JARVES, JAMES JACKSON. 1818-1888.
History of the Hawaiian Islands: Embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends.... [2], iv, 242, [18 ad] pp. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1872. Mounted photographic portrait frontispiece of Kamehameha V. Wood-engraved illustrations. 8vo (230 x 143 mm). Publisher's half roan. Some soiling to title-page, tear to frontispiece margin, one ad leaf detached and laid in, first ad leaf with child's coloring; hinges cracked, binding rubbed.
Second Hawaiian edition and the only edition with the rare albumen portrait, fourth edition overall. Includes Whitney's appendix with agricultural and commercial statistics.
See illustration.
Second Hawaiian edition and the only edition with the rare albumen portrait, fourth edition overall. Includes Whitney's appendix with agricultural and commercial statistics.
See illustration.
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