réf. ORD-4973What to see and how to see it in the Island Territory. History. Legends. Pictures. Historical and Contemporary Facts and Statistics. Standard Tourist Guide. First edition. Honolulu. November, 1928. In-12 (127 x 172mm) broché, couverture en carton fort illustrée en couleurs sur les 2 plats, 228 pages, nombreuses photos dans et hors texte et 6 cartes ou plans dépliants. Texte en anglais. Bel exemplaire de cette 1°édition.
réf. 562438Honolulu, Hawaï, [1914]. Plaquette in-8 oblong, agrafée, couv. imprimée en couleurs, non paginé, 30 pages d’illustrations photographiques en noir.
réf. 200608131Paris, Amiot dumont , 1956 ; in-8, 206 pp., cartonnage d'éditeur avec jaquette.
1862réf. 97509London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts 1862 In-8 20 x 12,5 cm. Cartonnage éditeur pleine percaline verte, fer doré sur le premier plat, plats encadrés de grecques noires, XXIII-423 pp., une carte repliée de l’archipel des Hawaii, 5 gravures hors-texte, table des matières. Exemplaire de travail d’un ouvrage peu courant. En l’état.
réf. ORD-4974Paris. Tallandier et Nelson Doubleday. N°28, Juin 1962. In-8 (ca 138 x 210mm) broché, couverture illustrée couleurs sur les 2 plats, XVI pages sur papier jaune (Actualités-Voyages) et 64 pages consacrées à HAWAI, nombreuses illustrations en noir et images couleurs collées dans le texte. Bel exemplaire, complet.
1957réf. 214107Honolulu.: 布哇文苑社 Hawai Bun'ensha. 1957. Maps black and white photographic illustrations 29 x 22cm 682pp. Browned original wrappers a little insect damage along edges. Text very good and clean. Spine a little creased and a trifle worn but overall a very good copy. This comprehensive Japanese directory from 1957 focuses on businesses and individuals in Hawaii. It was published shortly after Japanese citizens were once again able to travel abroad following the occupation period. The directory commences with a welcome message from Prime Minister Kishi Shinsuke and is meticulously arranged according to islands and locations. At the outset of the directory one can find a collection of business advertisements accompanied by many photographic illustrations. Following this the directory features listings of businesses and individual names presented in both Japanese and English along with their respective addresses. These listings are interspersed with full-page advertisements. This publication serves as an invaluable resource for understanding the Japanese presence in Hawaii during this time offering insights into both businesses and individuals. The arrangement detailed listings and visual elements provide a snapshot of the Japanese community's activities and contributions in Hawaii during the mid-20th century. . 布哇文苑社, [Hawai Bun'ensha]. unknown
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
1819réf. 176174Tokyo: 統制社. Tosei-sha. Showa 18 1943. 54 x 77cm folding to 27 x 19.5cm pin holes and small loss at upper corners but now neatly secured with archival washi. Some paper undulation and creasing at upper corner. Browning and small holes/chips along the central fold with some neat repairs still a good copy. Japanese language map of Hawaii complete with its original sleeve published by Toseisha as part of a series of maps of Greater East Asia. The main physical map shows the Hawaiian archipelago from Ni'ihai in the northwest to the big island of Hawaii in the southeast insets show the wider area extending as far as Midway Island and a detailed map of the Honolulu and Pearl Harbor areas with road and rail lines district names etc. . 統制社. [Tosei-sha]. unknown
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
1967réf. 56001Honolulu HI & Kohala HI: Frost & Frost 1967-1972. Archive. Approx. 820 photographs 760 are 3.25 x 4.5 in. black & white silver gelatin; 40 colour photos damage to 10 or so from dampstaining at margin affecting image all photos carefully marked in black & red ink codes keyed to the film negatives also included with the archive many with photo lab stamp on verso a few with annotations on versos; more than 30 contact negative print strips; 257 strips of film photo negatives with over 1000 images majority .35 mm. film stock about 30% in colour; 70 strips of larger 4 x 5 negatives with most of those in colour nearly all preserved in original wax paper negative sleeves and almost all carefully marked in pen with numbers corresponding to the printed photos as well as manuscript annotations indicating places objects as well as some dates added in manuscript or in date codes; 8vo. 35 loose sheets held together with metal clip in pencil & ink manuscript dated 1972 diagrams illustrations some edgewear foxing to first & last leaves minor insect predation to outer leaves still VG- exemplar. This noteworthy archive consisting of over 820 original photographs and over 1000 individual negative images provides an essential visual record of the historic archaeological and architectural surveys carried out by the Frosts for the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society beginning in 1967 in the Bond Historic District located in the Iole Ahupua’a one of the few remaining traditional land divisions in Hawaii. The Bond homestead Kalahikiola Church the Kohala Seminary and attached medical doctor’s office are all located within the Bond District and the well preserved homestead was first established by Rev. Elias Bond 1813-1896 in 1841 with the Kalahikiola Church completed in 1855 rebuilt after devastating earthquake in 2006 and the Kohala girl’s school founded in 1872. The hundreds of photos show the household objects textiles tools furnishings documents artwork books equipment and more all accumulated from 1841 through 1930 by the Bond family. Elias and his wife Ellen had sailed with the Ninth Company of Missionaries from Boston and settled at Kohala HI in the mission established by Rev. Isaac Bliss who had completed the main building before their arrival. The Bond’s immediately began adding additional buildings such as the wash house archway & walls foundations of woodshed and carpenter sheds as well as begun work on the Kalahikiola Church. Rev. Bond had founded the Kohala Sugar Co. in 1862 as “The Missionary Plantation” to support his church and schools and he refused to institute the slave-like labor conditions of other sugar growers in the Hawaiian Islands. The profits made the Kohala Sugar Co. one of the largest benefactors to other missions operating for 110 years. Many of the artifacts depicted appear to have been accumulated and used by Dr. Benjamin Bond 1853-1930 his son who finished medical school at the Univ. of Michigan in 1882 and returned to live and work on the homestead with a doctor’s office attached to the main house in 1884 for his practice. After Dr. Bond married Emma Mary Renton 1866-1951 in 1889 a wood-framed cottage was added at the East end for them. In addition a small shed was expanded to shelter a horse carriage and single horse stall for emergency medical calls. A series of photos shows the scene of the Frost’s driving to the homestead and then heading into the Bond properties. The photos meticulously document the china glassware stoneware needlepoint & embroidery samples an ABC sampler by Eliza Bond signed 1817 silver flatware bellows original photos & illustrations of homestead buildings chairs large benches and sideboards. The kitchen cooking implements cookware and equipment receive significant attention with photos showing the ancient kitchen burners hot water tank propane or oil-fired stove historic coral stone chimney dining chairs and more. Of particular interest are the extended series of images depicting the artifacts medical instruments and furnishings in Dr. Bond’s office including his book collection Chautauqua desk large safe dried medical herbs razors astronomy atlas anatomy atlas diagrams eyeglasses glass beakers pharmacy tools and much more. Also included are photos of abandoned boxes for chemical and pharmaceutical supplies in the attic. The breadth of clothing textiles toiletry items jewelry rope beds architectural elements family photos a Chinese compass art easel and more reflect the growing affluence of the family not only from Dr. Bond’s practice but also as the sugar production and mill expand however with much of the profit still being devoted to Mission Society projects. The negatives and photos also show the wagons used by the doctor and his family the extensive tools employed on the homestead to maintain not only the family holdings but also the Church and Girl’s School buildings. Photos also show a bookpress bottles sawmill equipment a rock crusher installed for road paving and more. After Dr. Bond’s death the buildings were maintained by a special trust fund which terminated in 1968 and subsequent to that time a family corporation helped finance the care of the estate. The manuscript diagrams and notes by the Frost indicate where windows were replaced from the original when electrical work was done on the property improvements to the buildings where the hallway from the shop to kitchen was located the women’s toilet pantry cupboards and rough charts and maps of locations of buildings and objects on some of the walls. For a time the Industrial Building housing 12 occupational students and one teacher continued to operate but in 1955 the school stopped functioning. For over a decade the properties were used for conferences retreats and camping grounds but eventually they became unoccupied and unused so they were in very poor condition when surveyed by the Frosts over three years. The Frosts prepared a very scarce photo album and report consisting of 6 pages of text and 12 leaves containing 82 tipped-in photos in January 1968 followed by a Feasibility Study for the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society in 1969 but we could find no similar extant collection of these photographs or records of this historical survey. The National Register Survey was completed in 1973 and then filed in 1977 finally approved in 1978 for adding the properties to the National Register. See: Laura Souliere & Nathan Napoka Father Elias Bond District SE of Kapaau off Highway 27 National Register of Historic Places March 30 1978; Frost & Frost Report of an Inspection Visit to the Bond House Complex 1840-1968 in Kohala Hawaii January 11 & 12 1968; Land of Iole Kohala Institute 2018; Rebekah Oe-Len Kehaulani Luke My Grandfather Chong’s House Rebekah’s Studio 2011; Edward Beechert The Reverend Mr. Bond and Kohala Plantation Working in Hawaii: A Labor History 1985 pp. 71-72. Frost & Frost, hardcover
1971réf. 62755Honolulu HI: Department of Anthropology Bernice P. Bishop Museum County of Hawaii Planning Dept. 1971. 4to. 34 2 pp. Numerous maps photo plates throughout. Gold-printed softcovers stapled at gutter margin as issued minor shelfwear dustsoiling & age toning still VG copy. First edition of this archaeological and anthropological survey prepared for the County of Hawaii Department of Public Works to determine number type and location of archaeological remains along the corridor of the Kamehameha III Road to be realigned in 1971. Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, County of Hawaii Planning Dept., paperback
1971réf. 62753Honolulu HI: Department of Anthropology Bernice P. Bishop Museum County of Hawaii Planning Dept. 1971. 4to. 56 pp. Numerous maps photo plates throughout. Blue-printed softcovers stapled at gutter margin as issued minor shelfwear dustsoiling & age toning still VG copy. Second printing of this archaeological and anthropological report prepared for Huehue Ranch and Boise-Cascade to locate identify and interpret Native Hawaiian sites to offset massive destruction in the Mid-20th-Century to important archaeological and historical sites on what at one time was over 8000 acres. Department of Anthropology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, County of Hawaii Planning Dept., paperback
1971réf. 62756Honolulu HI: Department of Anthropology Bernice P. Bishop Museum County of Hawaii Planning Dept. 1971. 4to. 36 pp. Frontisp. numerous maps photo plates throughout. Gold-printed softcovers stapled at gutter margin as issued minor shelfwear dustsoiling & age toning still VG copy. First edition of this uncommon archaeological and anthropological survey prepared for the County of Hawaii Department of Public Works excavating and reconstructing the Site complex 50-HA-D4-27 at the northern point of the Kamehameha III Road which was a unique group of structures and was destroyed when the Road was built. 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
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
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
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
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
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
1869réf. 57593Honolulu: Printed by C.C. Bennett 1869 i.e. 1871. Revised Edition of the First Honolulu Directory The second revised edition of the first Honolulu directory printed personally by the author at his book and stationery store on Fort Street. Compared to the first edition of 1869 this 1871 edition contains an additional three pages of text which extend the historical sketch to the latter date and the directory entries are printed in a single column instead of double along with other minor adjustments. The majority of the volume is taken up by a detailed history of the islands beginning with "Discovery by Gaetano and Mendana" and featuring a "Visit by Cook" as opposed to the first edition which begins with "Discovery by Cook". The following sketch covers the reign of Kamehameha I the arrival of the first Christian missionaries and details of various political and diplomatic incidents including the arrival of Catholicism the LaPlace affair the provisional cession of 1843 a brief paragraph referencing the California Gold Rush and more. Along with historical details the author of the history who Forbes identifies as journalist Henry Sheldon provides a variety of other pieces of information including on the Bible's translation in Hawaiian the entirety of the 1852 constitution a detailed passage on Hawaiian manners and customs and a dissection of the Islands' declining population. At least one contemporary reader was unimpressed by Bennett's improvements however - H.M. Whitney reviewed the second edition in his weekly Pacific Commercial Advertiser declaring it "the worst specimen of printing in book form that has ever been given to the Honolulu public." The directory proper begins on page eighty-one and runs for the next twenty unnumbered pages. Residents and businesses are listed by name usually along with a profession and street address. At the end of the directory is an additional list of "Traders and Planters on the Other Islands." In this copy an index leaf from the first edition the second page of which is numbered 88 is bound in at the rear; interestingly despite the changes between editions the page numbers listed remain accurate. Both editions of this directory are quite scarce and this second much more so. While Rare Book Hub locates four copies of the 1869 edition at auction in the past twenty years not copy of this 1871 edition is noted since a copy at the auction of the Henry C. Carter collection at Anderson Galleries in 1908. OCLC locates only four copies at the Library of Congress University of Hawaii at Manoa American Antiquarian Society and Harvard. Forbes adds the Hawaiian Historical Society Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library and Hawaii State Library. An uncommon and important early Hawaiian directory. Pebbled purple cloth front board stamped in gilt. Spine sunned boards lightly stained. Text lightly tanned scattered light foxing index leaves trimmed quite close at head without touching text lacking advertisement leaves. Inscription of the Library of the Hawaiian Board on front pastedown and their gilt initials on front board. A very good copy. FORBES 2890. OCLC 1091236492 71531611 191271313. hardcover
1869réf. 57593Honolulu: Printed by C.C. Bennett 1869 i.e. 1871. Revised Edition of the First Honolulu Directory The second revised edition of the first Honolulu directory printed personally by the author at his book and stationery store on Fort Street. Compared to the first edition of 1869 this 1871 edition contains an additional three pages of text which extend the historical sketch to the latter date and the directory entries are printed in a single column instead of double along with other minor adjustments. The majority of the volume is taken up by a detailed history of the islands beginning with "Discovery by Gaetano and Mendana" and featuring a "Visit by Cook" as opposed to the first edition which begins with "Discovery by Cook". The following sketch covers the reign of Kamehameha I the arrival of the first Christian missionaries and details of various political and diplomatic incidents including the arrival of Catholicism the LaPlace affair the provisional cession of 1843 a brief paragraph referencing the California Gold Rush and more. Along with historical details the author of the history who Forbes identifies as journalist Henry Sheldon provides a variety of other pieces of information including on the Bible's translation in Hawaiian the entirety of the 1852 constitution a detailed passage on Hawaiian manners and customs and a dissection of the Islands' declining population. At least one contemporary reader was unimpressed by Bennett's improvements however - H.M. Whitney reviewed the second edition in his weekly Pacific Commercial Advertiser declaring it "the worst specimen of printing in book form that has ever been given to the Honolulu public." The directory proper begins on page eighty-one and runs for the next twenty unnumbered pages. Residents and businesses are listed by name usually along with a profession and street address. At the end of the directory is an additional list of "Traders and Planters on the Other Islands." In this copy an index leaf from the first edition the second page of which is numbered 88 is bound in at the rear; interestingly despite the changes between editions the page numbers listed remain accurate. Both editions of this directory are quite scarce and this second much more so. While Rare Book Hub locates four copies of the 1869 edition at auction in the past twenty years not copy of this 1871 edition is noted since a copy at the auction of the Henry C. Carter collection at Anderson Galleries in 1908. OCLC locates only four copies at the Library of Congress University of Hawaii at Manoa American Antiquarian Society and Harvard. Forbes adds the Hawaiian Historical Society Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library and Hawaii State Library. An uncommon and important early Hawaiian directory. Pebbled purple cloth front board stamped in gilt. Spine sunned boards lightly stained. Text lightly tanned scattered light foxing index leaves trimmed quite close at head without touching text lacking advertisement leaves. Inscription of the Library of the Hawaiian Board on front pastedown and their gilt initials on front board. A very good copy. FORBES 2890. OCLC 1091236492 71531611 191271313. hardcover books
1930réf. 62840Hawaii mostly Honolulu. ca. 1930s. Pre-WWII Hawaiian Photos and Postcards in a Traditional Hawaiian Cloth Binding An attractive album of original photographs and photographic postcards from 1930s Hawaii bound in traditional patterned Hawaiian tapa or kapa cloth. The photographs a handful of which are briefly captioned in manuscript on the verso depict a variety of scenes both natural and urban mostly in and around Honolulu. Some of the original photos include general street scenes of the town several photos of American servicemen at the "Army and Navy Y.M.C.A." Honolulu's famous palace-turned-courthouse Ali'iolani Hale and the most recent building for the city's longstanding and highly influential Central Union Church completed in 1924. The postcards mostly with the logo "KH Ltd." and often captioned in the negative depict various tourist attractions like Diamond Head and the Moanalua gardens and activities such as hula dancing surfing and shark fishing. One postcard captioned "H 152 China Clipper Ship – Pearl Harbor Oahu" shows an image of an amphibious plane resting in the harbor while American military planes fly overhead. By the 1930s the practice of making tapa fabric was beginning to wane; it was primarily seen as an emblem of traditional Hawaiian culture and so would have been an attractive choice for such a souvenir album. An appealing collection of pre-World War II Hawaiian images in an attractive tapa cloth binding. Oblong tapa cloth album tied with string. Light shelf wear three images loose in album. Photographs crisp and clean. Near fine. hardcover
1935réf. 52777Various locations in and around Honolulu Oahu Hawaii. ca. 1935. American Military Life in Pre-War Hawaii An absorbing collection of photographs capturing American military life in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century with the great majority of the photographs captioned in ink on the album pages. The unnamed photographer and compiler of the photographs apparently served at the Schofield Barracks in Honolulu as he includes several photographs of the base including the "Boxing Bowl." He also records other notable locations around Honolulu including the Waipahu Sugar Mill the Kilaeua Crater Japanese Temple the Mid-Pacific Railway wreck Kapiolani Park the Honolulu railway station Sand Island the naval destroyer Jeanne D'Arc Sampans Haleiwa Bay the Monoa Hotel the Waipahi Sugar Mill Diamondhead and Kahala Bay Waikiki Beach several shots of volcanoes and lava formations and more. He even includes a shot of the pack mule he presumably used in his wanderings. Hawaiian photographs are scarce in the market and continually more desirable especially with holographic notations like those present in this intriguing album. Seventy-eight mounted silver gelatin photographs either 3½ x 5¼ inches or 2½ x 3½ inches. Oblong octavo photograph album paper-covered boards string-bound. Front cover detached covers and spine chipped. Some album pages chipped but photographs remain largely untouched. Very good. hardcover
1930réf. 62840Hawaii mostly Honolulu. ca. 1930s. Pre-WWII Hawaiian Photos and Postcards in a Traditional Hawaiian Cloth Binding An attractive album of original photographs and photographic postcards from 1930s Hawaii bound in traditional patterned Hawaiian tapa or kapa cloth. The photographs a handful of which are briefly captioned in manuscript on the verso depict a variety of scenes both natural and urban mostly in and around Honolulu. Some of the original photos include general street scenes of the town several photos of American servicemen at the "Army and Navy Y.M.C.A." Honolulu's famous palace-turned-courthouse Ali'iolani Hale and the most recent building for the city's longstanding and highly influential Central Union Church completed in 1924. The postcards mostly with the logo "KH Ltd." and often captioned in the negative depict various tourist attractions like Diamond Head and the Moanalua gardens and activities such as hula dancing surfing and shark fishing. One postcard captioned "H 152 China Clipper Ship – Pearl Harbor Oahu" shows an image of an amphibious plane resting in the harbor while American military planes fly overhead. By the 1930s the practice of making tapa fabric was beginning to wane; it was primarily seen as an emblem of traditional Hawaiian culture and so would have been an attractive choice for such a souvenir album. An appealing collection of pre-World War II Hawaiian images in an attractive tapa cloth binding. Oblong tapa cloth album tied with string. Light shelf wear three images loose in album. Photographs crisp and clean. Near fine. hardcover books
1935réf. 52777Various locations in and around Honolulu Oahu Hawaii. ca. 1935. American Military Life in Pre-War Hawaii An absorbing collection of photographs capturing American military life in Hawaii during the first half of the 20th century with the great majority of the photographs captioned in ink on the album pages. The unnamed photographer and compiler of the photographs apparently served at the Schofield Barracks in Honolulu as he includes several photographs of the base including the "Boxing Bowl." He also records other notable locations around Honolulu including the Waipahu Sugar Mill the Kilaeua Crater Japanese Temple the Mid-Pacific Railway wreck Kapiolani Park the Honolulu railway station Sand Island the naval destroyer Jeanne D'Arc Sampans Haleiwa Bay the Monoa Hotel the Waipahi Sugar Mill Diamondhead and Kahala Bay Waikiki Beach several shots of volcanoes and lava formations and more. He even includes a shot of the pack mule he presumably used in his wanderings. Hawaiian photographs are scarce in the market and continually more desirable especially with holographic notations like those present in this intriguing album. Seventy-eight mounted silver gelatin photographs either 3½ x 5¼ inches or 2½ x 3½ inches. Oblong octavo photograph album paper-covered boards string-bound. Front cover detached covers and spine chipped. Some album pages chipped but photographs remain largely untouched. Very good. hardcover books
