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by [HAWAII]. ESKRIDGE, Robert Lee

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Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., [1936]. 4to. 103, [1] pp. Woodcut-engraved colour frontisp., numerous woodcut engraved plates (many in colour, several double-page). Blue publisher’s linen, cover art by Eskridge, illustrated endpapers, (slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. wraparound Art Deco cover art by Eskridge (minor rubbing, edgewear), still NF/VG copy, ownership markings for young Paul Burns (b. 1933), dated Dec. 3, 1941, 4 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor. First edition, stated, of this lavishly illustrated account of the legendary King Umi, son of King Liloa, and ancestor to King Kamehameha, and the building of Ahua A’Umi Heaiau, the meeting place commemorating the unification of Hawaii. Eskridge (1891-1975) had been encouraged to sail to the Gambier islands and explore life there by Queen Maraii of Tahiti, and he would eventually spend eight months living, writing, and painting of life in the islands at the time. He was a noted painter, and muralist who later executed murals for the WPA in Honolulu and Chicago. Very scarce in original dustjacket.

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Bookseller
Zephyr Used & Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
58169
Title
Umi: the Hawaiian boy who became a king. Written and illustrated by. . . .
Author
[HAWAII]. ESKRIDGE, Robert Lee
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
John C. Winston Co.,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia:
Date Published
[1936].
Keywords
Hawaii, Hawaiiana, King Umi, Ahua a’Umi Heiau, south Pacific, Polynesia, Voyages, Maritime, Nautical, Tonga, Marquesas, Maps, Cartography, Exploration, Gambier, Robert Lee Eskridge, Illustrated books, Art Deco, Cover Art, Modernist, Pictorial Maps, Map,

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