Speech of Attorney-General C.W. Ashford delivered in the Legislative Assemby
Honolulu: 1890. First edition. 8vo, 57 pp., original wrappers, rebacked. Concerns Ashford's defense against accusations of fomenting insurrection. Forbes 4141. More
Honolulu: 1890. First edition. 8vo, 57 pp., original wrappers, rebacked. Concerns Ashford's defense against accusations of fomenting insurrection. Forbes 4141. More
Washington: 1893. Exec. Document 45. 14 pp., disbound. On the proposed 1854 annexation treaty. Forbes 4514. More
Washington: 1893. Exec. Document 766. 69 pp., disbound. Forbes 4516. More
Ann Arbor: S.C. Andrews, (1882). First edition. 8vo, 307 pp. Original brown cloth, some mild staining. Rebacked preserving the original backstrip. "Poorly printed and produced, with the result that many copies are in rather shabby condition," Forbes 3492. More
Honolulu: Charles E. Hitchcock, Printer, Government Press, 1846. First edition. 8vo, 382 pp. Nicely bound in contemporary style calf with gilt edges. Some foxing and some ink burn affecting the top edge of the last few pages (not touching the text). One of 750 copies printed of the English-language edition..... More
Honolulu: Gazette Publishing Co., 1888. First edition. Original marbled boards, printed label, cloth backstrip (neatly repaired). The annual record of legislation. Forbes 3986. More
Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, 1876. Original printed wrappers, a near-fine copy, scarce in such nice condition. Forbes 3103 [for the first issue, 1875]. "An indispensible part of any Hawaiiana library". Forbes. More
Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co., 1936. First edition. Three volumes: Memoirs... and Writings by Dole, and Memoirs... by Thurston. 8vo, xxiii, 1 leaf, 188 pp; 17, 664 pp.; 7,. 168 pp. Lightly rubbed; near fine, without slipcase. Each volume one of 600 numbered copies for subscribers; the limitation slips are tipped..... More
New London: Lay and Hussey, 1828. First edition. 12mo., 168 pp. Original full calf with leather spine label. Front hinge weak; occasional spotting and tanning to the paper, but a better than usual copy of this book which is usually found considerably browned and foxed, due to the poor quality..... More
London: Sampson, Low, 1885. First edition. Folio, original green cloth, gilt; pp. [1-6], 44 leaves with text on versos only, and 44 chromolithograph plates; light foxing, not affecting the plates; the book was originally issued with the pages glued to the spine, and, inevitably, the glue has dried and the..... More
London: Reeve and Co., 1853. First edition. Two volumes, 8vo, original dark blue cloth, gilt. Color lithographed frontispieces in each volume, and a color lithographed map. An excellent, bright copy, with slight cracking to the rear endpaper in v. 2. Bookplates and discreet ownership marks of the Cruising Association. Very..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. First edition. Cloth, 12 x 9 in. 43 full-color reproductions. Designed by Jack Stauffacher. One of 400 copies. Fine copy, with prospectus and plain jacket. "The most complete and important collection of nineteenth-century Hawaiian landscape art. More
Washington: 1893. First edition. Caption title, 69 pages Forbes 4516. More
London: A. Maxwell, 1813. Second and best edition. 4to,xv, [1 p], 516 pp.,First published in a considerably shorter three-volume 12mo edition in 1806. The Australian portions are particularly revised and augmented. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, retaining original back strip. Forbes 438. More
Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, 1889. Original printed wrappers, very good copy, old ownership stamps of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.. Forbes 3103 [for the first issue, 1875]. "An indispensable part of any Hawaiiana library". Forbes. More
Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, [1882]. Original printed wrappers, remnant of old binding on front cover; very good copy, with publisher's compliments stamp. Forbes 3103 [for the first issue, 1875]. "An indispensable part of any Hawaiiana library". Forbes. More
Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum, 1875-1924. 8vo, 45 almanac issues in nine bound volumes. Recent three-quarter maroon goatskin,rocco, most original wrappers bound in, spines gilt, French marbled endpapers. The issues are bound as follows: 1875-1879; 1880-1884; 1885-1889; 1895-1899; 1900-1904; 1905-1909; 1910-1914; 1915-1919; 1920-1924, lacking the 1890-1894 issues, but the 1890 issue..... More
New York: M.W. Dodd, 1851. First edition. Wrappers, stitched, removed. Contains references to Peter J. Gulick's missionary activities. Forbes 1836. Lacks pp.65-71. More
New York: John P. Haven, 1831. First American edition. Two volumes, 357, 360 pp. 8vo, original cloth backed boards with paper labels. Cloth spines frayed, but the hinges are sound, a very good copy, with usual foxing. Scarce in unrestored original condition, as poorly made as are most American books..... More
London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1823. First English language edition. 8vo, 112 pp. Modern quarter calf, uncut. Binding a bit rubbed, internally fine. Hill 1483; Forbes 570. More
London: E. Newbery, 1785. New & revised. 8vo, 376 pp. Contemporary calf, skilfully rebacked, fine. Folding map (small tear repaired), 9 engraved plates including folding frontispiece depicting the death of Captain Cook. As in the Bishop Museum and Mitchell Library copies the folding York Island plate is lacking. "An entirely..... More
London: E. Newbery, 1781. First edition, Forbes's state C. Exact priority among the four states has not been established. 8vo xlvi, 388 pp. Contemporary half calf, flat spine; joints skillfully - almost invisibly - repaired. Folding map (small tear repaired), engraved frontispiece; five engraved plates including the death of Captain..... More
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, 1783. First American edition. Two volumes bound in one, 8vo, pp. [i-ii].[9]]-30, [31]-96,99-12; [113]-229 [230-232], including 2 pages of advertisements at the end of the second volume. Contemporary sheep, rebacked with matching calf, preserving original leather label. Boards scuffed and rubbed. Corners of..... More
Washington, D.C. 1835. First edition. 28 pages, disbound. "An important document on island, reefs, rocks, etc., in the Pacific Ocean" Forbes 970. More
New York: Harper, 1836. First edition. Disbound, lacking wrappers, scattered foxing. 300 pp. Signed and inscribed "with the compliments of J.N. Reynolds New York Oct. 25, 1836" on the front endpaper. This address was the climax of Reynolds's decade of agitation for an exploring expedition, which resulted in 1838 in..... More