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1970réf. 62747Honolulu HI: Department of Anthropology Bernice P. Bishop Museum County of Hawaii Planning Dept. 1970. 4to. 53 1 pp. Yellow-printed softcovers stapled at gutter margin as issued minor shelfwear scuffing still VG copy w/ faint remnants of former ownership stamp front cover. First edition of this invaluable archaeological and anthropological report prepared during the 1960’s in order to locate identify and interpret Native Hawaiian sites for land developers and businesses as large area were opened for development during the Mid-20th-Century. Of particular interest are the identification and listing of a majority of the finds encompassing petroglyph rock carvings fishing village remnants human remains battle fields burial fields and more. Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, County of Hawaii Planning Dept., paperback
1969réf. 62746Honolulu HI: Dept. of Anthropology Bernice P. Bishop Museum 1969. Four parts in one vol. 4to. 73 1; 4 i 1 12; 4 17 1; 4 24 pp. With photos site maps maps diagrams illustrations throughout. Tan-green printed softcovers dividing covers for sections 2-4 slight dustsoiling very minor sunning still VG bright copy. First edition of these scarce archaeological and anthropological reports released in Sammelband as well as separately carried out on Hawaii in the 1950’s through 1960’s and the first includes a concise synopsis review of fieldwork as well as history of Euro-caucasian contacts with Hawaii from the 18th- to 20th-Century. Dept. of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, paperback
1946réf. 62004Guam & Pearl Harbor H.T.: 301st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion 1946. Oblong 4to. 12.5 x 9.25 in. 247 1 pp. With 100’s of photo illustrations a colour plate map plates. Navy-blue coloured boards 301st NCB Seabee badge in gilt on front cover gilt title on cover some edgewear scuffing to spine minor rubbing still a VG- copy. First edition of this very scarce souvenir yearbook chronicling the Herculean efforts of the storied 301st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Seabees affectionately known as the “Harbor Stretchers” as they were specifically activated and formed to expand and deepen vital deep-water harbors at advance bases in the South Pacific during World War II. Activated April 1 1944 in Port Hueneme Advanced Base Depot CA they were dispatched to Guam starting April 21 1944 to begin clearing vast War debris from the defeated Japanese Naval units and were a specialized unit often operating under sustained constant enemy fire during the War. Based out of Guam 12 detachments scattered over the Pacific War zone dredging harbors under adverse conditions at some of the bloodiest island hopping battles such as Kwajalein Saipan Iwo Jima Okinawa Peleliu and Tinian. Dredges included the “Tualatin” moved to Midway in May 1944 the USS City of Dahlart at Pearl Harbor Dredge Indiana at Midway. Many of their salvage operations are depicted here along with an extended photographic synopsis of Guam during World War II. Worldcat locates 5 copies NYPL SF Maritime Nat. Hist. Park Navy Dept. Naval Hist. Lib. Heinz Center WI Vet Mus. Res. Ctr. 301st U.S. Naval Construction Battalion, 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
1950réf. 61896Honolulu H.T.: Hawaiian Airlines 1950. 8vo. 5.25 x 9.3 in. printed in red white & blue which folds out into oblong folio 21 x 9.3 pictorial route map on verso recto w/ photo text illustrations. Self-printed softcovers pictorial map of Hawaii w/ DC-3 flying overhead slight shelfwear. First edition of this post-World War II travel brochure touting the many places visitors could enjoy on their tours through the Hawaiian Islands on the airlines DC-3’s including Akaka Falls Waimea Canyon giant ferns on Kiluaea Honolulu Lahaina and more. Although misdated by some cataloguers due to the introduction of DC-3’s in 1941 by Hawaiian Airlines the population statistics for the fold-out pictorial map match those issued in 1950 with Territorial and Federal Census. Worldcat locates 2 similar copies DLC U of WI smaller 1953 version. Hawaiian Airlines, paperback
1928réf. 60862Honolulu H.T.: Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1928. 12mo. 5 x 6.75 in. 228 pp. Photo frontisp. with photo plates text illustrations maps 6 large folding including city map of Honolulu. Colour-illustrated flexible gray boards vivid cover art of Hawaiian hut outrigger and scenery front & back cover in yellow red & green dark green & red lettering front & back covers slight shelfwear very minor toning to fore-edges of maps couple w/ very slight closed tears at creases still NF copy. First edition stated of this well-illustrated and informative handbook issued by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin during the Roaring 20’s. Keyed to the maps and the illustrations the text not only details the history of Hawaii but includes visitor information for such places as Waikiki Beach The Pali Manoa Bishop Museum Pearl Harbor Oahu Kilauea National Park Maui Kauai and the Pineapple kingdom on the Island of Lanai as well as leprosy colony on Molokai. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, hardcover
1929réf. 60866Honolulu H.T.: Hawaii Tourist Bureau 828 Fort St. January 1929. 8vo. 32 pp. printed throughout in yellow & black colour & yellow-tinted photo illustrations double-page colour map as centerfold. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of Hawaiian girl w/ lei on front cover couple next to outrigger on back cover minor shelfwear slight creasing still VG- copy. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon promotional brochure to Hawaii at the end of the 1920’s. Of particular interest is the cover artwork by John Melville Kelly 1879-1962 a California artist and sculptor who traveled to Hawaii in the 1920’s and chose to stay with his wife and he championed native Hawaiian depictions in etchings aquatints and promotional materials. Hawaii Tourist Bureau, 828 Fort St., paperback
1902réf. 60333Honolulu T.H. & San Francisco CA: Hawaii Promotion Committee Territory of Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Merchants Assoc. H.S. Crocker Co. 1902 4to. 8 x 9 in. 24 pp. Printed in red & black throughout numerous photo illustrations 1 map on verso of front cover acting as frontisp. rubricated initials and photo captions in red. Colour-illustrated softcovers pattern cover art similar to Tapa cloth back cover art illustrated borders by Allan Dunn center fold crease for mailing as issued minor scuffing to lower fore-edge of front cover rubbing 1 very slight closed tear lower fore-edge still VG- copy w/ Cook’s Tourist Ticket Office stamps on front cover. First edition of this very scarce Hawaii Promotion Committee tourist brochure for the Territory of Hawaii published within just two years after being made a territory by the U.S. and less than 10 years after the coup forcing Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. This well-illustrated piece describes and illustrates the Steamships bringing tourists to Hawaii the historic spots in Honolulu the beaches surfing and hotels such as the Alexander Young Hotel the Moana Hotel and the Haliewa Hotel at Waialua. The writers of the brochure touted along the bottom of the brochure how there was no hurricanes no frosts no malaria no reptiles no poisons and no beggars in Hawaii. No copies in Worldcat; Not in Davis Photographically Illustrated Books About Hawai’i 1854-1945; See: Mak Creating “Paradise of the Pacific”: How Tourism Began in Hawaii 2015. Hawaii Promotion Committee, Territory of Hawaii, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Assoc., [H.S. Crocker Co.], paperback
1923réf. 75889Boston: Published for the Board by Samuel T. Armstrong 1923. First edition. Octavo. viii Index 400 pp. Contemporary half brown roan over marbled boards gilt spine lettering and rules. Binding with rubbing but solid and text with usual toning. A very good and stout copy.On pp. 201 to 219 we find one ofd the very earliest accounts of the American Missionaries activities in Hawaii. "On March 30 1820 Hawaii would witness the dawn of Christianity and the most influential religious group in Hawaii. After 164 days of traveling through the United States and sailing through the Pacific Ocean in the Thaddeus fourteen missionaries seven mission couples would arrive in Hawaii landing at Kawaihae and Kailua-Kona Big Island. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions funded these missionaries who were Presbyterians Congregationalists and Dutch Reformists from New England. Before their arrival the kingdom was transforming: King Kamehameha I the monarch who united the Hawaiian islands died and Liholiho Kamehameha II and Queen Kaahumanu co-ruled Hawaii. After reigning for six months they ended the kapu system leaving behind a religious void.In Hawaii the missionaries converted Hawaiian people to the Christian faith developed the written form of Hawaiian discouraged many Hawaiian cultural practices introduced their Western practices and encouraged the spread of English. One of the most powerful converts Queen Kaahumanu embraced Christianity imposed it to the rest of the kingdom and banned Hawaiian religious practices. The missionaries' impact would continue through their descendents who would become the political business and cultural elites of Hawaii and act as a driving force towards Hawaii's Westernization." Published for the Board by Samuel T. Armstrong hardcover
1856réf. 75931Boston/New York/Honolulu/London: T. R. Marvind & Sons et. al. 1856-1942. Annual Report of the American Board of Commissioners. Four octavo annual in wrappers. 1858 1859 1860. & 1865 presumably the Civil War interrupted publication. 1858 & 1865 with wrappers. T2e other two are textually complete but lacking wrappers.BRYAN Edward H. JR. American Polynesia and the Hawaiian Chain. Two copies. Second edition of 1942. Publisher's green cloth. Very good.THOMPSON M. F. H. Sermons of Rev. Rueben Tinker. First edition of 1856. One signature coming loose and penultimate spine panel excised.LUCCET Edward. Rovings in the Pacific from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California by a Merchant Long Resident at Tahiti. Vol. I-II. Lacks one of four chromolithographic plates. Rebound in black cloth with morocco gilt lettering labels. Some foxing. T. R. Marvind & Sons et. al. hardcover
1939réf. 75558San Francisco: Colt Press 1939. First edition. One of 486 copies of which this is one of 90 with the Valenti Angelo designs illuminate in colors. Quarto. 86 2 pp. Publisher's mauve boards with spine lettering anc cover device in white. A very clean and fine copy.Written by Marie Louise Burke this item has become somewhat scarce in the trade. From the librray of Francis P. Farquhar. Colt Press hardcover
1939réf. 75372San Francisco: The Colt Press 1939. First edition. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. One of 486 copies of which 90 are illuminated as with this copy. Quarto. 86 1 colophon 1 pp. Hand-colored vignettes throughout. Publisher's rose boards with white spine lettering and front cover design. Francis P. Farquhar's copy with his discreet pencil signature. Untrimmed and unopened. Light sunning to spine else an excellent copy. The Colt Press hardcover
1959réf. 59165Honolulu HI: Tongg Publishing Co. Hawaii Visitors Bureau 1959. 4to. xxxvii 1 97 1 pp. With 10 colour plates numerous colour maps illustrations over 150 photo illustrations text illustrations illustrated ads. Colour-illustrated boards red plastic comb binding distinctive Mid-Century Modern illustration of hula dancer and surfer front cover minor scuffing edgewear front & back covers minor chipping head of spine still VG- copy from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers. First edition thus of this well-illustrated installment in the hospitality magazine issued for guests of hotels of Hawaii and filled with illustrated ads of ocean liners travel bureaus airliners and even real estate agents in Hawaii. Tongg Publishing Co., Hawaii Visitors Bureau, hardcover
1936réf. 58169Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. 1936. 4to. 103 1 pp. Woodcut-engraved colour frontisp. numerous woodcut engraved plates many in colour several double-page. Blue publisher’s linen cover art by Eskridge illustrated endpapers slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. wraparound Art Deco cover art by Eskridge minor rubbing edgewear still NF/VG copy ownership markings for young Paul Burns b. 1933 dated Dec. 3 1941 4 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor. First edition stated of this lavishly illustrated account of the legendary King Umi son of King Liloa and ancestor to King Kamehameha and the building of Ahua A’Umi Heaiau the meeting place commemorating the unification of Hawaii. Eskridge 1891-1975 had been encouraged to sail to the Gambier islands and explore life there by Queen Maraii of Tahiti and he would eventually spend eight months living writing and painting of life in the islands at the time. He was a noted painter and muralist who later executed murals for the WPA in Honolulu and Chicago. Very scarce in original dustjacket. John C. Winston Co., 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
1946réf. 56608Hilo T.H.: The Hilo Tribune-Herald 1946. Tall 8vo. 14 double-page leaves unnumbered. printed on coated magazine stock reproducing Hilo Tribune-Herald front pages with many illustrations 1 large folding plate showing the devastation from the tsunami. Photo-illustrated softcovers wraparound photo cover art minor shelfwear rubbing still VG copy w/ original printed mailing envelope from the library of Inez Turner Angus 1896-1990 and her daughter Ramona Angus Bennett 1924-2017 who originally owned the Montana Agate Shop a Texaco service station as well as the “Honeymoon Cabins” motel in Terry MT before and during World War II which led to Yellowstone National Park and the Custer Battlefields. First edition of this piece chronicling the devastation to Hawaii following the massive April 1 1946 7.4 earthquake near Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of Alaska. Hawaii located 2400 miles south of the epicenter was struck by a 32-60 foot tsunami wave resulting in 96 deaths and prompted the U.S. to establish the Seismic SeaWave Warning System in 1948. The Hilo Tribune-Herald, paperback
1898réf. 74354San Francisco: N.p. 1898. First edition. Oblong folio 18 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. 136 pp. including numerous photographic illustrations. each page with a floral border in blue. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt cover lettering and frames. decorative endpapers. Some light corner and edge wear but a very good copy of this scarce item. OCLC only locates 7 copies and this cataloger has never seen one.Seems to be mainly a promotional book which attempts to tie together the futures of California and Hawaii. The publication date is significant as the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898. It contains a foreword by Hugh Craig President San Francisco Chamber of Commerce regarding U.S. annexation of Hawaii. There is also a lengthy essay starting on p. 101 entitled "What Is and What May Be: Prospective benefits likely to accrue in the near future. Valuable and interesting statistics concerning the commercial relations of California and Hawaii." The last 15 pp. are taken up with biographies of California's most prominent citizens but the bulk of the book is a general history of the state and quite well written and illustrated. N.p. hardcover
1874réf. 74143Honolulu: Samuel Damon 1874. First edition. Thirteen copies each one being a large sheet folded to make 4 pages 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. Comprising pp. 40-48. Masthead with two vignettes. Scattered light foxing but very clean overall. No tears.Samuel Cheney Damon 1815 –1885 was an early missionary to Hawaii pastor of the Seamen's Bethel Church chaplain of the Honolulu American Seamen's Friend Society and editor of the monthly newspaper The Friend. The newspaper was not solely concerned with religious matters but served the community at large for general news of the Islands with sections such as "Important to Navigators of the Pacific" "New Explorations in Micronesia" "Marine Journal Port of Honolulu S.I." and numerous ads for local businesses. [Samuel Damon] unknown
1900réf. 53459New York: Harper & Brothers 1900. 12mo. 107 1 pp. Title in red & black. Beige-coloured publisher’s cloth Arts & Crafts lettering & cover art in brown & green of stylized palm trees gilt lettering very minor bumping & wear to corners minor spotting slight scuffing still VG- copy from the library of George Dana Linn 1863-1960 a Spokane WA real estate promoter and developer. First edition of the author’s second novel which was based on Native Hawaiian folklore and mythology including a glossary at the end of Hawaiian terms and phrases with discussion of the Hawaiian alphabet. Dole 1850-1928 was a lawyer and dean of law school in Spokane WA when his cousin Sanford Dole tapped him to act as Assistant Attorney General to Henry Ernest Cooper after their coup against Queen Liliuokalani and setting up the Republic of Hawaii. Harper & Brothers, hardcover
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
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
1925réf. 48263Hawaii: n.p. ca. 1925. Oblong 8vo. 36 pp unpaginated. With 26 photos tipped-in 1 real photo postcard of the King Kamehameha Statue Kapaau Hawaii. Photo album with Koa wood covers gilt seal of Hawaii on front cover yarn tied at gutter margin a couple photos w/ minor creasing to corners postcard w/ corner slightly torn some leaves shaken still a nice copy. This charming Jazz Age photo album of a trip to Hawaii includes illustrations of disembarking on a Matson Navigation Company Steamship a visit to a sugar cane factory with railcars loaded with cane setting beside the factory and another image showing the burning of the cane field as well as one of a field hand with machete; Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the Background; Japanese workers planting rice in paddies and using oxen for plowing; pineapple & banana plantations; as well as others showing the tour group the homes they stayed and the beautiful natural landscape of the time. n.p., unknown
1924réf. 41034New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1924. 8vo. ix 1 198 pp. Frntsp. title in green & blk numerous text illusts. Red cloth blk lettrng w/d.j. cover art by Charles K. Stevens chppng hd & ft of spine tear to uppr rt crnr frnt cvr edgewear still a VG/G- copy. First edition of this charming collection of the legends and folklore of the Hawaiian Islands. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, hardcover
1933réf. 33952New York: Henry Holt & Co. 1933. 8vo. 4 282 pp. Gray-blue illust. cloth w/ d.j. wonderful cover art of hula dancers & palm trees by Des Rosiers vry mnr rubbng edgewear NF/VG. First edition of this exceedingly scarce novel based on life in Hawaii in the 1880s while the islands were still a kingdom. Henry Holt & Co., hardcover
1928réf. 32754Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin 1928. Tall 8vo. xii 209 1 pp. Frntsp photo. Blue cloth gilt lettrng w/ G.P. Judd Centenary Luau Kualoa July 4 1928 place marker laid-in w/ frmr ownrshp signature dated July 19 1928. First edition thus of this fascinating memoir. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, hardcover