1785réf. 118723paris thou 1785 4 A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1785, 4 volumes in-8, 512 - 512 - 592 - 584, 111 pages, contient les 2 tableaux dépliants et les appendices, sans l'atlas de planches.Demi reliure à coins, dos longs portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièce de cuir respectivement orangé et vert, tranches mouchetées, gardes blanches. Reliures usées mais solides (cuir épidermé, coins frottés, mors interne en partie apparent), nombreuse erreurs de pagination, sans manque, un cahier du tome I dont les pages ne sont imprimées que sur une face du feuillet (sans manque) intérieur frais, bon état général.
1981réf. 2080202102708005Honpo shoseki 1981. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 size Honpo shoseki paperback
1923Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in ports of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman, Matthew Armstrong, Nanaimo, British Columbia The Woman of the Island - The extraordinary experience that befell E.N. McMullan in the remote interior of Brazil, showing that even the wildest savages have some concpetion of the white man's abilities and a very lively sense of gratitute; Amid the Eternal Fires - Volcanologist Professor T.A. Jaggar has lived on the brink of the Kilauea volcano for fourteen years - article with photos; The Wishing Pipe - a tragic story of peril underground by C.J. Harrell, one of the best placer- and hard-rock miners in the Western U.S.; East Beyond the East - a photo-illustrated visit to Ternate, gem of the Spice Islands, or Moluccas; A Battle With Wolves - a trapper's nighmare with black wolves in the Far North; In the Dark - Capt. Raymond Kelsall, of Toro, Uganda was dragged out of his bed at 2am by a lion!; Exporting in Central Brazil - Part II - A small expedition left England in 1921 to study the mighty Amazon forests and her wild Indian Tribes - article with photos; The Four Madmen - Frank James, Marcus Curtis, John Hawkins and John Coffey break out of Matteawan Insane Asylum in Beacon, New York; The Pelican Women of Lake Tchad - article with photos of the monstrous wooden discs inserted in their lips; The Three Angleteers - Part I - Three bored English lads set out across Europe and experience many troubles and adventures; My Turtle - Louis A. Sabine's disastrous voyage aboard the yawl Etta May promised a rich return but left him more poor than when he started; Four Years in Liberia - Trader Percy H. Newman describes some odd experiences in the little-known interior of the Black Republic of Liberia, in parts of which he was the first white man the natives had ever seen; A Navajo "Yebitchai" - an unusual nine-day festival connected with the healing of the sick - article with photos; Over the Dam - Night Watchman Matthew Armstrong's terrible ordeal in the woods near Nanaimo, British Columbia; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
18412 voll. in un tomo in-8° (205x133mm), pp. XVI, 296; 392, (2) di errata; legatura coeva m. pelle marrone con titolo, filetti e fregi in oro e a secco al dorso. Piatti in cartone marmorizzato policromo. Tagli azzurri a spruzzo. Due antiporte xilografiche con vedute del porto di Anaroura, nell'isola di Waho, e della californiana missione di San Luis Rey; tra le pp. 250-251 del primo vol., veduta di Monterey presa dalla rada; tra le pp. 174-175, veduta di Ross ("Stabilimento Russo vicino alla Bodega"). Qualche lieve fioritura. Ottimo esemplare. Prima traduzione italiana, dovuta a Carlo Botta, del Voyage autour du monde, principalement a la Californie et aux Iles Sandwich, pendant les annees 1826, 1827, 1828, et 1829, importante resoconto di viaggio nel continente americano e nelle Isole Sandwich (le Hawaii) compiuto da un capitano di marina, letterato e mercante francese. Notazioni geografiche ed etnografiche su Rio de Janeiro e il Brasile, Capo Horn, le Ande, il Cile e Valparaiso, il Perù e Lima, il Messico, San José, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Barbara e la sua missione spagnola, San Pedro, San Diego, Santa Clara, Los Angeles (allora ancora modesto pueblo, in cui l'autore conta appena 82 case per un totale di un migliaio di persone circa), le Hawaii, la Cina e Canton, Macao, Sant'Elena. In appendice al secondo vol., alle pp. 339 e sgg., "Osservazioni sugli abitanti delle Isole Sandwich e della California" di Paolo Emilio Botta (l'archeologo, figlio di Carlo Botta, che aveva accompagnato il Duhaut-Cilly nel suo viaggio americano), un compendioso vocabolario hawaiiano ("Italiano-Sandwiccese"), esempio di numerazione hawaiiana ("numeri sandwiccesi") e varie altre osservazioni dello stesso Paolo Emilio Botta sugli abitanti della California e delle Hawaii. I capitoli finali del Botta compaiono qui in edizione originale. "This commercial enterprise, although a financial failure, resulted the first foreign account of Spanish California by a literate and observant French trader, who, while trying to sell his goods, visited most of the missions, presidios, and pueblos of Alta California, and wrote the best contemporary account of the region. He had a splendid opportunity to observe affairs and took advantage of it, being the first outsider to become intimately acquaninted with the the thriving area. The ship Héros also visited Valparaiso, the Galápagos Islands, Hawaii, Macao, and Java" (The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages). Il Duhaut-Cilly, vissuto tra il 1790 e il 1849, effettuò i suoi viaggi attraverso il mondo fra il 1826 e il 1829; lasciò varie altre relazioni odeporiche, tra cui una di viaggio in Russia. Sabin, 21164. Cowan, II,186. Howell, 50:64. Howes, D-547. Zamorano, 80:32. Silveira De Braganza-Oakes, The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, 23-24. Hill, p. 23. Forbes, 882.
1857réf. PHO-2189Paris, Furne, 1859. 4 volumes grand in-8, demi chagrin, dos à nerfs orné avec titre, petits frottements, rousseurs. Illustré d'un frontispice, de 44 planches hors texte et deux cartes dépliantes en couleurs (Itinéraire du voyage et Tahiti) pour le Voyage de Dumont d'Urville. Tome III : 612 pages avec 27 hors texte et 2 cartes d'Amériques. Tome IV: 692 pages avec 25 hors-texte et 2 cartes (Asie et Afrique).
1833réf. PHO-1343Paris (Imprimerie Royale) 1833/35. 3 vol. grand in-8°, 25,5 x 17 cm, 3ff-XLI-558pp; 6ff-481pp; 6ff-510pp., illustré d’une grande carte dépliante, reliure éditeur ,non rogné , non coupé , début de fente tome 1 et 3 , mouillures aux reliures tome 1 et 2, rousseurs éparses.
1782réf. PHO-717Paris ,Chez Pissot père et fils, Chez Laporte, (1782) 1 volume in-octavo (20 x 13 cm) de X-508 pp. Reliure plein veau marbré d'époque, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre,la carte et le frontispice sont manquants.
1782réf. PHO-1839Paris, Chez Pissot père et fils, Chez Laporte, (1782) 1 volume in-octavo (20 x 12,7 cm) de X-508 pp., Reliure plein veau marbré d'époque, dos lisse orné avec pièce de titre, tranches rouges, illustré de la gravure de la mort de Cook, la carte est manquante, défauts à la reliure, mouillure en fin d’ouvrage.
1861réf. 332879Honolulu: Paiia e ka poe hoolaha 1861. Illustrated with 7 woodcut illustrations. 36pp. 12mo. Stitched. Toned. Provenance: Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library inked stamp on last page. Illustrated with 7 woodcut illustrations. 36pp. 12mo. Includes a chronological timeline of notable events in Hawaiian history on pages 29-33. Forbes 2417 Paiia e ka poe hoolaha unknown
1876réf. 332948Honolulu 1876. 12-1/2 x 9 inches. With the full issue of The Friend New Series Vol. 25 No. 2 which includes S. C. Damon's article titled The Kings of Hawaii. 16pp plus the engraving. Small folio. Self-wrappers. Unopened. 12-1/2 x 9 inches. With the full issue of The Friend New Series Vol. 25 No. 2 which includes S. C. Damon's article titled The Kings of Hawaii. 16pp plus the engraving. Small folio. "The illustrations accompanying this number of the Friend we could wish were better executed. The plate was made in New York from the best photographs we could procure in Honolulu. The original of Kamehameha 1st was executed in 1817 by a Russian artist who accompanied Kotzebue in his voyage and may be seen by referring to the third volume of his voyage. The original of Kamehameha 2d was executed in England in 1824 in the style of the dress of George 4th's reign. We think those of Kamehameha 3d 4th and 5th are very good but not quite so good those of Lunalilo or His Majesty Kalakaua" p. 12. cf. Forbes 1726 unknown
1885réf. 332943Honolulu 1885. 16pp. Small 8vo. Self wrappers. Minor damage in lower margins not affecting text. 16pp. Small 8vo. "The first of the pamphlets that satirized political affairs during the Kalakaua era . Although issued anonymously it was generally known at the time that the author was Honolulu lawyer Sandford B. Dole" who later became Hawaii's Governor Forbes. Forbes 3686 unknown
1866réf. 57404London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1866. 16mo. 188 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Woodcut-engraved frontisp. numerous woodcut engraved plates. Recent three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands gilt decoration on spine red & gilt morocco spine label bookplate on front pastedown of W.A. Foster ownership markings of J. Carrick Murray dated 1882 and binder’s tick on rear pastedown for Atkinsons Salisbury. First edition of this work intended to provide background knowledge to the British public and SPCK members following the visit of Queen Emma of Hawaii 1836-1885 following her visit to Queen Victoria for an audience but also granted the rare honor of spending the night with the British royal family at Windsor Castle. Drawing from Cook’s voyages in-house journals of the SPCK the writings of Manley Hopkins and Missions to the Heathen the author details Cook’s voyages to Hawaii customs an interesting section on the Hawaiian language and details the plummeting population caused by British and other foreign seamen bringing smallpox measles dysentery influenza and venereal disease to the islands. Queen Emma & Queen Victoria maintained a long close correspondence with one another after Victoria had agreed to be Godmosther to Prince Albert Edward Kauikeaouli Leiopapa a Kamehameha 1858-1862 followed in 1863 by the death of King Kamehameha IV. See: Rhoda Hackler “My Dear Friend”: Letters of Queen Victoria and Queen Emma The Hwaiian Journal of History vol. 22 1988 pp. 101-130 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, hardcover
1923réf. 48749Honolulu HI: Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd. 1923. Tall thick 8vo. xvi 915 1 pp. 100s of photo illusts. Dark-brown embossed & decorated cloth gilt embossed lettering on front cover & spine minor soiling & edgewear to fore-edges of textblock some soiling to endpapers still G copy. First edition of this very scarce volume in the Men of Hawaii series which offers a well documented and illustrated biographical history of the influential founders and famous Hawaiians. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., hardcover
1924réf. 61460Fort Shafter H.T.: 64th Artillery Coast Artillery Corps. Feb. 1924. Oblong folio. 13.25 x 10.25 in. 11 leaves unnumbered. With 11 silver gelatin photos tipped-in sized 9 x 7 in. 1 w/ identifying text w/in negative photographic reproduction of TLS sent to the unit. Gray softcovers with 7 x 5 in. silver gelatin photo mounted front cover white manuscript title lettering punch sewn w/ red silk braid at gutter margin minor chipping to gutter margin front cover partially loose minor chipping to corners still VG- exemplar. A very rare souvenir album documenting one of the continuous nighttime anti-aircraft drills executed in conjunction with the 5th Army Air Force Group in order to better train for possible enemy nighttime aerial assaults on Hawaii between the Wars. These not only offered the 5th Group pilots night flying training but also sharpened and honed the skills of the CAC groups in the 64th Artillery coordinating targeting and their searchlights hunting for possible enemy aircraft. The photos depict the entire Battery C personnel weaponry and several of night firing in conjunction with the searchlights. See: William Cahill Foundation of Pacific Air War Strategy: Interwar Hawaii Air Operations Air Power History Vol. 67 No. 3 Fall 2020 pp. 7-32. 64th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps., paperback
1995réf. 641971995. Hawaii Reports. Supreme Court of Hawaii. Hawaiian Reports. Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the Territory State of Hawaii. Title varies. Imprint varies. Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Company and others 1903-1995. Vols. 14 to 75 1902-1994. 62 books. Tan buckram with upper red and lower black spine labels. Ex-library with stamps else a good solid set. $495. unknown
1912réf. 1912LHonolulu HI: NEWSPAPER CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII 1912. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. M L Randall Cartoonist. Hawaiian Islanders as We See 'Em - published by NEWSPAPER CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII 1912 9.25 x 6.25 unpaginated ca 100 full page recto only cartoons/portraits of men not a single women was included into this book in 1912 considered prominent in Hawaii by the local Cartoonist Association. The usual mix of lawyers and business men - almost all Caucasian with Curtis Iaukea and Kuhio Kalanianaole being the only true Hawaiian Islanders. Interesting is how may of these important white men have already been born in Hawaii as the second generation to missionaries and entrepreneurs who came from the US mainland and Europe in the mid 1800's. From the Preface: "The publishers have tried to pick out the best known citizens get good photo portraits of them with suitable embellishments by the pen and ink artist in such style as to remind the subjects and their friends . of what are their occupations - and idiosyncrasies." Each cartoon lists the name occupation date and place of birth recreational interests club memberships and the address ! of each person Condition the front cover is barely hanging on one page of the illustrated front endpapers is loose the back cover is still well attached. The spine is faded not sure if there used be something printed on it. The cover edges are rubbed. The front cover is missing a piece of the right lower corner. The pages are all clean no foxing no spotting no markings. NEWSPAPER CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII hardcover
1819réf. 377917Elizabethtown NJ: Edson Hart 1819. Second edition. Frontispiece portrait. 104 32 33 10 10 pp. Five parts in one with sectional title pages. 12mo. Contemporary mottled sheep red morocco spine label. Joints rubbed and just starting. Light foxing throughout. Very good. Second edition. Frontispiece portrait. 104 32 33 10 10 pp. Five parts in one with sectional title pages. 12mo. ʻŌpūkahaʻia c.1792-1818 came from Hawaii to New Haven Connecticut in 1807 following the death of his parents. There he met Dwight and was eventually housed and tutored by relative Timothy Dwight IV then president at Yale College and a founder of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Today ʻŌpūkahaʻia is best known as one of the first Hawaiians to convert to Christianity and an early translator of the Hawaiian language into English. His desire to become a missionary was among the inspirations for the opening of the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall Connecticut which published this posthumous biography. It was issued with a sermon delivered at ʻŌpūkahaʻia's funeral by Lyan Beecher and three other pieces related to the founding of the Foreign Mission School. Sabin 56429; Felcone 556 Edson Hart unknown
1839réf. PHO-1813Hortet et Ozanne, Paris 1839, 4 volumes en 2 tomes in-8, 400pp. et 423pp. et 399pp. et 451pp., relié demi basane aubergine, dos à faux nerfs avec auteur, titre et tomaison, illustré de 60 gravures, petit dictionnaire du dialecte des différents peuples rencontrés à la fin du quatrième tome, frottements aux plats, peu de rousseurs.