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1880ref. 69738Honolulu ans San Francisco: George Bowser & Co 1880. HAWAII. 1880-1881. Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Each Island in the Kingdom with the Names and Addresses of all Official Persons and Landownders all Business Men Native and Foreign and of all White Residents. also a Statistical Directory of all Holdings of Land in each Island the Purposes for which they are occupied the Proportion under Cultivation and their Position in Relation to the Chief Towns of the Islands. Together with a full description of each Islands Principal Towns and Villages its Roads Scenery and Inhabitants and the available Means of communication. Illustrated by Ten Views of the Scenery of the Islands the Portraits of the King and Queen and a Map of the City of Honolulu. Written and Compiled by George Bowser & Co. Honolulu ans San Francisco: George Bowser & Co. 1880. First edition of the first Hawaiian business directory. Octavo 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 225 x 145 mm. 2 xxiv 648 xxxii 8 ads loose pp. With an additional twelve pages of ads not included in the pagination. The contents comprises xxiv pages of general information and ads 648 numbered pages of directory and descriptions and xxxii full page advertisements and 8 loose unpaginated pages of ads. Numerous smaller ads and twelve full page ads throughout the directory not included in pagination. With five double page illustration of Hawaiian locations. We could only find one copy of this on Rare Book Hub which sold in 1921. Original printed paper boards over cloth spine. Spine lettered in blind. Boards rubbed and bumped. Spine chipped along head and tail. Inner hinges cracked but holding firm. Pages are toned and a bit brittle as usual for American sheets. Advertising stamps on all edges of text block. A publisher's ink stamp on the verso page 2 below errata. Overall a very good copy. An advertisement for this book was in the "Independent Newspaper" in Hawaii November 29th 1879. It translates to: "A USEFUL BOOK. - A visitor named George Booser has begun preparations for a publication-a directory-that will detail the nature status and all other relevant information regarding the land and resources of Hawaii. It will list the occupations residences and names of individuals-both foreigners and Native Hawaiians-who are engaged in various trades. It will identify the locations of sugar plantations rice farms and other agricultural enterprises along with their respective owners. It will also note the major types of businesses and their proprietors. Furthermore it will describe the conditions of various districts throughout the country as well as the activities conducted within them. In essence this book serves as a comprehensive record of the lands being cultivated the work being performed and the status and identities of the people involved. This is a highly valuable work and it will undoubtedly prove beneficial to those who consult this directory and its contents. The author intends to offer copies of this book for sale to those in Hawaii who are proficient in the English language. We wish him every success in this progressive and commendable undertaking." Ka Nupepa Kuokoa Buke XVIII Helu 48 Aoao 3. Novemaba 29 1879. HBS 69738. $3750. George Bowser & Co unknown books
1819ref. 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 books
1825ref. 69601Boston: Crocker & Brewster 1825. HAWAII. RICHARDS William author. Memoir of Keopuolani. Late Queen of the Sandwich Islands. Boston: Crocker & Brewster n.d. reprint of 1825 edition. Early reprint of the 1825 first edition. Small sixteenmo pamphlet 7 x 4 1/4 inches; 177 x 108 mm. vii 8-55 pp. With two full page engraved plates in the text. Original full printed drab gray wrappers. Staple bound. Some light toning along spine and edges of wrapper. Staples causing minor rust stains. Still about fine. An early reprint of "the first biographical account of the first Christian convert in the Hawaiian Islands and of the highest-ranking of the Hawaiian ali'i of her time" Forbes. "Memoir of Keopuolani Late Queen of the Sandwich Islands is a book written by William Richards in 1825. It is a historical account of the life of Keopuolani one of the most important figures in the history of Hawaii. Keopuolani was the wife of Kamehameha I the first king of Hawaii and the mother of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III. The book provides a detailed account of Keopuolani's life from her childhood to her death. It describes her upbringing her marriage to Kamehameha I and her role in the unification of the Hawaiian Islands. The book also discusses her conversion to Christianity and her efforts to spread the faith throughout Hawaii. Memoir of Keopuolani Late Queen of the Sandwich Islands is an important historical document that provides insight into the life and culture of Hawaii during the early 19th century." Booksamilion. Forbes 623 for first edition. HBS 69601. $1250. Crocker & Brewster unknown books
1852ref. 69457London: Harrison and Son 1852. HAWAII. Signed at Paris June 29 1869. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. 1869. London: Harrison and Sons 1869. First Edition. Small folio pamphlet 12 5/8 x 8 inches; 321 x 205 mm. 4 pp. Two sheets unbound. Inner margin a bit frayed. Inked page numbers to upper right corner of both leaves. Some light foxing. Still about fine. The first pamphlet is the text of the new treaty between Great Britain and Hawaii. This treaty of friendship commerce and navigation between Kamehameha III King of the Hawaiian Islands and Victoria Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to promote relations and trade between the two nations. Drafted on July 10th 1851 and ratified on May 6th 1852. The second pamphlet is in regards to a declaration made in 1869 between the United Kingdom and the Sandwich Islands Hawaii canceling part of Article VII of the Treaty of July 10 1851 specifically regarding British whaling ships while continuing the remaining articles for seven years. Article VII stated that British whale-ships would have access to the ports of the Hawaiian Islands." Forbes 1862 HBS 69457. $2250. Harrison and Son unknown books
1947ref. 219701947. Japanese-American WWII Official yearbook of the 1947 graduating class at Punahou School in Honolulu Hawaiʻi which serves as a vivid document of postwar life in a multiracial student body that included a notable presence of Japanese American students. Bound in embossed dark blue leatherette. 8.5" x 11". Heavily illustrated. Published two years after the end of World War II this year's volume shows the continued presence and leadership of Nisei students despite the hardship faced in school years prior. With numerous signed messages by students-including Japanese American classmates such as W. Kobayashi G. Ogawa and H. Takakuwa-this volume provides rare evidence of social reintegration and interracial camaraderie in the wake of a war that saw Japanese Americans subjected to mass suspicion and surveillance across the United States. While Japanese Americans in Hawaiʻi were spared the large-scale incarceration endured by their mainland counterparts they still lived under martial law from 1941 to 1944. During this time thousands were dismissed from government jobs arrested without charge or pressured to prove loyalty-conditions that deeply affected the Nisei generation. Many of the students represented here likely had family members who served in the famed 100th Infantry Battalion or the 442nd Regimental Combat Team the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. Others may have experienced community surveillance loss of employment or restricted freedoms under Hawaiʻi's military government. In this context the 1947 Oahuan is not simply a yearbook-it is a document of recovery dignity and the quiet persistence of young Japanese Americans reclaiming space in public life through scholarship athletics and social visibility. This particular copy is especially notable for its extensive endpaper inscriptions with dozens of students having signed their names in ink making this a personalized artifact of postwar student life. The volume features photographs of senior portraits student clubs athletic teams and lively candid montages with Nisei students prominently and equitably featured. Sports team photos show a remarkable ethnic diversity with surnames like Kobayashi and Koneshige appearing beside those of white and Hawaiian students. The visual presentation echoes Hawaiʻi's unique multiracial culture and hints at the relative integration of elite schools like Punahou in contrast to the segregation typical of many mainland institutions during this era. Endpapers are completely filled with original signatures. Wear to covers with some cracking at interior hinge and one corner of the pastedown torn. Overall very good condition. A rare signed witness to Nisei perseverance in a racially stratified but uniquely hybrid territory on the cusp of statehood. unknown books
1946ref. 219301946. Japanese-American WWII Official yearbook of the 1946 graduating class at Punahou School in Honolulu Hawaiʻi which serves as a vivid document of postwar life in a multiracial student body that included a notable presence of Japanese American students. Bound in embossed dark blue leatherette. 8.5" x 11". Heavily illustrated. Published just one year after the conclusion of World War II the yearbook offers a rare and humanizing portrait of Japanese American youth in a period when many of their families were still reeling from forced incarceration surveillance or military service. While Japanese Americans in Hawaiʻi were spared the large-scale incarceration endured by their mainland counterparts they still lived under martial law from 1941 to 1944. During this time thousands were dismissed from government jobs arrested without charge or pressured to prove loyalty-conditions that deeply affected the Nisei generation. Many of the students represented here likely had family members who served in the famed 100th Infantry Battalion or the 442nd Regimental Combat Team the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. Others may have experienced community surveillance loss of employment or restricted freedoms under Hawaiʻi's military government. In this context the 1947 Oahuan is not simply a yearbook-it is a document of recovery dignity and the quiet persistence of young Japanese Americans reclaiming space in public life through scholarship athletics and social visibility. This yearbook reflects a moment of restoration and resilience capturing a cohort of Nisei students reclaiming normalcy through education sports and extracurricular life in a territory that would not become a state for another thirteen years. The 1946 Oahuan features dozens of portrait photographs and detailed bios of Japanese American seniors-including Florence Takahashi Alice Asahina and Raymond Akana-who were active in campus life through clubs like Hui Eleu Ka Punahou and the Camera Club. The prominence of these students across social and athletic leadership roles demonstrates the partial reabsorption of Japanese Americans into Hawaiʻi's civic fabric even as anti-Japanese sentiment lingered nationally. Particularly striking is the equal treatment of Asian and white students a stark contrast to the segregated yearbooks of most mainland U.S. high schools at the time. The layout includes numerous posed group photos framed by Oʻahu's lush volcanic landscape a reminder of the local terrain that shaped these students' hybrid island identities. Minor toning and faint edgewear; overall very good condition. A poignant and timely artifact from a transitional moment in Japanese American history reflecting the endurance and reintegration of Nisei students in a society still reckoning with its wartime policies. unknown books
1947ref. 219311947. Japanese-American WWII Official yearbook of the 1947 graduating class at Punahou School in Honolulu Hawaiʻi which serves as a vivid document of postwar life in a multiracial student body that included a notable presence of Japanese American students. Bound in embossed dark blue leatherette. 8.5" x 11". Heavily illustrated. Published two years after the end of World War II this year's volume shows the continued presence and leadership of Nisei students despite the hardship faced in school years prior. With numerous signed messages by students-including Japanese American classmates such as W. Kobayashi G. Ogawa and H. Takakuwa-this volume provides rare evidence of social reintegration and interracial camaraderie in the wake of a war that saw Japanese Americans subjected to mass suspicion and surveillance across the United States. While Japanese Americans in Hawaiʻi were spared the large-scale incarceration endured by their mainland counterparts they still lived under martial law from 1941 to 1944. During this time thousands were dismissed from government jobs arrested without charge or pressured to prove loyalty-conditions that deeply affected the Nisei generation. Many of the students represented here likely had family members who served in the famed 100th Infantry Battalion or the 442nd Regimental Combat Team the most decorated unit in U.S. military history. Others may have experienced community surveillance loss of employment or restricted freedoms under Hawaiʻi's military government. In this context the 1947 Oahuan is not simply a yearbook-it is a document of recovery dignity and the quiet persistence of young Japanese Americans reclaiming space in public life through scholarship athletics and social visibility. This particular copy is especially notable for its extensive endpaper inscriptions with dozens of students having signed their names in ink making this a personalized artifact of postwar student life. The volume features photographs of senior portraits student clubs athletic teams and lively candid montages with Nisei students prominently and equitably featured. Sports team photos show a remarkable ethnic diversity with surnames like Kobayashi and Koneshige appearing beside those of white and Hawaiian students. The visual presentation echoes Hawaiʻi's unique multiracial culture and hints at the relative integration of elite schools like Punahou in contrast to the segregation typical of many mainland institutions during this era. Endpapers are completely filled with original signatures. Wear to covers with some cracking at interior hinge and one corner of the pastedown torn. Overall very good condition. A rare signed witness to Nisei perseverance in a racially stratified but uniquely hybrid territory on the cusp of statehood. unknown books
ref. 304792Meadville Pa. etc. 7 x 3-1/2 inches. Fine. 7 x 3-1/2 inches. Numbers 7578 79 80 81 82 84 85 8788 8990 919295 96 97 10157 of Keystone View Co. 76 93 94 and S 343 of Underwood & Underwood. unknown books
1885ref. 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 books
1900ref. 332947Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Print 1900. 84pp. 8vo. Publisher's stapled tan wrappers. Toning wrappers a bit brittle. 84pp. 8vo. A political pamphlet relating to the election of 1900 -- the first election following admission as a U.S. Territory -- prepared by the central committee of the Republican Party concerning the land commisssion report. Not in Forbes. Scarce. Hawaiian Gazette Print unknown books
1847ref. 332697Honolulu 1847. 12pp. 12mo. Unbound. Toned and a bit brittle some splits. 12pp. 12mo. Lists the names of the women missionaries and their children with dates of birth. Includes two children born in January 1847 and none thereafter thus ascribing the date of this listing to 1847. Forbes 1669 unknown books
1856ref. 332946Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin 1856. First edition. 12pp. 12mo. Publisher's green wrappers. Foxing and toning. First edition. 12pp. 12mo. "In 1856 a group of special trustees assembled in Boston in order to raise an endowment of $50000 to be invested in the United States for the benefit of the school. This was the pamphlet with which they launched that appeal. It gives a resume of educational endeavors of the mission the founding of Punahou the withdrawal of the American board and the transfer of Lahainaluna to the Hawaiian government. The text describes the need for a school of higher learning for the increasing population 'of foreign origin' and claims that the school is 'essential to the development and continued existence of the Hawaiian nation'" Forbes. Scarce. Forbes 2186 Press of T.R. Marvin unknown books
1900ref. 329931Honolulu 1900. Nearly complete run from 1853 to 1900 lacking only the Fourteenth Annual Report from 1866. 47 vols. 12mo. Original wrappers in various colors mostly in very good condition. Nearly complete run from 1853 to 1900 lacking only the Fourteenth Annual Report from 1866. 47 vols. 12mo. "This society was formed in 1852 in the 'Old Mission School House' partly as a social organization but more specifically to lend support to the Micronesian mission then getting started . reports have excerpts from letters from Luther Halsey Gulick and several native Hawaiian missionaries stationed in Micronesia. An address by Hiram Bingham Jr. on 'the cultivation of the Missionary Spirit' is in the 1857 report. The 1858 report includes an essay by Orramel Gulick on his trip to Micronesia. The president's reports found in almost every issue have continued references to local social and religious interests in Hawaii . The birth marriage and death notices and obituaries of these missionary 'Cousins' found in issue after issue are a major source of information on missionary family histories . In the twenty-fifth annual report 1876 an essay by 'Cousin' General Samuel C. Armstrong discusses his educational work with African Americans at Hampton Virginia ." Forbes. Forbes 1942; Carter p. 81; Hunnewell p. 65 unknown books
1860ref. 329928Honolulu 1860. Small 1p. handbill 5x4 inches. Browned. Small 1p. handbill 5x4 inches. The above text continues: ". and that Capt. Daily of the Martha 2d. and Capt. Lambert of the schooner Emerald have not even been at Ascension Island Pacific Ocean this year. For this grave error I offer Captains Faily and Lambert my deep regrets and acknowledgments of wrong and wish thus publicly to ask their pardon." Not in Forbes unknown books
1863ref. 332951Honolulu: American Mission Press 1863. With: 9 additional Reports of the Hawaiian Missionary Society being the Second Report and the Fifth through Twelfth Reports. 10 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers or self-wrappers. With: 9 additional Reports of the Hawaiian Missionary Society being the Second Report and the Fifth through Twelfth Reports. 10 vols. 8vo. The Hawaiian Missionary Society aimed to send missionaries from Hawaii to other Pacific islands. "The first annual report states that preparations were being made to send two missionaries Rev. Mr. Snow and Rev. Luther H. Gulick and their wives to Micronesia. A list of contributions made to the society shows the extraordinary generosity of native Hawaiian churches to this object . From this date the annual reports include excerpts from letters of the missionaries both in Micronesia and in the Marquesas. Twelve annual reports were published between 1852 and 1863 . The first three were printed at the American Mission Press; the fifth at the Polynesian office; and the remainder by the press of H.M. Whitney or the Pacific Commercial Press. This is an important source of information about missionary work by native Hawaiian missionaries in Micronesia the Marquesas and other parts of the Pacific" Forbes This group comprises the following: First Report. Honolulu: American Mission Press 1852. 12pp. Green wrappers. Second Report. Honolulu: American Mission Press 1853. 19pp. Unopened. Tan wrappers. Fifth Report. Honolulu: Printed at the Polynesian Office 1856. 24pp. Uncut and unopened. Stitched self-wrappers. Sixth Report. Honolulu: Press of H.M. Whitney 1857. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Seventh Report. Honolulu: Commercial Advertiser Print 1858. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Eighth Report. Honolulu: Commercial Advertiser Print 1859. 16pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Ninth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1860. 35pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Tenth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1861. 23pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Eleventh Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1862. 24pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Twelfth Report. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney 1863. 12pp. Stitched self-wrappers. Forbes 1877 First Report American Mission Press unknown books
1833ref. 332703Boston 1833. 4pp. Signed in print by B.B. Wisner R. Anderson and David Greene. 4to. Folds. 4pp. Signed in print by B.B. Wisner R. Anderson and David Greene. 4to. This circular was sent to the missionaries at Bombay Ceylon Siam China Syria Constantinople Greece Malta Sandwich Islands and the Washington Islands and is comprised of a series of 48 questions regarding their experiences. The questions relate to languages spoken geography and demographics schools and education religion printing and availability of books other missions etc. Very scarce with no examples located in OCLC and no auction records. unknown books
1854ref. 329930Honolulu: Mission Press 1854. 47pp. 12mo. Original blue wrappers minor browning and chipping. 47pp. 12mo. Scarce pamphlet commemorating the inauguration of Edward G. Beckwith as president of Oahu College giving a complete account of the event. The work includes a history of Oahu College also called Punahou School which was founded in 1841 by missionaries. "The minutes of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association record the edition as 500 copies" Forbes. Forbes 2042 Mission Press unknown books
1868ref. 332700Honolulu: Paiia e Henry M. Whitney 1868. 15 1; 15 1pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Stitched. 15 1; 15 1pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The first two reports of the Sunday School Association of a series of annual reports by the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. Each includes a table in the rear listing statistics for all the religious schools on the island. Scarce. Forbes 2749 Paiia e Henry M. Whitney unknown books
1819ref. 332862Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong 1819. 40 xvi pp. 8vo. Disbound. Foxing. 40 xvi pp. 8vo. "A sermon preached at the ordination of two missionaries just prior to their departure as members of the first 'company' of missioanries . to the Hawaiian Islands" Forbes. Includes "Instructions from the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Rev. Hiram Bingham and the Rev. Asa Thurston and others . Members of the Mission to the Sandwich Islands" in the rear. Shaw & Shoemaker 48291; Forbes 499; Sabin 33794 Samuel T. Armstrong unknown books
1876ref. 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 books
1861ref. 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 books
1839ref. 332695Honolulu 1839. 4pp. 8vo. Unbound. 4pp. 8vo. "Under the name of each member are listed the names and birth dates of her children . The printed minutes of the 1840 General Meeting record an edition of 250 copies" Forbes. The 1839 edition is scarce with only a single example at auction. Forbes 1180 unknown books
1853ref. 329932Honolulu: Government Press 1853. 29pp. 12mo. Original green wrappers very minor chip at lower corner else near fine. 29pp. 12mo. The first report of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society: "This society was formed in 1852 in the 'Old Mission School House' partly as a social organization but more specifically to lend support to the Micronesian mission then getting started." Forbes. Forbes 1942; Carter p. 81; Hunnewell p. 65 Government Press unknown books
1856ref. 332945Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin 1856. First edition. 12pp. 12mo. Publisher's tan wrappers. Foxing and toning. First edition. 12pp. 12mo. "In 1856 a group of special trustees assembled in Boston in order to raise an endowment of $50000 to be invested in the United States for the benefit of the school. This was the pamphlet with which they launched that appeal. It gives a resume of educational endeavors of the mission the founding of Punahou the withdrawal of the American board and the transfer of Lahainaluna to the Hawaiian government. The text describes the need for a school of higher learning for the increasing population 'of foreign origin' and claims that the school is 'essential to the development and continued existence of the Hawaiian nation'" Forbes. Scarce. Forbes 2186 Press of T.R. Marvin unknown books
1830ref. 329926Honolulu 1830. 4pp. Signed in print Hiram Bingham and 54 others. 8vo. Folded sheet. Browned. 4pp. Signed in print Hiram Bingham and 54 others. 8vo. "The text of this was drawn up in Boston just prior to the departure of the first American Protestant missionaries to Hawaii. Although issued without an imprint or colophon it can be dated to 1830. The last signatories on this are those of the Third Company of missionaries who arrived at Honolulu on the Ship Parthian March 20 1828" Forbes. Forbes 742 unknown books
