Honolulu: The Hawaiian Gazette Publishing Co., 1888. A complete set of the 12 monthly issues, 5757 pp. Contemporary half calf, label. Ownership stamp of William E. Simpson, Hawaiian Consul, Tacoma. Excellent condition. Forbes (3479, for the first 1882 issues). More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1840]. Second edition, revised. 12mo, 232 pp., Original boards, cloth spine, with label. Boards rubbed,internally very good. The revisions bring the history up to 1837-1839. Forbes 1202. More
Honolulu: Printed and Published by A. Fornander, 1856. Issues 1-6 (all published). 8vo. 190 pp. Period half calf and marbled boards, original printed upper wrapper to part 1 bound in. Browned on some leaves, some spots to first page, binding worn with lower cover detached. A complete run, from January..... More
Toronto: Hart & Co., 1888. First edition. 12mo, xvi, 203 pp. Cloth backed boards, edges rubbed. Forbes 3961. More
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 413 pp. Original green cloth. Inscribed by the author. Very good condition. More
Washington, D.C. Gibson Bros., Printers, 1897. 8vo., 8 pp. Printed wrapper, spine worn. Favoring Annexation. More
London: 1790. 8vo, [4], [1]-53, [54] blank.197 mm x 140 mm. Engraved frontispiece (trimmed with loss from the caption (as often, says Forbes). (Part 1 only, Part 2, which was devoted to mineral specimens, was published after some years' interval.) Forbes 197. [Bound with] Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley, duchess..... More
Salem: Peabody Museum, 1938. First edition. 8vo. xxii,m 162 pp. Marbled boards, cloth back. Corners rubbed, otherwise fine. One of 100 numbered copies on Sterling Antique paper (total edition of 600). Journal of a Salem ship's trading voyages. Reynolds kept extensive diaries of his life in Hawaii, 1822-1855. More
London: George Goulding, 1789. First edition. Quarto (350 x 240 mm), 360, 48 pp.,with 22 engraved maps, charts, and plates Original blue-gray paper boards, parchment spine. Printed on thick paper (4 cm.+) and with the natural history plates beautifully colored. Old public library stamps on versos of plates, minor spotting..... More
Washington, D.C. 1893. 8vo, 512 pp. Stitched. Small chip. A compendious gathering of documents on current affairs. Forbes 4519. More
Honolulu: P.C Advertiser Steam Print, 1884. 8vo, 24, clxvii pp. Original pink wrapper. Includes important reports on relations with the U.S., and immigration. Library of Congress duplicate. More
Wellington, Salop. John Jones, 1893. First edition. 8vo., original blue cloth, beveled edges; 233 [5] pp. Map. Binding extremities a bit rubbed. Despite the poor-quality paper, a good copy. Account of a luxurious voyage around the world, by the ship's doctor. Forbes 4431. More
New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1900. First edition. Original green decorated cloth, spine a bit faded. A well-researched work, illustrated with photographs. Evidently the first novel to deal with surfing. [33180]. More
New York: Harper, 1836. First edition. 8vo, lacking wrappers, scattered foxing. 300 pp. Signed and inscribed "with the compliments of J.N. Reynolds New York Oct. 25, 1826. This address was the climax of Reynolds's decade of agitation for an exploring expedition, which resulted in 1838 in the United States Exploring..... More
Glasgow: John Reid, 1834. First edition. 12mo,lxviii, 219pp., original green cloth, a little faded but an excellent copy. Contains among others biographies of Hawaiian missionaries Hiram Bingham, Jonathan Smith Green, William Richards, and Asa Thurston. Forbes 922. More
San Francisco: David Magee, 1957. 8vo, 42 pp. Fine, Reprint edition, limited to 750 copies, of the rare 1786 edition. More
London: Fisher, Son, and Jackson, 1829. First edition. Two volumes 8vo. Vol. I: xvi, 536 pp, map and four plates; Vol. II: viii, 576 pp., four plates. Three-quarter calf with marbled boards, black leather labels. A little light foxing to the plates, but a nice copy of this "most important..... More
New York: 1834. 8vo, contemporary calf, some repairs. The whole of Volume VI. "An important article on Pacific whaling specifically as it impacted the Hawaiian Islands and more particularly the port of Lahaina, Maui," Forbes 919. More
Honolulu: Charles Edwin Hitchcock, 1847. Third edition, the first to be printed in Hawaii, with a greatly expanded and revised text. 8vo, 240 pp. Cloth sides, embossed with a decorative pattern, rubbed and soiled; calf back (rubbed and splitting on joint) but a very good copy, internally clean and fresh..... More
Honolulu: Published under patronage, 1917. First edition. 8vo, v, 210 pp. Original green cloth, gilt, one gathering slightly loose, else a fine copy. Illustrated with 79 photographs and two color plates. More
Honolulu: 1913. First edition. 8vo, v, 518 pp.Original green cloth, gilt, fine copy. Illustrated with 215 photo-engravings. More
Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Steam Print, 1890. 8vo, 38 pp. Original printed wrappers, rebacked. Forbes 4165. More
Washington: 1882. 8vo, 23 pp; some chipping; modern wrapper. Not in Forbes (apparently). More
Boston: Press of Nathan Sawyer and Son, 1896. First edition. 8vo, 23 pp., modern wrappers, some minor chipping. Frontispiece portrait of Princess Kaiulani. Signed twice by Palmer. Ex-NYPL. Forbes 4774. More
Honolulu: 1890. First edition. 8vo, 57 pp., original wrappers, rebacked. Concerns Ashford's defense against accusations of fomenting insurrection. Forbes 4141. More