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Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore, text in Hawaiian and English, (1.st edition, incl. the 3 scarce separate indexes1916-20)
by Fornander (Abraham) and Thomas Thrum
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Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press, 1920. 1 st. edition. original wrappers. -- RARE complete set of 9 parts in 3 volumes, --
Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore, 9 parts in 3 vol., including the separate indexes, that are often missing. Being Vols IV-VI of the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, text in Hawaiian and English, some light soiling to titles, attractive 20th century half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, original wrappers bound in (some a creased), uncut, 4to, Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1916-20.
The Hawaiians' Account of the Formation of their Islands and Origin of their Race, with the Traditions of their Migrations, etc., as gathered from Original Sources.
First edition of this important foundational work, rare as a complete set, including all three indexes, that are often missing.. Fornander was a Swedish-born emigrant to Hawaii who spent some time as a whaler and journalist before becoming a respected judge on the Circuit Court. He devoted much of his spare time to his ethnographic studies of the Hawaiian race; on his death in 1887 his voluminous research passed to the Bishop Museum who eventually ensured their publication.
Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore, 9 parts in 3 vol., including the separate indexes, that are often missing. Being Vols IV-VI of the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, text in Hawaiian and English, some light soiling to titles, attractive 20th century half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, original wrappers bound in (some a creased), uncut, 4to, Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press, 1916-20.
The Hawaiians' Account of the Formation of their Islands and Origin of their Race, with the Traditions of their Migrations, etc., as gathered from Original Sources.
First edition of this important foundational work, rare as a complete set, including all three indexes, that are often missing.. Fornander was a Swedish-born emigrant to Hawaii who spent some time as a whaler and journalist before becoming a respected judge on the Circuit Court. He devoted much of his spare time to his ethnographic studies of the Hawaiian race; on his death in 1887 his voluminous research passed to the Bishop Museum who eventually ensured their publication.
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- Rare Books Honolulu
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 191620
- Title
- Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore, text in Hawaiian and English, (1.st edition, incl. the 3 scarce separate indexes1916-20)
- Author
- Fornander (Abraham) and Thomas Thrum
- Format/Binding
- Original wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1 st. edition
- Publisher
- Bishop Museum Press
- Place of Publication
- Honolulu, HI
- Date Published
- 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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